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Metro Government

NashVillager Podcast: Funding Nashville’s public health

Nina Cardona

April 11, 2025

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What happens to public health in a funding pinch? Plus, the local news for April 11, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Government, Metro Public Health

NashVillager Podcast: Welcome to budget season

Nina Cardona

November 13, 2024

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How does Metro make its money? Plus the local news for Nov. 13, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro budget, Metro Government

Nashville’s churches — and their land holdings — could boost affordable housing. Here’s how Metro wants to help.

Cynthia Abrams

September 26, 2024

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The role of churches, and the land they own, are an increasing focus of Nashville’s efforts to improve housing affordability. Federal funding will help Metro take a coordinating role.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Barnes Housing Trust Fund, church, Housing, Metro Government, United Methodist Church

Metro opens first permanent housing option, with on-site addiction treatment and mental health services

Cynthia Abrams

July 19, 2024

Until now, much of the city’s approach to homelessness has been about short-term support, like emergency weather shelters or temporary transitional housing.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Charlie Strobel, homelessness, Homelessness Planning Council, Housing, Metro Government, Nashville housing

‘We need each other’: As Darren Jernigan leaves the state for the city, he looks to mend frayed relationships

Cynthia Abrams

May 28, 2024

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After more than a decade in the statehouse, Darren Jernigan now serves as manager of state and federal legislative affairs in the Nashville mayor’s office.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, city-state relations, Darren Jernigan, metro, Metro Government, Nashville mayor, Preemption, Preemption bills, Tennessee General Assembly

Affordable housing, bike safety and the arts dominate funding requests during Nashville Metro Council’s pre-budget public comment period

Cynthia Abrams

February 8, 2024

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Given an invite to share thoughts about Nashville’s spending priorities, residents turned out for Tuesday night’s Metro Council meeting.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, bike lanes, budget, Capital spending plan, city budgeting, infrastructure, Metro Arts, Metro budget, Metro Government, Nashville Metro Council, pedestrian deaths, sidewalks

Breaking down Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s $514M capital spending plan

Cynthia Abrams

January 28, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Capital spending plan, East Bank, Freddie O'Connell, metro, Metro Government, MNPD, MNPS, MTA, NDOT, WeGo

hubNashville launched 7 years ago. Here’s how Metro’s customer service system has evolved over time.

Cynthia Abrams

January 21, 2024

Sanitation workers load trash into a garbage truck in Nashville.
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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.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: customer service, Freddie O'Connell, hubNashville, Mayor O'Connell, metro, Metro Government, Nashville

Nashville sued the state four times last year. Here’s where those lawsuits stand today.

Cynthia Abrams

January 4, 2024

The state approved at least seven preemption laws. The city filed lawsuits against four: an attempt to reduce the size of Metro Council by half, the undoing of a charter referendum pertaining to the fairgrounds racetrack demolition and overhauls of the Airport and Sports Authority boards.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Airport Authority, Bristol Motor Speedway, Fairgrounds racetrack, metro, Metro Government, Nashville, Preemption, Preemption bills, Sports Authority, state legislature, Tennessee

After a dramatic 2023 for Nashville’s city government, what’s next in 2024?

Cynthia Abrams

December 28, 2023

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.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, 2023 Year In Review, East Bank, Freddie O'Connell, Mayoral Race 2023, metro, Metro Government, Nissan Stadium, state legislature, Tennessee Titans, Titans

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