Every Thursday, we open up the phone lines because it’s your turn to talk. And once a month, Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to take your calls.
Nashville’s transit referendum passes with two-thirds approval
The referendum is the city’s second attempt at establishing a dedicated source of funding for its transit system. If it passes, it will increase Nashville’s sales tax by a half-cent to fund $3.1 billion in transportation upgrades.
Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor and Ghost Mayor
Every Thursday, we open up the phone lines because it’s your turn to talk. And once a month, Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to take your calls.
Women’s basketball stars will compete in Nashville next year. What would it take to make the sport a permanent fixture?
Athletics Unlimited announced that it would be holding its fourth women’s basketball championship in Nashville this February.
Metro will demolish homes in a 40-year-old encampment, but won’t clear out residents
There are no plans to close an encampment near the Silliman Evans bridge. However, Metro does plan to demolish some larger dwellings in the camp.
Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor, plus presidential debates
Every Thursday we open up the phone lines because it’s your turn to talk!
Your Turn to Talk: Ask the Mayor, plus International Overdose Awareness Day
Today, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is in the studio to take your calls. Plus, Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. What can you do if you witness an overdose?
Ask the Mayor (and Metro Law Director)
Today, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell will be in the studio to talk about our city government, share what’s happening right now and take calls from listeners. Later on in the episode, we’ll be joined by Wally Dietz, the director of Nashville’s law department.
Why Nashville’s Civil Rights era bombings have never been solved
During the Civil Rights era, white supremacists bombed Nashville three times, attacking a school, a Jewish Community Center and the home of civil rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby. Those bombers were never caught.
Nashville mayor asks MNPD to reopen unsolved Civil Rights-era bombings
A series of unsolved bombings in Nashville during the Civil Rights era may be reopened. Mayor Freddie O’Connell called on Nashville’s police chief to devote resources to answering who was behind the attacks.
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