Capitol protester loses battle in court

Activist organized '05 TennCare sit-in
Oct 5, 2012 6:58 AM

Occupy Nashville faces curfew on Plaza

If you want to protest corporate greed — and you plan to do so into the wee hours Friday night/Saturday morn at Legislative Plaza — you might be out of luck.

The Scene's venerable Jeff Woods has the details here.

 

Oct 28, 2011 7:15 AM

Nashville now and then: A fatal fervor

Anarchist Adolph Fischer did not find a receptive audience in 1880s Nashville. But in Chicago's Haymarket Square, he was all too successful in drawing attention to his views.
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May 2, 2008 1:05 PM

Nashville now and then: Surging commerce and suspected commies

Two fixtures of today's downtown open their doors in 1926, and the legislature hunts down subversives on Monteagle Mountain in 1959
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Mar 7, 2008 12:52 PM

State senator confronts protesters

Nov 18, 2007 11:10 AM

Despite horn-honking and such, incumbents rule at legislature

[Wed 9 am 8 Nov] George W. Bush won Tennessee, but he had no coattails when it came to the legislature.
Nov 8, 2000 12:00 AM

Legislators postpone session, amid horn-honking

[Updated 2 pm; Filed Sat 1:30 pm 10 June] With AM-radio talk show hosts setting up outside the Capitol and about a dozen people driving around honking their horns, the House and Senate started
Jun 10, 2000 12:00 AM