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Nashville Metro Council

Ratify a vote? Pass a resolution? It might be impossible.

By Elizabeth Burton

December 5, 2023

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What do Nashville Metro Council and SAG-AFTRA have in common? They can’t agree on contracts.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: inside council chambers, Labor unions, Nashville Metro Council, nicole williams, SAG-AFTRA

Nicole Williams, Jerome Moore and Chris Crofton walk into a studio

By Elizabeth Burton

October 26, 2023

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It’s Thursday. We are tired. So, here is some of everything.

Tagged With: chris crofton, diversely segregated, inside council chambers, jerome moore, nashville confidential, Nashville Metro Council, nicole williams

Introducing: Inside the City Council Chambers with Nicole Williams

By Elizabeth Burton

October 12, 2023

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If you are an everyday, working class Nashvillian, you probably do not have time to go to every single Metro Council meeting.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Angie Henderson, metro, Nashville Metro Council, Sandra Sepulveda

‘Representation means everything’: Olivia Hill sworn in as Tennessee’s first openly transgender elected official

By Marianna Bacallao

October 2, 2023

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Metro Councilmember Olivia Hill made history Monday night as the first openly transgender Tennessean to be sworn into office.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Dawn Bennett, Freddie O'Connell, lgbtq, metro, Nashville Metro Council, Olivia Hill, The Hermitage Hotel, transgender

As O’Connell takes office, Nashvillians hope for change in all corners of the city

By Cynthia Abrams

October 1, 2023

Nashville’s new mayor, Freddie O’Connell, celebrated his inauguration over the weekend. Metro departments, community groups, former mayors and residents gathered downtown to honor the city’s new leader.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, Housing, inauguration, Inauguration Ceremony, mayor, Metro Government, Nashville, Nashville mayor, Nashville Metro Council, Public Square Park

What we can learn from 8 years of Freddie O’Connell comments to WPLN News

By Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

September 26, 2023

Nashville Metro Council
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It’s possible that WPLN News has talked to Freddie O’Connell too often over the years. But now that he’s mayor, what can we learn from the last 8 years of his policy stances, quips and quotes?

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Demonbroomin, District 19, FOC, Freddie O'Connell, metro, Metro Government, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayor 2023, Nashville Metro Council, Salemtown

What’s next for Freddie O’Connell, Nashville’s new mayor

By Char Daston

September 15, 2023

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In a landslide, Freddie O’Connell has won the runoff election for mayor of Nashville with 64% of the vote. Runoff elections for Metro Council seats and a special election for the state representative in District 51 have also concluded. Catch up with WPLN’s election night coverage here.

Filed Under: Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Alice Rolli, Freddie O'Connell, Nashville mayoral race, Nashville Metro Council, Runoff 2023

Conservative wins Metro Council District 11 in a razor-thin margin

By Char Daston

September 14, 2023

Jeff Eslick has won the Metro Council race in District 11 by the slimmest of margins — 27 votes.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Jeff Eslick, Nashville Metro Council

Leaders emerge for at-large Metro Council

By Char Daston

September 14, 2023

Runoff early voting results are in, and Delishia Porterfield, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen and Olivia Hill are leading the race for the four remaining at-large seats on Nashville’s Metro Council.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections, Nashville Metro Council, transgender

Who voted for who? Nashville mayoral election maps show which areas voted for each candidate

By Cynthia Abrams

August 8, 2023

In the days since the election, several maps have emerged that detail the roughly 101,000 votes in Nashville’s mayoral race.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Alice Rolli, election maps, Freddie O'Connell, maps, Metro Government, Nashville 2023 election, Nashville election, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral election, Nashville Metro Council

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