Tag Archives: unemployment rate
Bright & Early: Shoot ‘Em Up Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As we mentioned yesterday, Murfreesboro, Clarksville, Brentwood, Williamson County and Goodlettsville have all opted out of the new state law that allows guns in public parks. Nashville’s Metro Council will be taking a look at its own opt-out ordinance at tonight’s meeting, or maybe not, because some council members are looking to [...]
Happy Hour: The Big Ten
Tennessee’s unemployment ended up being 9.9% for the month of April, which means we’re a mere tenth of a percentage point away from 10! Compare ot last year’s April unemployment rate of 6%. We’re getting depressed just thinking about it. [WSMV] So let’s lighten things up with a cute video/slideshow/thing about Metro students covering the [...]
Bright & Early: Tough Times Ahead Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We mentioned last week a few times that Perry County, which is only about 90 miles southwest of Nashville, has an unemployment rate of 27%. We had a hard enough time wrapping our minds around that one, but now we’re hearing that it actually has the second highest unemployment rate in the [...]
Happy Hour: Okay, We’re Seriously Out Of Jobs
The tally is in for February and we’re now the proud owners of a 9.1% unemployment rate. And aside from the fact that it’s the highest rate on the books for Tennessee and we had a net loss of 7,800 jobs from January to February, it’s really not all that bad because it’s not 27% [...]
Bright & Early: Everybody Hates Taxes Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we love our Preds, we can’t help but get a little bit bummed out when we hear that they could owe us as much as $400,000 in ticket taxes they, um, forgot to pay. Both city and team officials are still working on sorting out the mess, but it [...]
Bright & Early: Hax0rz Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It seems like all we’ve been hearing about lately (besides Belmont’s debate) is Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin. Despite the fact that she hails from all the way from Alaska, somehow we knew it would come back around to us. Earlier this week, some college kid hacked into Palin’s Yahoo email, [...]
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