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Bright & (Not So) Early: Perry County Appreciation Edition

Good morning, Nashville. It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with Perry County–the folks about 90 miles southwest of us whose unemployment rate hit 27% in January of this year. Thanks to a stimulus program that creates positions within existing businesses and pays their wages and benefits directly, they seem to be on the [...]

Bright & Early: Just Like Fine Wine Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Despite all our best efforts and heartfelt w(h)ining, it doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing wine in the grocery store anytime soon. A poll of lawmakers last week revealed that more than half of them are undecided on the issue because they’re not sure we’re ready to overhaul the state’s liquor distribution [...]

Happy Hour: Keep It Classy, Nashville!

Toby Keith didn’t exactly get the star treatment in Kentucky Saturday night when a fan flipped him off and then tossed a beer at him. Never the kind to be trifled with, Toby did what any self-respecting Okie-turned-Nashvillian would do and hopped off the stage, dropped a few f-bombs, challenged the fan to fight, and [...]

Happy Hour: If A Tree Falls In A Forest…

The Tennessean reports on Mayor Dean’s trail of destruction downtown on Deadrick St.: “Startled passers-by are stopping to stare at the tree carcasses lying across the sidewalk.” [Tennessean] Speaking of tree carcasses, the Great Middle Tennessee Drought Of ’08 has taken at least one Christmas tree farm out of commission. [WRKN] We may still have [...]