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Freddie O'Connell

As the shutdown hits wallets, some Nashvillians push for a freeze on bus fares

By Cynthia Abrams

November 6, 2025

Dozens of local organizations have signed onto a request for fares to freeze until SNAP benefits resume.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Choose How You Move, Freddie O'Connell, Nashville transit referendum

Nashville is reviewing school start times. Here’s what comes next.

By Camellia Burris

November 4, 2025

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City leaders are in the early stages of researching the pros and cons of changing school hours in Nashville.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Adrienne Battle, Freddie O'Connell, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS

Nashville’s ‘participatory budgeting’ experiment is over. How will residents get a say in city spending?

By Cynthia Abrams

November 2, 2025

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Metro has officially done away with the program that allowed residents to nominate neighborhood projects and then vote for which ones would ”win” city funding.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Krinks, Bordeaux, Freddie O'Connell, Kyonzte Toombs, Metro budget, Nashville Peoples Budget, participatory budgeting, Theeda Murphy, Varsity Spending Plan

Prominent member of Nashville mayor’s office to step down

By Cynthia Abrams

September 25, 2025

A top adviser in the Nashville mayor’s office is leaving his role.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Mendes, East Bank, East Bank Development, Freddie O'Connell, Mayor O'Connell

Ask the Mayor + Shared Calendar

By Mary Mancini

September 18, 2025

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Freddie O’Connell is back for another round of “Ask the Mayor.”

Filed Under: Ask The Mayor, Programs Tagged With: Adventure Science Center, Dolly Parton, Eiman Jahangir, Freddie O'Connell, Karla Murtha, Nashville Film Festival

What to know about Elon Musk’s Nashville tunnel project

By Marianna Bacallao

August 26, 2025

Here’s everything we know so far about the Boring Company’s proposed “Music City Loop” in Nashville.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Elon Musk, Freddie O'Connell, Justin Jones, Metro Nashville, Music City Center, Nashville International Airport, The Boring Company, tunnels, xAi

What kind of street will anchor Nashville’s East Bank? Advocates push for changes to Metro’s vision

By Cynthia Abrams

August 21, 2025

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East Bank Boulevard — the street that will one day serve as a major corridor in Nashville’s future East Bank neighborhood — is causing debate. Metro has put forth a six-lane proposal, which pedestrian and bicycle advocates say is unsafe.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civic design center, East Bank, East Bank Boulevard, East Bank Development, Freddie O'Connell, mayor freddie o'connell, Meredith Montgomery, Southern Environmental Law Center, Think Tennessee, Veronica Foster, Walk Bike Nashville

Meet the congressional candidates for Tennessee’s special election

By Marianna Bacallao

August 14, 2025

With the filing deadline come and gone, the candidates are set for the Oct. 7 special primary election.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Aftyn Behn, Bo Mitchell, clarksville, Donald Trump, election, Freddie O'Connell, Gino Bulso, Immigration, jan. 6, Jody Barrett, Lee Reeves, Mark Green, Nashville, tnleg, tnpol, Vincent Dixie

Ask the Mayor, plus Shades of Black Theatre Festival and more community events

By Mary Mancini

August 13, 2025

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Freddie O’Connell is back for another round of “Ask the Mayor.”

Filed Under: Ask The Mayor, Programs Tagged With: ask the mayor, Freddie O'Connell, Shades of Black Theatre Festival, Shawn Whitsell

Nashville will see a rise in ICE agents under Trump’s budget plan

By Marianna Bacallao

July 18, 2025

During a Friday visit to Nashville, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that ICE will be sending more officers to the city.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Freddie O'Connell, human smuggling, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol

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