Have you met Nashville’s sisters? Sister cities, that is. If you didn’t know, the long-running Sister Cities Nashville program has formal partnerships with 10 international cities.
Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds
Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding.
Tennessee families and physicians urge SCOTUS to allow gender-affirming care
Transgender teens and their parents are urging the nation’s highest court to block a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for the state’s youth.
Tennessee Republicans tell Memphis to abandon gun reform or risk funding cuts
In a joint statement, House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Senate Speaker Randy McNally said that the legislature “will not tolerate any attempts to go rogue and perform political sideshows.”
Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee’s political maps discriminate against communities of color
The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections.
For people with disabilities, WeGo Access transit interruptions prompt protest
People with disabilities and their supporters gathered outside Nashville’s Metro Courthouse to protest flaws in the city’s accessible transit system.
Top Nashville Metro Arts staffers resign as future of arts grants remains uncertain
Three management-level staff members at Metro Arts announced their resignations at a commission meeting Thursday. One by one, the communications manager, public art manager, and finance and operations director stepped down. The commissioners barely reacted, other than thanking the staff members for their work.
Immigrant rights groups file federal complaint over lack of language access to Tennessee driver’s licenses
Driving is an essential part of life in most parts of Tennessee. And if you don’t speak English — or a handful of other languages — getting a driver’s license can be difficult. That’s why a coalition of Tennessee-based immigrant rights groups is filing a federal complaint against the state.
Metro Arts likely won’t fund artists and cultural organizations until 2025
Metro Arts staffers need time to come up with a new grant scoring policy and to figure out how to manage the Thrive program for independent artists.
Tennessee Democrats condemn neo-Nazis who yelled slurs at Black children in downtown Nashville
White supremacists have made several appearances in Nashville over the past few weeks: marching with swastika flags, interrupting a Metro Council meeting and, last Saturday, screaming racial slurs at a group of young, Black boys who were playing drums downtown.
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