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‘We need each other’: As Darren Jernigan leaves the state for the city, he looks to mend frayed relationships

Cynthia Abrams

May 28, 2024

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After more than a decade in the statehouse, Darren Jernigan now serves as manager of state and federal legislative affairs in the Nashville mayor’s office.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, city-state relations, Darren Jernigan, metro, Metro Government, Nashville mayor, Preemption, Preemption bills, Tennessee General Assembly

Nashville affordable housing — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question

Cynthia Abrams

July 7, 2023

WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 2023 election, affordable housing, city, city-state relations, climate change, Early voting, election, environment, General Assembly, gun violence, Housing, Mayor's race 2023, mayoral candidates, Mayoral election, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral race, public transit, school safety, transit

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