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Our 2024 Leaders magazine is now available for subscribers!
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A restaurant and bar affiliated with media and gambling company Barstool Sports is planned for the downtown Nashville building long home to Joe's Crab Shack.
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Bridgestone Arena to pay employees despite temporary league shutdown
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“What design? It’s the same road with a few planters thrown down,” said David Kleinfelter, founder of Walk Bike Nashville, an activism organization working to make Nashville safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
From
@NashvilleScene
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To say Vanderbilt athletics director Candice Lee’s first few months on the job were trial by fire would be an understatement.
She is one of our CEOs of the year.
@CandiceLee78
@VandyAD
@vucommodores
@vanderbiltu
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Metro Councilmember Freddie O’Connell is planning to run for mayor in 2023, he told The Tennessean.
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More Tennessee voters now describe themselves as pro-choice than pro-life, a sharp reversal from a decade ago, according to a new poll.
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Tennessee State University leaders are looking into starting an NCAA Division I ice hockey program, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Stuart McWhorter, who left Gov. Bill Lee’s administration in May to pursue work in the private sector, purchased Kentucky Sports Radio from Matt Jones last week for an undisclosed sum.
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Former Nashville Predators head coach Barry Trotz is a Nashville homeowner again.
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The House and Senate met throughout the week, adjourning Friday evening after extended floor sessions and back-and-forths between the bodies. The legislature declined to take up gun restrictions, despite calls to do so by GOP Gov. Bill Lee and others.
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Up until a few weeks ago, almost every NBA draft analyst figured Belmont's Ben Sheppard would be picked in the second round. But thanks in part to a strong showing at the draft combine in mid-May, Sheppard is now considered by some as a first-round pick.
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Democrat Caleb Hemmer beat Republican Michelle Foreman in the Tuesday general election and will be the new representative for House District 59 in Nashville.
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The Vanderbilt men’s basketball team has moved to the top of the 2021 SEC recruiting rankings after receiving a commitment from four-star recruit Gabe Dorsey.
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Point guard
@thejaylenjones
of
@EastNashvilleBB
, the No. 3 player in the state, committed to
@TSUTigersMBB
on Tuesday
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Vanderbilt wide receiver Will Sheppard took a significant step forward in terms of productivity last season. The college football world has taken notice.
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Of the 33 awarded projects across 24 states,
@TSUedu
is one of only five institutions to land Tier 3 funding.
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Downtown’s Fifth + Broadway has sold for $714,999,999 in what almost certainly ranks as the most significant single-asset and single-location real estate deal in Nashville history.
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Bristol Motor Speedway, the race operator seeking to renovate the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and bring NASCAR back to the city, has announced the signing of a community benefits agreement related to the project.
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A Trump-appointed federal judge late Friday declared Tennessee’s new law restricting drag performances unconstitutional and halted its enforcement in Shelby County, where the case originated.
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A new vice mayor will lead the Metro Council as Angie Henderson has been elected to the seat. Henderson secured 52 percent of the vote, beating incumbent Vice Mayor Jim Shulman.
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Middle Tennessee State University broke ground Thursday on the school’s new Student-Athlete Performance Center — a $66 million facility to be built next to Floyd Stadium on Greenland Drive in Murfreesboro.
@MTAthletics
@MT_FB
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For the seventh straight year,
@BelmontUniv
claimed the
@OVCSports
Institutional Academic Achievement Award, which is awarded to the school with the highest percentage of eligible student-athletes with at least a 3.25 GPA.
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BREAKING: Giarratana LLC has unveiled via the iconic The Nashville Sign an image of its next high-rise — a jig-jagging skyscraper of distinctive design.
@BillDazzle
#NashvilleDevelopment
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Vanderbilt University has paid $5 million for the Wendy’s property that sits near its campus — a purchase that gives the institution control over a massive chunk of contiguous Midtown land and buildings.
via
@BillDazzle
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Here she is! We're proud to unveil the 2018 edition of
#posttechie
— chock full of stories on workforce development, IT strategy, blockchain, virtual reality and much more. Many thanks to our team and our partners in the community.
#Nashville
#technology
#magazine
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Metro Nashville Public Schools released a statement to families and staff on Sunday, defying the state's actions and noting that MNPS will still require masks despite the new law.
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Marquita Bradshaw, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020, is running again next year.
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SEIU Local 205, a union whose members include employees from several Metro departments among other units, is endorsing Odessa Kelly in her bid to unseat longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville).
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The watch list for the 2022-23 Becky Hammon Award, which is handed out each year to the mid-major player of the year, was announced last week, and Belmont's Destinee Wells and Middle Tennessee's Savannah Wheeler made the cut.
@BelmontWBB
@mt_wbb
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The Civic Design Center has sketched out a vision for a park to connect the Cumberland River bridges by the Metro Courthouse
@NCDC
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Nashville International Airport officials are trying to secure a nonstop flight to Dublin via Ireland’s Aer Lingus.
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Tennessee State University will see a piece of the $1.7 trillion federal Omnibus Bill — monies that will arrive as the school seeks to elevate its academic profile.
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Mayor John Cooper will not run for reelection in 2023, the incumbent announced Tuesday.
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The accolades are continuing to pour in for Belmont's Guy Lipscomb.
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Justin Jones has been reelected to represent District 52 in the state House.
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Follow along as our colleagues cover the potential expulsion of three Democrats from the Tennessee House of Representatives.
@NashvilleScene
@connor_daryani
@kelsey_beyeler
@formvscontent
@NPostPolitics
Some protesters are now filling the gallery of the House chambers.
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Middle Tennessee State sophomore and former Riverdale standout Anastasia Hayes is used to racking up the awards. She added another one to her list of accomplishments on Wednesday when she was named to the Conference USA preseason team.
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Serial sports media entrepreneur Shannon Terry’s growing
@On3sports
network of college sports sites is seeking to force a former writer to shut down his new podcast covering Ohio State football.
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Nashville Soccer Club owner John Ingram wrote to members of the Metro Council Wednesday to express “significant concerns” about Mayor John Cooper’s plan to help fund major upgrades at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
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The Belmont Bruins now get in-state rival Tennessee. A win Monday night and Belmont would become just the third team ever to reach the Sweet 16 as a No. 12 seed or lower.
@BelmontWBB
@LadyVol_Hoops
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The Post and
@NashvilleScene
are partnering with
@440Sports
and
@BradenGall
on audio coverage of the Nashville Predators and the Tennessee Titans.
Get the details here:
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In Mayor John Cooper’s final budget as mayor, he is proposing no funds for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, which for years has been tasked with spearheading business recruitment and economic development efforts.
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“There is profound gender bias in health care, so women's pain is often dismissed,” Somi Javaid of HerMD said.
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Our new magazine issue focused on innovation is on its way to subscribers now.
Check it out here:
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Meet this year's panel of
#MostPowerfulWomen
✨
•Jane Allen, CEO of
@entrecenter
•Mignon Francois, Founder & CEO of
@cupcaketweets
•Shanna Jackson, President of
@NashvilleState
•Becca Stevens, Founder & President of
@thistlefarms
🗓 Don't miss it:
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Mayor John Cooper's office has directed officials to conduct a review of Metro Codes policies in the wake of a report by Post sister publication
@NashvilleScene
.
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Franklin Road Academy leaders have announced the hiring of Channing McCullough as head of their middle school.
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Saturday night at First Tennessee Park,
@NashvilleSC
continued creating franchise firsts, topping the Charleston Battery for a 3-1 win and advancing to the USL semifinals to host Indy Eleven next Saturday at 7 p.m.
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Mayoral candidates Freddie O’Connell and Alice Rolli are headed to a runoff next month.
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In-N-Out Burger officials announced Tuesday the company will invest $125.5 million to establish an Eastern territory office in Franklin. In addition, In-N-Out plans to open some of its fast food restaurants in the general Nashville area by 2026.
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One of our top reads from this week: State yanks license of Brentwood insurance broker who embezzled from nonprofit
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New
@PredsNHL
forward Matt Duchene was every bit as good as advertised. Centering a line with Filip Forsberg and Mikael Granlund, Duchene notched three assists and helped the Predators claim a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild.
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Metro Legal Director Wally Dietz issued a lengthy statement condemning the legislation Thursday. He wrote that the law contains “several serious legal defects which will make [it] impossible to legally implement.”
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Wesley Keegan helped lead
@TailGateBrewery
through the pandemic. Now, the company is opening another location next to the Nashville Sounds stadium and expanding to Chattanooga. He's one of our CEOs of the Year:
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Vanderbilt senior Christina Rosca was one of the best women’s tennis players in the country in 2019, and last week she was recognized as the Ohio Valley Regional Senior Player of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
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Nashville company brings antibody test to market
Webb Diagnostic Technologies says test can detect COVID-19 with up to 99 percent accuracy in one minute
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.
@MT_WBB
's Kseniya Malashka was selected in the third round of the 2023 WNBA draft on Monday night, landing with the Chicago Sky at 35th overall.
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Longtime local retailer Friedman’s Army Navy Store — in operation for more than 50 years at its Hillsboro Village-area site — is slated to close on June 30.
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.
@SouthwestAir
will add nonstop flights from
@Fly_Nashville
to two California cities and Omaha
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Learning more about tech apprenticeships at
@TNHIMSS
#SOSE
under
#HealthFurther18
umbrella with people from
@nashtechcouncil
,
@Change_HC
,
@NashSoftware
and
@Microsoft
. Workforce development as big an issue as ever with
#Nashville
#tech
sector booming
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The arrival of COVID-19 could have sounded a death knell for the
@Belcourt
. Instead, longtime Executive Director Stephanie Silverman turned to community support and a rainy-day fund when the theater was forced to close. She is one of our CEOs of the Year:
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Nashville attorney Joanne Sowell is among the first candidates seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn next year.
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.
@BelmontUniv
will have two new majors in the fall: in data science and business systems and analytics.
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The bulk of the West Nashville building known best as the former home of the Belle Meade Theater is slated to be demolished and replaced with a six-story mixed-use building to be anchored by a Kroger grocery store and offer 236 residential units.
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Meet our Most Powerful Women panelists! Join us on Sept. 18 to hear from restaurateur
@maneetchauhan
,
@cheekwood
CEO Jane MacLeod,
@FBT_law
member Mekesha Montgomery,
@ywcanashville
CEO Sharon Roberson and
@firsttennessee
President Carol Yochem.
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We're learning from
#entrepreneurs
and
#investors
at "Developing Health Care Ventures" panel hosted by
@NashHCC
and
@NashCapNetwork
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Sonny Gray played three seasons at Vanderbilt, leading the Commodores to their first College World Series in 2011 during his final season. Now he has his first MLB playoff win.
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A local group has a new pitch for the Fairgrounds Speedway, including live-work space for artists and a park.
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Freddie O’Connell is officially the mayor of Nashville, thanks to a minutes-long swearing-in Monday morning from former Mayor David Briley, who is currently serving as a Circuit Court judge.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined state Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) at Fisk University last week for a rally calling for raising the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour. See the photos from
@formvscontent
:
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Michael Eric Dyson — a nationally recognized scholar whose work is focused on how ethnicity, religion and contemporary culture intersect, and often collide — will join the Vanderbilt University faculty.
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The owner of
@_mlrose
has paid $2.25 million for an Inglewood commercial building and plans to open in 2024 an east side location of the restaurant and bar concept at the site.
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Nashville School for the Aerial Arts is tentatively slated to open by month’s end — with the business to teach variety arts skills such as high-wire walking and trapeze acts.
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Fisk University on Wednesday announced Corrinne Tarver, a former NCAA champion at the University of Georgia, as the new coach of what is described as the first-ever gymnastics program at a historically Black university.
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A trio of former Tennessee Titans — all ex-teammates of Tennessee State University football coach Eddie George — will be joining a revamped Tigers broadcast this fall.
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This year, the Belmont Bruins are hoping lightning strikes twice as they’re again a No. 12 seed in the tournament, drawing No. 5-seed Oregon (21-11) in the first round on Saturday, March 19, at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.
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Metro Councilmember Angie Henderson on Tuesday filed paperwork with local regulators allowing her to raise money for a vice mayoral campaign. Henderson has been publicly considering a campaign since last year.
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The light blue Oilers throwback uniforms will replace the light blue Titans jerseys as the team’s third jersey, joining the two primary options — the navy and white uniforms.
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Gov. Bill Lee on Monday announced the selection of Belmont University law professor Jeffrey Usman for a vacancy on the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
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We asked our
#MostPowerfulWomen
panelist
@ManeetChauhan
what a leader should be doing for her team.
#WednesdayWisdom
#NashvilleMPW
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.
@VanderbiltU
officials have released a new image of their medium-term plans to reshape a part of campus fronting West End. Here's our story on the project from last October:
#Nashville
#development
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Darek Bell of Corsair Artisan Distillery said his company made 250 bottles of hand sanitizer Wednesday and will produce 2,000 more over the next two days to try and meet the need.
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Kicking off the morning with our Editor
@gdelombaerde75
moderating the
@nashtechcouncil
CIO perspective panel. Who else is here?
#NASHSYM
#TechTuesday
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.
@YeeHawBrewing
eyes spring opening in SoBro Will be joined by distillery, live music venue in reinvented warehouse
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An internationally acclaimed chef and author,
@ManeetChauhan
has always translated her culture through flavor.
#MotivationMonday
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Another big name has found a home in Nashville:
@AppleMusic
will set up an office in Wedgewood-Houston
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We are so excited to have you on the team! Everyone give our newest sports writer
@MGSports_
a follow!
#NashvillePostSports
🗣 Personal news: I will be taking over as the new sports reporter for the
@NashvillePost
It’s surreal to be heading up the very sports department that I interned at four years ago. I look forward to living up to the high standard that was set by
@BoclairSports
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On Monday, the Nashville Software School and Amazon announced a collaboration on a new software boot camp aimed at teaching individuals with no prior coding experience how to code.
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"Nothing is too small. Do something. No matter how small. Not doing anything is not an option."
@zulfat4council
is one of our 2022 Most Powerful Women:
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Enjoyed
@HealthFurther
talk by Jessica
@sweeneyplatt
of
@athenahealth
on what sets apart top
#doctor
groups
#HealthFurther17
#SOSE17
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A new ordinance proposed by Metro Councilmember Colby Sledge aims to eliminate minimum parking requirements in much of Nashville.
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A three-judge panel on Tuesday unanimously decided that the state's takeover of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority was unconstitutional.
Read:
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Brandon Miller, the No. 1-ranked recruit in Tennessee and an Alabama commit, is the first player in Cane Ridge history to win a Mr. Basketball award
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