Nashville’s fast-paced growth has changed our city’s skyline and caught national headlines.
Worker safety: A cloud over the construction boom
Nashville’s fast-paced growth has changed our city’s skyline and caught national headlines.
Introducing: Inside the City Council Chambers with Nicole Williams
If you are an everyday, working class Nashvillian, you probably do not have time to go to every single Metro Council meeting.
The nation reacts to the Tennessee legislature’s expulsion of 2 Black lawmakers
History has its eyes on Tennessee. And so do powerful people — near and far.
To diversify Nashville’s boards and commissions, Metro is changing how people get appointed
Nashville is rewriting rules to make sure the government’s gatekeepers, watchdogs and spenders reflect the city’s population. The moves comes as Metro elected officials have battled for two years about representation on the city’s boards and commissions.
Metro Council looks to shift power and change requirements for appointing boards and commissions
Volunteers from the community serve on over 50 boards and commissions. Since 2021, Metro’s elected officials have debated if the city’s boards and commissions reflect Nashville’s population.
Nashville wants to expand services in other languages. First up? Spanish.
Metro Nashville council meetings and more documents are now available in Spanish — the second-most spoken language in the city.
After Tennessee guts a Nashville bill protecting construction workers, the mayor decides not to fight back
Two people died on Nashville construction sites last year.
Faith-led coalition requests that federal money be spent on affordable housing
Nashville Organized for Action and Hope held its annual meeting to list its requests to officials. Much of it focused on helping fund programs like affordable housing, better pay for school support staff and faster help for those facing eviction.
Nashville Fair Board Seat Remains Vacant Amid A Tense Stalemate
Five months later, and Nashville’s city council, mayor and vice mayor are still caught up in a fight about a board nomination that would usually sail through.