Metro Nashville and a handful of other local governments are suing the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. The agency cut $11 billion in local public health funding — without warning — earlier this year.
TN passes $60 billion budget, slashes money for starter homes, boosts funding for state AG
The Tennessee General Assembly approved a $60 billion budget Wednesday, as federal funding cuts put a large portion of that money at risk.
Federal cuts hit Nashville’s health department, prompting Metro to weigh further legal action
The Trump administration halted three federal health grants, disrupting measles outbreak efforts and eliminating at least seven positions within Metro’s Public Health Department. Nashville is mulling a legal challenge.
Victim services providers find $20M of relief in revised state budget
Gov. Bill Lee’s substitute budget includes a new line item: $20 million dollars for victim services.
Nashville joins lawsuit against Trump administration over transit funding
Metro has joined a federal lawsuit attempting to halt the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze on various community programs — which, for Nashville, puts $14 million in transit and infrastructure projects at risk.
A fair housing nonprofit secured upgrades at TN apartments. But federal funding cuts could stall their work.
The modifications come after Gross Residential — an Ohio-based company that develops, constructs and manages retail properties — reached a conciliation agreement with two fair housing nonprofits.
Nashville mayor airs concerns as federal funding uncertainty persists
As the Trump administration takes an ax to federal government spending, Nashville’s mayor is sounding the alarm that many Metro departments are at risk of losing millions in federal funds.
Immigrant rights groups file federal complaint over lack of language access to Tennessee driver’s licenses
Driving is an essential part of life in most parts of Tennessee. And if you don’t speak English — or a handful of other languages — getting a driver’s license can be difficult. That’s why a coalition of Tennessee-based immigrant rights groups is filing a federal complaint against the state.
Nashville wins $5M for affordable housing through competitive federal program
Nashville has been awarded $5 million in funding from the federal government to help remove barriers to building affordable housing.
President approves Tennessee disaster relief for May storms
The storms included ten tornadoes, damaging hail and record-setting rainfall in some pockets. A tornado in Maury County killed three people and flooding killed a boy in Rutherford County.
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