How will Metro spend your tax dollars? The Metro Council is weighing options as it considers the mayor’s proposed $3.8 billion spending plan.
Nashville boosts spending on parks, reaching national average
Nashville is now spending about the national average on its parks system after a substantial year-over-year increase. Metro is now putting $155 per resident into Metro Parks. That’s up from $116 per capita last year.
Nashville to host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030
Nashville and its new Nissan Stadium will host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030 in a decision that local officials are hailing as a historic event that will put a global spotlight on the city. The announcement came Tuesday after a decision at the NFL Spring League Meeting in Orlando.
Curious Nashville: How did WeGo’s electric buses fall into urban decay?
There’s a piece of infrastructure in downtown Nashville that is about to go away. When it does, there may not be any clues left from a brief, fascinating chapter in the city’s transportation history.
Nashville’s Fort Negley reckons with its portrayal of history and race, going against the federal grain
A nationally significant site in Nashville is getting $11 million in upgrades. Fort Negley built for the Union by Black laborers during the Civil War, will also get a fresh telling of its story.
‘Assault on local government’: Nashville leaders lament latest legislative session
Nashville and Tennessee leaders are at odds — again. Metro’s legal team says it was an “unprecedented” legislative session for bills adversarial to Nashville and local governments.
Here are the winners for Nashville clerk, school board and judge roles
Nashville voters chose Democrats for an array of local positions Tuesday.
After last year’s property tax increase, Nashville mayor plans to hold city spending at $3.8B
Mayor O’Connell identified his budget priorities as a grocery tax reduction, local business support and affordable housing investment.
Metro takes legal action against Tennessee prisons over inmate custody
Metro claims it’s been subsidizing the state by more than $5 million a year by continuing to house inmates who have been sentenced to state custody.
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