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Wally Dietz

Judge orders Trump administration to release frozen grants, including $14M for Nashville

Cynthia Abrams

May 21, 2025

One of Nashville’s lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s funding cuts has notched a win. A federal judge issued a permanent injunction, instructing the government to release federal grants — including $14 million for Nashville in infrastructure grants.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, electric vehicles, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Trump Administration, Wally Dietz

Nashville officials release timeline of ‘surprise’ ICE arrests

Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

May 7, 2025

Metro officials are moving to clarify that city police did not have a role in immigration arrests in South Nashville over the weekend.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Wally Dietz

Nashville joins lawsuit against Trump administration over transit funding

Cynthia Abrams

March 20, 2025

Metro has joined a federal lawsuit attempting to halt the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze on various community programs — which, for Nashville, puts $14 million in transit and infrastructure projects at risk.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, electric vehicles, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Metro Schools, Nashville transit referendum, Wally Dietz

Ask the Mayor (and Metro Law Director)

Mary Mancini

July 25, 2024

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Today, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell will be in the studio to talk about our city government, share what’s happening right now and take calls from listeners. Later on in the episode, we’ll be joined by Wally Dietz, the director of Nashville’s law department. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: ask the mayor, Freddie O'Connell, Wally Dietz

Daniel Singh agrees to resign as Metro Arts director

Char Daston

May 24, 2024

Daniel Singh, a man with grayish-black hair and a beard, wearing a pink suit jacket, smiles at the camera in front of a white background
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Metro Arts director Daniel Singh will resign after less than two years on the job.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro legal, Paulette Coleman, Wally Dietz

Metro Human Relations Commission says Metro Arts’ 2023 funding decisions were illegal

Char Daston

March 5, 2024

Nashville Metro Council October 2023

A decision by the Metro Human Relations Commission has found that Metro Arts should pay complainants what they were originally promised.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Kevin Crumbo, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro legal, Wally Dietz

Metro Arts faces pressure for oversight, workplace misconduct allegations

Char Daston

February 9, 2024

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Arts organizations are still waiting for half the grant money Metro Arts promised to distribute last year, and this week, a memo from Nashville’s finance director suggests there will be further delays in handing out those funds.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Kevin Crumbo, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro legal, Wally Dietz

Seven Nashville police officers have been taken out of the field, following a leak of Covenant shooting documents

Marianna BacallaoandRose Gilbert

November 6, 2023

Nashville’s police department has taken multiple officers out of the field, after an apparent leak of journal pages left by the assailant of the Covenant School shooting.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, Freddie O'Connell, John Drake, Metro Law, Wally Dietz

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