Voices

Why does Oracle in Nashville get to shift $175M in taxes to taxpayers?

Apr 30, 2021 at 09:41 am by robmtchl

A wise man said "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Well, lots of praise about Oracle spending their own money to build at no cost to taxpayers. Heck, if someo.... Read More

What You Should Be Shredding and Why

Apr 29, 2021 at 12:00 pm by bmdalton

It’s the time of year for spring-cleaning, and many people are throwing out old household items and personal documents to clear out some space. If you’ve been work.... Read More

Tennessee Revenues are up!

Apr 27, 2021 at 09:46 am by robmtchl

Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley today announced that Tennessee tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates in March. Overall March revenues tota.... Read More

Tennessee Ranks in Top Five Nationally for Fiscal Responsibility

Apr 23, 2021 at 10:29 am by robmtchl

Tennessee was one of only five states winning top A average grades in three of five budgetary categories evaluated for fiscal 2015 through 2019. California, Hawaii, Idaho.... Read More

A Southerner's Solution

Apr 21, 2021 at 11:00 am by robmtchl

In the South, we tend to believe the people closest to the work or the problem, often know best how to improve it. That is why Southerners so fiercely believe in lo.... Read More

Christopher Hale: The pandemic's second Easter challenges us to remember and to change.

Apr 04, 2021 at 07:00 am by Christopher Hale

As a child at Saint Rose of Lima in Murfreesboro, I was always captivated by the complex mystery of the Easter story. What often struck me the most was Luke's proclamation tha.... Read More

Christopher Hale: Christians have a moral responsibility to get the vaccine

Mar 26, 2021 at 11:00 am by Christopher Hale 6

Earlier this week, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced every Tennessee resident 16 years of age or older would be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Easter.... Read More

Property Taxes: I Bet You Didn't Know This!

Mar 25, 2021 at 11:00 am by robmtchl

We all must pay property taxes and no virus will get us out of that, but who is going to bear the burden this year? Will it be the owners, the tenants, or the government? The.... Read More

Christopher Hale: Republicans rightly love Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan.

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:00 pm by Christopher Hale

While accepting my party’s nomination for president of the United States last August, Joseph R. Biden made a promise to the American people: “While I'll be a Democ.... Read More

Opinion: The Conservative Idea of 'Freedom' is Childish and Selfish

Mar 18, 2021 at 10:17 am by Brendon Donoho 9

"Freedom" is quite the hot term these days. It has become nearly devoid of all meaning as it's tossed here and there as a political football, more often than not wielded by.... Read More

Things Just Keep Getting Weirder in 2021

Mar 18, 2021 at 07:00 am by Steve Odom 2

Everyone was so eager for 2020 to be behind us and now things just keep getting weirder. I feel like politics is leading us all in circles going in the opposite direction. Whi.... Read More

Why TN's GOP must condemn 4 state legislators who voted against abolishing slavery

Mar 17, 2021 at 10:00 am by Brendon Donoho

It is not uncommon in the slightest for Tennessee legislators to find themselves on the wrong side of history. The majority of the Tennessee Republican Caucus, and by their ma.... Read More

Christopher Hale: The many ways Bill Lee is wrong

Mar 15, 2021 at 09:55 am by Christopher Hale 3

It took two months and a deadly attempted coup against the United States in our nation's capitol building for Tennessee Gov. Bill to finally acknowledge that Joe Biden would i.... Read More

It's Time: #BurytheBust of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Mar 10, 2021 at 09:28 am by Brendon Donoho 2

The Tennessee Historical Commission voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to allow the removal of a bust in the state's capital honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general.... Read More

Dawn White, Shane Reeves, and The War on Tennessee's Workers

Mar 09, 2021 at 11:41 am by Brendon Donoho 2

The Tennessee State Senate voted on Monday to approve Senate Joint Resolution 2, which will add so-called “right to work” laws to the Tennessee Constitution. &ldq.... Read More