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Nashville leaders propose paying travel costs for Metro employee abortions

By Blake Farmer

June 30, 2022

Nashville Mayor John Cooper

Nashville leaders are pushing for the Metro government to reimburse travel expenses for any employee who has to travel outside of Tennessee for an abortion.

Filed Under: Abortion Live Updates, Business, Health Care, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, John Cooper, metro

After a 3-year legal battle, the state Supreme Court says a school voucher program can launch in Nashville and Memphis

By Blaise Gainey

May 18, 2022

The ruling is a win for Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who has been pushing for school vouchers.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Education, education savings account, Herbert Slatery, John Cooper, Metro Government, public schools, school vouchers, shelby county, Tennessee Supreme Court

Nashville’s mayor lays out blueprint for upcoming city budget with education, housing and public safety potentially getting big wins

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

April 27, 2022

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Nashville Mayor John Cooper took a sunny tone during his annual State of Metro speech. WPLN’s @ambriehlc reports Cooper recognized the shadow COVID-19 cast over his first term, but says the city has turned a new page and is out of crisis mode.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: John Cooper, State of Metro

After Tennessee guts a Nashville bill protecting construction workers, the mayor decides not to fight back

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

April 26, 2022

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Two people died on Nashville construction sites last year.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: construction workers, John Cooper, Sandra Sepulveda

Metro makes Juneteenth an official holiday for city employees

By Paige Pfleger

April 12, 2022

Juneteenth will be a formal holiday for all Metro Nashville employees starting this year. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans after the end of the Civil War.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: John Cooper, Juneteenth

‘Support the police – that’s Nashville’: Metro Council passes controversial license plate readers

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

February 3, 2022

Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston
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Nashville will test out license plate readers in a six-month pilot program.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: John Cooper, license plate readers, Metro Government, MNPD, NDOT, Walk Bike Nashville

A second seat opens on the Nashville Fair Board after stalemate over who has power

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

November 23, 2021

Metro Fair Board

The Nashville board that oversees the Fairgrounds has yet another opening.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity Tagged With: Erin McAnally, Fair Board, Jim Shulman, John Cooper, Nashville Fairgrounds, Soccer

Record investment in Metro Parks proposed in Nashville’s latest capital spending plan

By Caroline Eggers

October 25, 2021

Funding is up this year in Nashville’s latest blueprint for tackling city infrastructure projects.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: infrastructure, John Cooper, Metro budget, Metro Parks, Nashville Christmas blast

Faith-led coalition requests that federal money be spent on affordable housing

By Blaise GaineyandRachel Iacovone

October 18, 2021

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Nashville Organized for Action and Hope held its annual meeting to list its requests to officials. Much of it focused on helping fund programs like affordable housing, better pay for school support staff and faster help for those facing eviction.

Filed Under: Education, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, evictions, John Cooper, Mayor John Cooper, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Metro Schools, MNPS, Nashville Organized for Action and Hope, NOAH, Sandra Sepulveda

Nashville’s Latino population is growing, but that’s not reflected on Metro boards

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 14, 2021

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Nashville’s Latino population is the only ethnic group that significantly lags in representation on the city’s boards and commissions.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity Tagged With: diversity, Jim Shulman, John Cooper, Latino, Metro Government

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