More than three months of heated back and forth have finally come to an end. Representatives from the Metro Nashville Police Department and its new civilian oversight board announced Thursday afternoon that they’ve reached an agreement. A first look at the latest draft of a memorandum of understanding between the two groups reveals both sides […]
Policy Tracker: Budget Crisis Looms Over Nashville’s Mayor
Nashville’s mayor has had his hands full with an emergency budget shortfall, and the situation has slowed some of the progress that John Cooper had started to make toward his campaign promises.
Nashville Housing Advocates To Mayor Cooper: ‘Keep Your Promise’ On Funding
Nashville housing advocates are calling out Mayor John Cooper for what they say is a failure to follow one of his key campaign messages.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper Announces Yet Another Pilot Test Of Body Cameras Before Full Rollout
Nashville is testing body cameras, marking its third round of field trials in as many years. Mayor John Cooper announced Tuesday morning that the police department will begin a slow rollout in March, starting with two dozen officers in traffic-related units, and then dole out 20 more cameras in May, for a three-month beta testing […]
Activists Say They’re Tired Of Body Cameras Getting ‘Budget Cut’
Criminal justice reform advocates are proposing a new deadline for body cameras in Nashville. They want to see Metro Police officers wearing them by January. Outside the mayor’s office Tuesday night — and just before a Metro Council meeting — demonstrators urged local leaders to stop delaying the rollout, shouting “three years, three mayors, still […]
Nashville Mayor Assures Anxious Teachers They Will Get Raises In January
Cooper held a press conference this morning to announce that he will go forward with cost-of-living adjustments scheduled for January. Those were first laid out by then-Mayor David Briley this summer.
Nashville Mayor Intervenes In Stalled Talks Between Metro Police And Oversight Board
Mayor John Cooper is intervening in heated negotiations between the Metro Nashville Police Department and the city’s new Community Oversight Board. Talks have stalled for weeks. And one major sticking point is that Metro’s police chief is resisting calls for a formal agreement with the oversight group.
The ‘Mess’ Of Metro Finances Has Tennessee Comptroller Demanding Budget Fixes
The city of Nashville is on a path to go broke next year. That’s the unmistakably dire message sent to the Metro Council and other city officials on Tuesday night by Tennessee Comptroller Justin Wilson.
Nashville Mayor’s Inauguration Touts Diversity And Unity, But Notes Hard Work Ahead
Backed by marching bands and mariachi music, new Nashville Mayor John Cooper was sworn into office Saturday with a vow to follow through on the wishes he heard from voters.
Here’s John Cooper’s First Speech As Nashville’s New Mayor
Listen Nashville Mayor John Cooper was formally sworn into office Saturday at Stratford STEM Magnet High School in East Nashville.
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