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The 3-2-1 On Tennessee’s Tax Free Weekend
It’s tax free weekend in Tennessee, folks! Before you go crazy at the mall saving that 9.25%, be sure you know what’s covered and what’s not. Here’s a quick guide to Tennessee’s Tax Free weekend: When: Now! Tennessee’s 2011 tax free weekend started at 12:01am on Friday, August 5 and ends Sunday, August 7 at 11:59pm. [...]
Bright & Early: Race To The Top Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The votes are in and now here’s the news you have all been waiting for: Basil Marceaux managed to run away with 3,505 votes, which is less than 1% of the total. The members of illustrious staff were kind enough to let him record a “consolation speech” and are already pimping him [...]
Bright & Early: Public Is The New Private Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Rumors started flying on Twitter last night about Metro posting the personal information of dozens of flood victims, including full bank account numbers, on the public website for Davidson County property records. Once Metro officials were alerted to the problem, they immediately took the information offline. It turns out that 68 flood [...]
Happy Hour: Things To Frown About
Our hearts go out to Knoxville today where a fourth grade teacher decided to bust into Inskip Elementary School and gun down the principal and assistant principal. Neither were killed, though Elisa Luna, who’s actually the daughter of former state Senator Jerry Cooper, is still listed in critical condition. No children were in the school [...]
Bright & Early: Get On The Bus Edition
Good morning, Nashville. This weekend was a good one for the Titans, who took down the Buffalo Bills 21-18 in their first preseason game of 2009. We hear Kerry Collins put on quite a show until Vince Young took over in the second quarter. The opening game was not without incident, however, as runningbacks Chris [...]
Tax-Free Weekend: Recession Schmession
Tomorrow marks the start of Tennessee’s one lonely annual Sales Tax Holiday, also known as Tax-Free Weekend. From August 7-9, the following items are sales tax free: Computers under $1,500 Clothing under $100 School supplies under $100 So get out there and spend that money you don’t have, because we’re in a recession! Take a [...]
Bright & Early: Gettin’ Our Green On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Taking a look at some of the before and after photos of Earth Hour Nashville, we’d say that our city had a whole lot to be proud of this weekend, even if Nashville Gifts decided to be a stick in the mud and Al Gore couldn’t manage to turn off his giant [...]
Tax-Free Weekend: If Only We Still Had Our Stimulus Checks
Enjoy a bit of economic relief this weekend as you shop tax free, now through the end of the day Sunday. Computers under $1,500 as well as clothing and school supplies under $100 are all wonderfully tax-free. Don’t forget that Tennessee canceled our spring tax-free weekend, so take advantage while you can. Photo by Financial Aid [...]
Happy Hour: Ups & Downs Edition
We would be remiss if we didn’t mention this, but the Metro Planning Commission will be meeting tonight to talk about the controversial May Town Center development that aims to be a “second downtown” in the middle of rural Davidson County. They’re expecting a pretty packed house for the meeting, which starts around 6pm at [...]
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