Nashville’s success with public projects shows why new Titans stadium will work | Opinion

Music City Center and Bridgestone Arena are examples of Nashville creating a vision and executing it well. A new Titans stadium can do the same. In the last 25 years, two seismic waves of historic change swept through our city, collectively giving us the Nashville of today — the 2.0.22 version.  Another wave is now quickly rolling forward, ready to

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Celebrating Bipartisanship at its Tennessee best

40th anniversary of 1982 World’s Fair, the largest tourism event in TN history could not have happened without both parties working together at all levels The 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville was the most successful authorized international exposition in the U.S. since the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. Facts: The event had more countries participating (23) and the highest attendance (11.4

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Bipartisan Turmoil, Nuclear Option Saved Volunteer State’s Reputation

By Bo Roberts Nearly 50 years ago this week, in an unexpected move, five veteran Democratic state senators bolted away from their caucus, joining their minority GOP colleagues to re-elect Bill Snodgrass as the Comptroller of the state of Tennessee. In the view of many, their uncommon action was a textbook example of cooler heads prevailing, as their votes were crucial

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