Category: Local Governments
Metro Cops Don’t Want to Waste Time Nashville’s Petty, Absurd Regulations
More than two dozen members of the Metro Council have asked Mayor Megan Barry’s administration to consider directing Nashville police to serve as enforcers of new regulations for Airbnb and other short-term rental properties. But the Metro Nashville Police Department…
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Scandal: Recent Rape Highlights Four Year Long Outage of Metro Parks Cameras
It’s been nearly a month since an 18-year-old girl was raped while she was babysitting in an Antioch park. On Thursday, News 2 went to Hamilton Creek Park with the mother of the twins the girl was babysitting. It was…
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Local Homeowners Fight Metro Over Private Property Rights
Changes may be coming to the way people use services like Airbnb in Nashville. About 1,800 people offer their homes as short-term rentals in Nashville. A few problems have some people calling for a tightening of the rules, but an…
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NPR Discovers the High Costs of Recycling
Inquiring minds — especially newcomers to Nashville — often wonder about the city’s recycling program. Now, spurred by a question submitted to WPLN’s Curious Nashville, there’s some news about an expansion of glass recycling and an explanation of its history…
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Questions Persist About Metro Spending Priorities
It has only been one week since Metro Council voted on the mayor’s budget proposal, but some city leaders are already looking ahead to next year. The Channel 4 I-Team has learned some council members are asking for $500,000 for…
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Why Is Government Subsidizing a Failed Soap Opera?
You might have been one of the few fans of the television show Nashville, a soapy drama on ABC following the lives of country music performers. Chances are you probably were not, though. The show was kind of a ratings…
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Williamson County Considers New Real Estate Tax
A lot more students will soon be attending Williamson County schools. Leaders are projecting 1,800 new students will be in Williamson County classrooms next year. With the cost of education rising, the county is now looking at adding an educational…
Read MoreWhy Are State and Local Governments So Difficult to Deal With?
Stand atop Rock City on Lookout Mountain, and the marker says you can see seven states — though you may have to squint pretty hard to make out two of them. It’s one of Tennessee’s quirks: The long, narrow shape…
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Shocking New Misconduct In Nashville Courts
A Nashville general sessions judge has been publicly reprimanded because of contact she had with the district attorney’s office about how she would run her court. Judge Allegra Walker sent emails to prosecutors in June outlining what types of plea…
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