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Rail Line Could Make Nashville Budget Sick, Unable To Fund Retiree Insurance

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Jason M. Reynolds

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Retired Metro Nashville employees’ benefits are in jeopardy, one PAC says, even as Mayor Megan Barry’s supporters have no trouble raising funds from the business community to try to persuade voters to pay $9 billion for a transit system. NoTax4Tracks says in a press release that Metro Nashville has a…

Senate Democrats Push Pension Relief in Effort to Woo White Working Class

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 Tennessee Star Staff

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Senate Democrats, trying mightily to win back the white working-class voters who backed President Donald Trump, are making a strong push for protections for blue collar workers’ shaky pensions.