It’s been five months since Winter Storm Fern blanketed Nashville with ice, resulting in 230K power outages and scrutiny about Nashville Electric Service’s response. A new report highlights a lack of preparedness and other shortfalls by NES' storm response. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Independent review of NES Winter Storm Fern response notes utility provider’s lack of preparedness for emergency management, restoration, communications, customer service after January ice storm https://bit.ly/4eEHw3j

A newly released independent review notes Nashville Electric Service's lack of preparedness for emergency management, restoration and communications after January's ice storm.

An hour outside Nashville, Steve-O — the co-star of ‘Jackass: Best and Last,’ opening wide this week — is tending his goats.

The state’s gruesome failed execution in May has fueled Darrell Hines’ appeal for a reprieve from Gov. Bill Lee. Hines is scheduled to be executed in August.

Cheekwood Estate and Gardens and a Belle Meade neighborhood group are facing off over the construction of the nonprofit's parking facility.

Cheekwood seeks to counter neighborhood group's effort to stop nonprofit's garage construction https://bit.ly/4aBYH4H

TSU freshman and transfer class projected to include up to 1,800 students, more than triple the amount from this time last year https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/tsu-sees-unprecedented-surge-in-student-enrollment/article_ba00e863-edd9-4dcc-bbf0-3618d38529a4.html

Tennessee State University is projected to see a dramatic increase in student enrollment for the upcoming fall semester, following several years of declining enrollment numbers. www.nashvillepost.com/business/tsu...

We are launching a brand-new newsletter geared toward a Gen Z audience. Called Kites, this visuals-driven newsletter is designed to introduce a new generation of readers to Prison Journalism Project.

Council approves Downtown Partnership $9 million budget related to downtown tax district amid increased scrutiny https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/council-approves-cbid-budget-amid-downtown-partnership-concerns/article_35ba15bc-12e0-4335-aede-37aaaddede4a.html

East Bank Development Authority board members discuss getting ready to host Super Bowl 2030 https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/east-bank-preps-for-super-bowl-lxiv-in-2030/article_d40b45ed-bc2e-4dc4-9c72-ac698bb0d0b9.html

The pickup trucks with the hips make me so mad. You know the ones.

$3.8 billion is a lot of money. Here's how Metro Nashville plans to spend the funding over the next year. ⬇️ www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Metro Council approves $3.8 billion spending plan that includes Barnes Fund funding, grocery tax relief and the return of the entertainment commission.

“No one in America was sentenced to die of heatstroke in a prison." As temperatures soar across the U.S., prisons become increasingly deadly. Must-read 👇

As development continues on Nashville’s East Bank, some of the emerging neighborhood’s current and future projects face a new deadline: Super Bowl LXIV, which is set for February 2030. www.nashvillepost.com/business/dev...

Another legal motion has been filed over Tennessee’s new congressional map drawn by the state’s Republican supermajority.

Goobernatorial race where it’s just a bunch of harmless silly guys competing for fun!

The rains came Friday morning but couldn’t dampen the spirit at Bonnaroo. Our live-review column The Spin caught The Strokes, Wednesday, Wet Leg, YUNGBLUD, Geese, Lil Jon and many more.

Our live-review column The Spin reports from Day 3 at Bonnaroo, with soulful sensations Alabama Shakes, electronic trio Rüfüs Du Sol, Kesha’s Superjam and much more.

Love this Bonnaroo pic by @formvscontent.bsky.social for the Scene.

Mayor Freddie O’Connell issued an executive order Monday putting the “full weight of Metro government” behind efforts to pause the development of large-scale data centers.

I survived my first Bonnaroo (and first real music festival,) and wrote about Kesha and Girl Tones' Sunday performances. Check out our coverage from throughout the weekend to see my write-ups on Geese, Amyl and The Sniffers and Kesha's Superjam!

NAACP files federal motion to block Tennessee congressional map https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/courts/naacp-files-motion-to-block-tennessee-congressional-map/article_5d4a2962-7637-4375-bfb9-fd832f455f5f.html

A long line of Nashvillians formed outside the Howard Office Building downtown on Thursday to voice their support for data center regulations — as proposals to allow construction of the tech facilities stir controversy at both the local and national levels. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Nashvillians push for strict data center regulations Residents come out in droves to Metro Planning Commission meeting to support of a crackdown on the tech facilities’ operations https://bit.ly/3QcMzA4

Legal Notes: ACLU files lawsuit over Tennessee immigration law; Adams & Reese adds entertainment and copyright litigator; Legal Aid Society launches podcast https://bit.ly/4oipoRg

Popular workplace monitoring platforms are sharing workers’ personal data and online activity with big tech companies, according to new research conducted in part by Vanderbilt University. https://bit.ly/3QgCDFE

Nashvillians came out in droves to Thursday's Planning Commission meeting in support of a crackdown on data centers.

This week’s cover story: The historic zoning commission wrote a whitewashed story of a 100-year-old model home in Green Hills East. The history lives deeper. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/green-hills-model-home-historic-zoning/article_8ac2de68-0cd3-4c69-8442-857eada34a42.html

For those about to ‘Roo: If you're seeing Skrillex tonight, check out this interview @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social did with Mr. Skril and Pretty Lights a while back.

Metro Council advances data center moratorium, further approvals needed Ordinance would implement 90-day ban on permitting for data centers as community opposes zoo-area proposal https://bit.ly/3Q7BobP

Fisk University alumni and North Nashville community members gathered outside the historically Black college’s campus Wednesday to speak out against the school’s plan for a data center.

It’s been an entire year since flames engulfed the Nashville Public Library's downtown parking garage. While the main library reopened in March, the garage remains closed — with a partial reopening eyed for this year.

NDOT told me the lower three levels of the garage could reopen in 2026. Since the fire, library workers have been parking at a garage located on 4th Ave. The library is paying NDP for a shuttle service to transport employees and is requesting $135K in its budget to continue funding the service.

It’s been an entire year since flames engulfed the downtown library parking garage. The library reopened in March, but the garage remains closed with a partial reopening eyed for this year as the Nashville Downtown Partnership faces increased scrutiny. www.nashvillepost.com/politics/fir...

Data center proposed for zoo-area site could be larger than initially reported Stormwater runoff, noise from facility Atlanta company seeks could negatively impact exotic animal property https://bit.ly/3QrE7Nk

In Mississippi, lawyers on both sides of a court case were caught using AI, essentially two LLMs arguing against each other. The judge dismissed all lawyers from the case and canceled the trial: www.404media.co/judge-learns...

Audience editor @avparnell.bsky.social charts a course through the limited-time offerings of this month’s Summer Roll Out Bakery Crawl.

Popular workplace monitoring platforms are sharing workers’ personal data and online activity with big tech companies, according to new research conducted in part by Vanderbilt University. www.nashvillepost.com/business/van...

"I can verify that, yes, we did show up unannounced, and the commissioner was not happy with us being there unannounced. . . We’re the oversight committee, and I didn’t know that we, as senators, had to get permission from anybody to visit a state office anywhere,” Sen. Tom Hatcher said.

The ACLU is suing Tennessee over a new state law that criminalizes the act of being an undocumented immigrant. The law makes it a class-A misdemeanor for anyone 18 or older to be undocumented or attempt to enter the state following a final order of removal. www.nashvillepost.com/business/leg...

A proposed data center near the Nashville Zoo has received significant pushback in the last week, and now permit documents reveal the project could be much larger than initially thought - and could worsen already-degrading waterways on the zoo's property www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Travelers, the insurance company representing Metro, has filed a lawsuit against the Nashville Downtown Partnership, Block by Block and SMS Holdings for $10 million in damages related to last summer’s fire in the Nashville Public Library garage.

Scoopy update here from @julianneakers.bsky.social ...

A proposed data center near the Nashville Zoo could be significantly larger than previously reported — and the site’s stormwater runoff could affect zoo property.

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What's next after rejection of downtown tax district’s budget proposal? Councilmembers criticize Downtown Partnership’s CBID operations, seek improved street safety as $9 million budget prepped for reconsideration https://bit.ly/4g0jxOm

Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee General Assembly recently approved $11 million for ALS research in the 2026-27 budget. The funds support Vanderbilt University Medical Center ALS Research Center, which began work in early 2024. https://bit.ly/4e1jr6E