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Metro Government

Metro Council is considering increasing accountability for dog owners and defining what makes a community cat

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

December 6, 2022

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Last winter, two roaming dogs bit a child and attempted to go after an adult.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: animals, cats, dogs, Joy Styles, Metro Government, Southeast

Metro opens extreme cold weather shelter as overnight temperatures drop below freezing

By Blaise Gainey

November 13, 2022

With overnight temperatures below freezing over the weekend, Metro is opening its extreme cold weather shelter again Sunday night. And the city is providing multiple ways to reach it.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Government, Weather, WeGo, winter weather

Lawsuit prompts Nashville to fix ballot mistake, and a state investigation will look closer

By Blaise GaineyandTony Gonzalez

November 4, 2022

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Nashville election officials are moving to make sure voters cast ballots in the correct midterm contests.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Election Commission, Elections 2022, Jason Martin, Jeff Roberts, Mark Green, Metro Government, odessa kelly, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee Politics, tnpol, Vincent Dixie, voting rights

Metro councilmembers get their first glimpse at terms of proposed Titans stadium

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 26, 2022

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Metro councilmembers get their first look at the terms of a proposed new Titans stadium.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: development, East Bank, Metro Government, Nashville, NFL, Tennessee Titans

Metro Council considers banning smoking and vapor products to improve health and business economics. How do dive bar patrons feel about it?

By Ambriehl CrutchfieldandAlexis Marshall

October 14, 2022

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Backers say banning smoking in bars where it’s been allowed will improve health and business. But some patrons say they’ll miss the smoky atmosphere.

Filed Under: Business, Health Care, Metro Tagged With: Jeff Syracuse, Metro Government, smoking

Metro councilmembers pitch $500K grant for abortion access and sex education

By Alexis Marshall

August 28, 2022

Nashville leaders are responding to a total ban on abortions that’s now taken effect in Tennessee. The law is one of the strictest in the country with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Filed Under: Abortion Live Updates, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Metro Government, sex ed

Wondering what Nashville is spending money on in your neighborhood? There’s a new neighborhood tracker to show you.

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 19, 2022

If you zoom in to the edge of District 12 on the city’s new neighborhood tracker, you’ll see a newly finished sidewalk that’s almost three-quarters of a mile.

Filed Under: Education, Environment, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: culverts, Erin Evans, Hermitage, John Cooper, Metro Government, neighborhood tracker

Metro Council finds workaround to make sure license plate readers won’t be used for immigration enforcement

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 17, 2022

The Metro Council doesn’t want license plate readers to be used for immigration enforcement.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Mendes, license plate readers, Metro Government, NDOT, Robert Swope

Metro will reconsider a proposal to host the Republican National Convention, but it might be too late

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 1, 2022

Music City Center

The idea of the Republican National Convention coming to Nashville is not totally off the table.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Government, Republican National Convention, Robert Swope, Tonya Hancock

Tennessee Republicans may pursue ‘alternative options’ to bring Republican National Convention to Nashville

By Blaise Gainey

July 11, 2022

Nashville is a finalist along with Milwaukee, but several Metro Council members have been openly against the idea of playing host.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, Metro Government, Randy McNally, RNC

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