Metro Council will consider two items that have attracted controversy and enthusiastic community input at Tuesday evening’s meeting: party buses and the Belle Meade Plaza redevelopment.
Metro Council to vote on party bus permits, Belle Meade Plaza redevelopment
Nashville rainstorms are getting wetter. How much? 12% wetter in the past five decades.
From a basic perspective, more rain can mean more flooding. But the science of how climate change affects flooding is a little more complex.
State adds appointed officials to board overseeing Nashville’s convention center
Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation last week to change the makeup of the Music City Center’s board of directors. The change added three state officials to the board: the comptroller of the treasury, secretary of state, and state treasurer.
There’s an important deadline coming up for Davidson County voters this week
Voters hoping to register for the primaries for the District 52 special election have until the end of business Tuesday. The seat must be filled after the Republican General Assembly expelled Democratic Rep. Justin Jones.
TVA proposes gas plant, 122-mile pipeline for notorious Kingston site
Months after the Tennessee Valley Authority committed to building a gas plant and pipeline in Middle Tennessee, the federal utility is proposing another 1.5-gigawatt fossil fuel project in East Tennessee.
Curious Nashville: Who cares for Centennial Park’s bee colony? Come along for a hive check with the volunteers
On a small island in the middle of Centennial Park’s Lake Watauga stand five towers of beehives. One of our listeners spotted the hard-to-reach hives and inquired about the bees: Who cares for them? What happens to the honey? Do other parks have hives? Who’s in charge? The Nashville Area Beekeeper’s Association, or NABA, is […]
Tennessee’s governor says he wants to ‘minimize the politics’ between the state and Nashville, after a legislative session full of bills targeting the city
Republicans in the General Assembly unhappy with Nashville’s elected leaders made their displeasure known throughout this year’s legislative session. They passed measures to cut Metro Council in half, change the makeup of Nashville’s sports and airport authorities, and disband the community oversight board.
Covenant School parents call on a Franklin alderman to resign for spreading misinformation about the school shooting
Covenant School parents are asking the Franklin Board of Aldermen to unseat one of their own, after she spread misinformation about the shooting at the school in March.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says late summer date for special session on guns wasn’t his call
Most public schools in the state will start this August, shortly before a special session on gun reform starts. That has some advocates speculating that Gov. Bill Lee had that in mind when he selected Aug. 21.
Glam squads, IHOP and Phoebe Bridgers: Behind the scenes of the inclusive prom held for a queer teen excluded from their school dance
A Nashville teenager went viral after being excluded from their senior prom for wearing a suit rather than a dress — the latest example of an increasingly hostile environment for LGBTQ youth in more conservative states. But quickly the community rallied around them to throw a separate prom for them and their friends.
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