Steve Cavendish

5 days ago | timesfreepress.com | Steve Cavendish

At the end of the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly slashed the state's franchise tax for businesses, effectively eliminating the property tax portion of the levy at a cost to the state of $405 million per year. Steered by the Republican leadership in both chambers, who said they feared litigation over the two-pronged tax, the legislature also opened a window for companies to apply for a rebate of the last three years' worth of their franchise taxes, or $1.55 billion in refunds.

5 days ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

At the end of the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly slashed the state’s franchise tax for businesses, effectively eliminating the property tax portion of the levy at a cost to the state of $405 million per year. Steered by the Republican leadership in both chambers, who said they feared litigation over the two-pronged tax, the legislature also opened a window for companies to apply for a rebate of the last three years’ worth of their franchise taxes, or $1.55 billion in refunds.

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Want a fight? You need a villain. When U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles stepped to the podium Monday, the bad guy in his narrative about the supposedly lawless streets of Nashville was Mayor Freddie O’Connell, who had the temerity to say that ICE raids don’t make Nashville safer and that they actually make it harder for Metro Police to do their job, you know,  making Nashville safer. In Ogles’ mind, O’Connell has been “aiding and abetting illegal immigration” and protecting violent criminals.

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Slight cracks began to form between Glen Casada and Cade Cothren on day seven of their trial. Wednesday was the third full day on the witness stand for Casada and Cothren’s alleged conspirator, former Rep. Robin Smith’s. Most of the day was taken up by cross-examination. The moment of interest came during Casada attorney Jonathan Farmer’s questioning, when he drew attention to texts between Smith, the government’s star witness, and Cothren during the formation of Phoenix Solutions.

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Marjorie Pomeroy-Wallace, Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s chief of staff and one of the architects of his successful 2023 campaign, will change roles soon, multiple sources have told the Banner. Pomeroy-Wallace is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the mayor’s office and has been an influential voice in an administration that spent its first year focused on transit.