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Some brotherly love with Bill Purcell

Bill Purcell (remember him?) is on a heady list of featured speakers for the legislative summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures July 20-24 in Philadelphia. Bill Gates (a rich fellow)...

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That would be me

The Harvard Crimson, which had a triple-bylined story Wednesday on former Mayor Bill Purcell’s new job at the esteemed university – first reported Tuesday morning on In Session – now has a piece about...

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Patrick Willard moves on

Patrick Willard, a longtime aide to former Mayor Bill Purcell who has worked for AARP’s Tennessee office for the past three-plus years, is moving to that organization’s national office in Washington....

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Councilman drops Public Square renaming idea, will try to name council...

Metro Councilman Charlie Tygard said he’s withdrawn a controversial request to name Nashville’s Public Square for a former vice mayor and will focus on another facility instead. Next week’s parks board...

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Former Mayor Bill Purcell’s father passes away

Our condolences to former Mayor Bill Purcell, whose father, William Paxon Purcell Jr., died at home Friday morning after a brief illness. He was 87. The elder Purcell lived in Pennsylvania, where his...

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With voting under way, Davidson County General Sessions Court candidates get...

As voters start going to the polls, the three Democratic candidates for a Davidson County General Sessions Court judgeship are appealing to them in earnest with a mix of advertisements, mail and...

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A brief history of recent Metro property tax increases

The 53-cent property tax increase proposed this week by Mayor Karl Dean would be Nashville’s first in seven years, but it would be the fifth in the past 15. In 1997 then-Mayor Phil Bredesen requested a...

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Metro’s five living mayors to gather for government’s golden anniversary...

It’s been nearly 50 years since Nashville and Davidson County voters decided they’d be better off with one government than two and created that thing we call Metro. Voters approved the consolidation of...

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Brenda Wynn hoping to succeed John Arriola, restore faith in county clerk’s...

Brenda Wynn, right, with Tari Hughes UPDATE, 3:15 p.m.: Metro Council members just received a letter from more than 300 women supporting Wynn’s candidacy. ORIGINAL POST: While a handful of  names have...

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I’ll see your vice mayor and raise you a former mayor

Not to be outdone by Jeff Yarbro’s plan to have Vice Mayor Diane Neighbors co-host a Senate District 21 campaign fund-raiser, rival candidate Jason Holleman announced today that he’ll do Yarbro one...

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