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After months of wrangling, businessman Matt Charette and Metro have struck a deal that will allow Charette to start work on his East Nashville sushi restaurant without plonking down $42 grand for access to water and sewer.

LAWRENCEBURG — A Five Points man has been charged with TennCare fraud for selling prescription drugs.

Oh lordy - the poor know what this usually means for them. Gentrification is often hidden in codewords like "revitalization," "redevelopment," "mixed-use," etc.

We’ve been hearing about it for what seems like years, but the Pennsylvania primary is finally here! It should be interesting. If Hillary loses, her campaign is finished. If she wins by five points or less, she may go on but her resources will dry up and the pressure will mount for her to withdrawal. If she wins by more than five points then she can fight on.

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We should all feel sorry for Mike Jameson. Now he'll have to stay on the Metro Council for three more years.

This morning, Gov. Phil Bredesen's office tapped Joe Binkley to fill the 20th Judicial District Circuit Court vacancy, choosing the local attorney over Jameson and Marsh Nichols, who was already serving as Special Master with the Circuit Court.

Five Points to get energy-efficient homes

"Housing is not affordable if just the mortgage is affordable," said Madeline Rogero, director of the city's Community Development Division. "You have to look at the utility bills."

I’m turning my attention to some local government tax evaders, some of whom seem to have legitimate excuses, and one other that doesn’t. That one would be Stacey Campfield, who owes almost half of the now late property taxes to Knox County.

Almost $10,000 in Knox County elected officials’ local property taxes were delinquent this

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