by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 4, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
The Metro Nashville Council approved a resolution on Tuesday opposing the Music City Loop project, a 13-mile route. Council members passed the resolution by a 20-15 vote, with two people abstaining. In February, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 3, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
A resolution set to be considered at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Metro Nashville Council opposing The Boring Company’s Music City Loop project has drawn scrutiny from the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, which warns that such heavy opposition to the project...
by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 6, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee officially secured final approval to a $1.4 million class action settlement in its case challenging a Nashville ordinance that created a stormwater capacity fee to fund improvements to the city’s stormwater system. Last...
by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The Metro Nashville Council is set to vote on a resolution at its Tuesday meeting to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. The resolution, filed as RS2025-1624, is sponsored by Metro Councilmembers Olivia Hill, Emily Benedict, Tasha Ellis, and Russ Bradford. Hill,...
by Zachery Schmidt | Oct 13, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The Metro Nashville Council approved a contract last week that provides $355,200 to a nonprofit organization to deliver healthcare services to homeless people in the city. United Neighborhood Health Services (UNHS) will be providing homeless people with “medical,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 2, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
The Metro Nashville Council is scheduled to vote at next week’s meeting on a resolution condemning “all acts of the United States Government and the State of Israel that contribute to a continuation of the genocide of the Palestinian people.” The...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 20, 2024 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The Metro Nashville Council passed Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s multi billion-dollar transit plan on its first reading during Tuesday’s meeting. O’Connell unveiled his multi-billion dollar transit plan, “Choose How You Move: An All-Access Pass to Sidewalks, Signals,...
