Nashvillians gathered this week before the Metro Council to request salary increases for Metro employees and more funding for the arts and affordable housing, among other causes.
Nashville youth want a solution to gun violence. A new Metro office is looking for one.
In June, Metro responded to student requests by dedicating $1 million to a new Office of Youth Safety. Now it’s beginning to form as the latest school shooting ripples through Nashville.
Nashville’s Metro Council passes substitute budget with resounding support
Nashville’s Metro Council approved the city’s spending plan Tuesday, unanimously voting in support of Metro Council Budget Chair Delishia Porterfield’s substitute budget.
What’s the fuss with Fusus?
Somebody’s eyes are watching you.
Progressives, women win at-large council seats
Delishia Porterfield, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen and Olivia Hill have won the four remaining at-large Metro Council seats. Hill leads fifth place finisher Chris Cheng by nearly 1400 votes. A navy veteran, she will be the first openly transgender elected official in Nashville history. Porterfield, currently the councilmember for District 29, and Evans-Segall, vice-chair of […]
Metro Council introduces a plan to reconstruct Nashville’s Community Oversight Board after state’s effort to abolish it
Five Metro Council members have introduced a plan to reconstruct Nashville’s Community Oversight Board in the wake of a new law to abolish such boards as they currently exist in Tennessee.
The battle between state Republicans and Nashville is coming to a head
Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly seem to have it out for Davidson County this session. They’ve introduced several bills that would hand over power of local boards to the state, make it harder for Nashville to pay for their convention center, and slice the size of the Metro Council in half.
4 races to watch in next month’s primaries for the Tennessee legislature
All 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives and half of the 33 seats in the state Senate are on the ballot. In many cases, incumbents are a lock to win their primary and proceed on to November, but there are still a few races worth watching. Here’s what you need to know about them.
The Latest: Nashville Police Launch Internal Investigation Into Handling Of Christmas Day Bombing
Nashville’s police chief has repeatedly said the department responded to a 2019 report about Anthony Warner as thoroughly as it could at the time, and that it acknowledged the report quickly as it could after the Christmas Day bombing. But the police department is now creating an “after-action report” to determine whether it made mistakes.
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