The Metro Council could get a lot smaller under an idea being floated in the Tennessee General Assembly, though this isn’t the first time the topic has come up.
Nashville’s mayor pushes for more federal funds to reduce homelessness
Nashville’s mayor is urging the Metro Council to spend $50 million of federal COVID relief funds to chip away at homelessness.
The Tennessee Titans want a new stadium. Metro Government is conducting a study to find out if that’s a good deal.
While the details of the new deal aren’t final, the city and state are expected to give the Titans $1.2 billion to build a new stadium and get off the hook for maintenance.
Breaking down the Metro Nashville budget
Metro’s budget approval process can be difficult to navigate, and the citizen’s guide to the budget published by the city includes documents with more than 700 pages. For this episode of Citizen Nashville, we asked local experts listener-submitted questions about the budget.
Metro’s codes has struggled to keep up with the development boom. Now it’s getting 35 new hires to help.
Nashville’s codes department has been understaffed for years, compared to the city’s skyrocketing development, officials say. But this week the city budget added 35 new staff, which inches the department closer to where it should be.
Is St. Patrick’s Day the last hurrah for Nashville’s transportainment industry? With local oversight, maybe not
This St. Patrick’s Day, a lot of people are celebrating in clubs and party buses. But it may be the last major holiday for Nashville’s transportainment industry before new rules go into effect.
Nashville residents can call dibs on what should be prioritized in the city budget, but there’s a deadline
Nashville residents have until Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to sign up for a two-minute talking slot at next week’s public hearing on the city budget.
Nashville fairgrounds will get two people of color as board members, after a yearlong political stalemate
After almost a yearlong stalemate, Nashville is getting two new board members for the fairgrounds.
Nashville’s Metro Council may soon streamline rules for small nonprofits to get grants
It could soon be easier for nonprofits to get money from the city of Nashville.
On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM