First reading of the Hendersonville’s budget By Neil Siders  Tuesday, May 27, 2014 the Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve a $3.5 million deficit budget on first reading. The budget passed 12-1 with Alderman Rosa Long voting no. According to Hendersonville’s revenue projections, the City should collect $37,327,818 in the 2014/2015 financial year. The current budget, approved […]

By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, would force certain AM/FM radio stations to pay musicians for their work, even though some still believe those stations actually help artists with free publicity. Blackburn is co-sponsoring the bill, known as the Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act, with U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, […]

Special thanks to Midsouth Sentinel MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Gunshots, burglaries and drug dealing. Some say the solution to these problems start at home. Tuesday, an international fatherhood conference was held at the Memphis Hilton, hoping to change our city one father at a time. A Memphis pastor helped bring the conference here, but he’s not the only one trying to […]

By Jody Callahan  / The Commercial Appeal (Subscription Required) After a decision by Mayor A C Wharton, animal lovers were back out at the city shelter Tuesday evening snapping photos of dogs and cats available for adoption. Wharton announced Tuesday that he was reversing a controversial policy recently enforced by Memphis Animal Services that advocates felt doomed some animals to […]

Considering the following is indicative of what is going on around you if you really believe it. Consider the ranking of the Smartest State which is Massachusetts; how smart could they really be having elected Ted Kennedy all those years. Then again I look at our own city council at times and then stop and wonder. The dumbest states, as […]

NASHVILLE — Kristopher Gore, a candidate in state 43rd House District and distant cousin of former Vice President Al Gore Jr., was arrested last week on charges of writing three bad personal checks to McMinnville merchants. The following story was posted in the Tennessean Kristopher Gore, a Democratic candidate for the state House of Representatives, has been charged with two […]

Below is a link to the agenda http://bit.ly/1kktvJ5 The Memphis City Council will meet Tuesday, June 3, at 3:30 p.m. in the Council chambers in City Hall, 125 N Main Street….. The council will be discussing retirement plan changes and the City wants to add 30 new red light cameras…. Read More from the Midsouth Sentinel

By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — Judging by the poetry on the bathroom walls of Nashville’s Tennessee Tower, one might assume Dr. Seuss faked his own death and got a job with the state government. No, this isn’t a story about bathroom graffiti. A consistently reliable source has provided Tennessee Watchdog with evidence of Seuss’ possible activity, even though […]

http://bit.ly/1oPBGis Shelby County Commissioners signed off Monday, June 2, on a $1.1 billion consolidated operating budget for all of Shelby County government as well as a $75 million capital budget, both for the fiscal year that begins July 1. But the commission didn’t resolve what the new county property tax rate will be for the new fiscal year. And there […]

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)–More than 80 animal rights activists protested the Memphis Animal Services “no-photo” policy Sunday at the corner of Union Ave. and Cooper St. The newly enforced rules state that animal rescue groups are not allowed to take the photos of strays. In a statement, the director said photos could be construed as false advertising and lead to emotional trauma for […]

By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — Government-owned Internet systems, especially in Tennessee, have lost taxpayer money, and state officials have laws in place to keep them from expanding — but now the Federal Communications Commission wants states to repeal those laws. FCC officials, however, wouldn’t discuss with Tennessee Watchdog on Thursday how, precisely, they plan to push state and […]

It is official! My contract has ended, so I wanted to share my resignation letter. It is my truth, my story, and I think it deserves to be told. I am saddened beyond measure to leave this chosen work that I hold dear, to leave my precious Adrian Burnett family and friends. I cannot, however, remain in a profession where […]

by Steven Ertelt | Nashville, TN | LifeNews.com Original Post Pro-life advocates in Tennessee are working hard to promote Amendment 1, which would mitigate the far-reaching effects of state court decisions preventing the passage of virtually any pro-life law to stop or limit abortions. Seeking to demonize those pro-life people and rally abortion backers to oppose Amendment 1, a political […]

by Ellis Smith / Chattanooga Free Press Two of the city’s biggest programs won’t have independent oversight assigned to review their performance next year. Mayor Andy Berke turned down a request by City Auditor Stan Sewell to fund two positions to monitor the mayor’s outcomes-based budget and the massive wastewater treatment repairs that must be made as part of a federal […]

By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — Three Tennessee Supreme Court justices up for a retention vote, supposedly targeted for removal by big business, stress politics has no place in the courtroom. But a brief glimpse of state history shows otherwise. One could make the case Tennessee Democrats have benefited handsomely by using partisan politics to keep the state’s judiciary […]

MEMPHIS, TN -(WMC) – A proposal to cut taxes for Shelby County residents was struck down by a county commission committee on Wednesday. Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell proposed one tax cut for Memphians and a greater tax cut for those living outside of the city. The Shelby Co. Commission did not approve the cut, but the debate is far […]

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – A 70-year-old Hendersonville man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting of two family dogs over the weekend. One dog died and another was injured. Officials with the Hendersonville Police Department said they arrested Paul S. Corley. He was charged with two counts of animal cruelty. The arrest came after three dogs got out […]

Author: Michael Thomason Source: The Monroe County Advocate VONORE-A Vonore area man waived charges of meth use and animal abuse onto a Monroe County Grand Jury last week. Noah Keith Tipton, 41, Tipton Lane, Vonore, was in Monroe County General Sessions Court on 14 charges of animal cruelty and initiating the process to manufacture methamphetamine, but instead of entering a […]

Cameron Rogers made the leap to Chattanooga from New Brunswick, a small province on Canada’s Atlantic coast, to pursue her dream job. In the months since she was invited in August 2013 to visit the offices of Fancy Rhino, a Chattanooga-based creative agency that boasts clients from Nike to Samsung, Rogers held out hope that she’d be picked to work […]

by The Knoxville News Sentinel   KNOXVILLE — A 60-year-old man who disappeared earlier this month after threatening to harm himself was found dead in a backyard shed Monday night along the same West Knoxville street where he was reported missing. The body of William Glen Young was discovered by family members shortly after 7 p.m. in a utility shed behind […]