This year’s $527 million plan marks an increase of $13 million from last year and is subject to Metro Council approval.
Nashville mayor mulls grocery sales tax cut as a potential offset for incoming transit tax
For months, local groups have encouraged Metro to offset the burden of a higher sales tax by eliminating the grocery sales tax.
Nashville voters approved a major transportation upgrade. What comes next?
While Nashville’s mayor is starting to move on his transit plan immediately, some changes will take more than a decade to implement.
Nashville’s transit referendum passes with two-thirds approval
The referendum is the city’s second attempt at establishing a dedicated source of funding for its transit system. If it passes, it will increase Nashville’s sales tax by a half-cent to fund $3.1 billion in transportation upgrades.
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.”
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.
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.
New Donelson library capitalizes on trends, with grandiose sculpture, 3D printers, art lending and more
After the previous location — a building constructed in 1966 — was deemed too small for the growing neighborhood, the library began construction of a LEED-gold-certified library with rooftop solar panels.
Cost-of-living adjustments, violence prevention programs and more: Metro Council ready to vote on budget
Metro employees could receive a bigger paycheck, if approved by Nashville’s Metro Council. A new alternative to the mayor’s budget also includes programs to prevent violence, help for residents facing evictions and more.
Nashvillians across the political spectrum approve of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Fewer of them know about his specific projects.
Just six months after taking office, Mayor Freddie O’Connell is seeing high approval from Nashvillians across the political aisle. That’s according to the latest Vanderbilt Poll about city subjects.
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