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!
Hate group encounters spur policy ideas from Nashville’s Metro Council
“We know that political tensions are high,” said Mayor O’Connell, “and this legislation, we hope, will discourage behavior that can spark violence.”
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?
Here’s how Nashville’s 2024 transit referendum compares to what voters rejected in 2018
Nashvillians will soon decide the fate of the city’s second attempt at establishing a dedicated source of transit funding. Between the plan’s financing, scope, and development, the plan looks a lot different than the last time around.
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.
Nashville’s transit ballot language is set. Here’s what voters will read.
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is one step closer to seeing the city’s transit system overhauled. The plan, along with the language that voters would see on the ballot this fall, has been approved by the Metro Council.
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.
Tennessee’s governor condemns white nationalist march through Nashville
Nashville’s leaders, including Mayor Freddie O’Connell and Vice Mayor Angie Henderson are condemning the demonstration. “These are hateful, Trump-emboldened cowards,” the vice mayor wrote.
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