From Alex Pemberton: A nearly 100-year-old complex in Belle Meade demonstrates how the affluent suburb has maintained its exclusivity. nashvillescene.com/news/citylimit…

The Equity Alliance has joined fellow local advocacy groups the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition and Stand Up Nashville to form Shift Nashville, a campaign backing Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit overhaul plan. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

As students and staff filed out of Cockrill Elementary this morning for a fire drill they encountered a police officer noticeably asleep in the driver’s seat of his patrol car. nashvillebanner.com/2024/08/30/sle…

According to a federal indictment, Nashville-based content creation company Tenet Media is at the center of a covert Russian propaganda effort. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

New “Choose How You Move” maps The mayor tells press that staff use “Chime” as office shorthand when referring to the plan (acronym CHYM) transit.nashville.gov/pages/cb72d2a0…

Several larger homes at Old Tent City are slated for demolition on Monday, September 16th, but some residents are coming together to ask for more time. 🧵

The city plans to demolish six homes at Old Tent City on Monday following weeks of discussion with state officials, police and various Metro departments. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

In 2023, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti added a "strategic litigation unit" to challenge federal "overreach." Now, Sam Stockard reports, the AG is paying an outside lawyer $10k per month to fight gender-affirming care cases. tennesseelookout.com/2024/09/13/sto…

Lots more lawyers getting involved

Rep. Mark Green's daughter says he's not the "conservative, christian family man" he claims to be. nashvillebanner.com/2024/09/16/gre…

Jonathan Saad, formerly a grant manager with Metro Arts, secured a $150,000 offer from city lawyers less than two months after filing suit against his ousted former boss Daniel Singh. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

As the Budget & Finance Committee considers the proposed $150k settlement with former arts staffer Jonathan Saad…nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

Austin Peay State University is investigating a recently hired assistant professor of psychology for allegedly spreading racist and xenophobic propaganda via prominent social media accounts. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

Mayor Freddie O'Connell announces this morning that he has tapped Jenneen Reed of Nashville Symphony and formerly of Metro Finance as new permanent city finance director, succeeding Kevin Crumbo early next year. More bio: williamsonsource.com/nashville-symp…

🚨Starbucks on Hillsboro now unionized That was fast Press release from sbworkersunited.org