The details of Nashville’s transit referendum are to be hammered out over a six-week period that will center public feedback.
Nashville mayor announces transit referendum for November
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell announced Thursday morning that he will be pursuing a Nov. 5 ballot measure to expand transit.
Nashville schools rank in the top 10 for recovery since the pandemic, but racial disparities persist
Metro Nashville Public Schools ranks among the top school districts in the country for academic recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Stanford and Harvard.
Mayor of Nashville talks leading a blue city inside a red state
America’s political divide is showing up in the struggle between some Democratic-led cities in Republican-led states. Freddie O’Connell, the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, talks about how this power struggle is affecting his city.
Fusus, the controversial police surveillance contract, has been removed from Nashville’s Metro Council agenda
Nashville’s Metro Council will no longer consider the police surveillance contract they were set to take up at Tuesday’s meeting. Council members announced Monday that the legislation would be withdrawn. The Metro Nashville Police Department has also halted their usage of the program.
Breaking down Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s $514M capital spending plan
The plan’s top investments include education and city maintenance — such as upgrades to fire stations, libraries and greenways. It also devotes around $39 million to transit needs and $25 million toward early investments into the East Bank development.
What Nashville’s affordable housing fund has done in its first decade
The Barnes Housing Trust Fund celebrated its 10-year anniversary last week.
hubNashville launched 7 years ago. Here’s how Metro’s customer service system has evolved over time.
Metro customer services hinges largely on hubNashville, a system where residents can place a huge range of requests. Its usage has tripled in the past five years.
After a dramatic 2023 for Nashville’s city government, what’s next in 2024?
As 2023 nears its end, WPLN is looking back at some of its biggest stories of the last year. And, for Nashville’s city government, there is no shortage of pivotal moments — many of which will ripple into the new year, with the new administration.
As Nashville reshapes Cayce homes into mixed-income housing, concern among some residents persists
Nashville’s public housing agency broke ground Thursday on the latest stage of the Cayce Transformation plan.
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