State legislators will work with more accurate dollar figures in the upcoming session when bills proposing stiffer sentencing hit the floor.
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Metro’s zoning administrator will gain a new piece of authority under a bill moving through the Metro Council. It was suggested by a federal agency taking a close look at Metro’s zoning policies.
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The sponsor of the second charter amendment on the Metro ballot this month says it could reduce the need for special elections in the future.
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The number of classes in Tennessee for students who don’t know English is expected to triple in the next five years. According to Education Week Magazine’s annual Quality Counts report, that’s the fifth highest rate of growth in the nation.
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Former Hamilton County Schools superintendent Jesse Register will begin working as the director of Metro Schools January 15th. Last night, the Metro school board finalized a three-and-a-half year contract with Register, including a payout if the state fully takes over the system.
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Two prominent Republicans squared off in a debate over Metro’s English-only proposal today in what may be the first public debate on the controversial charter amendment.
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Nashville is not the nation’s first metropolitan area to consider an English-only measure. Throughout the 1980s, Miami-Dade County operated under an ordinance very similar to the charter amendment Nashville voters are considering now. It was an experiment that didn’t work.
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The Metro Transit Authority is moving into the final phase of drafting a master plan. Last night MTA officials took comments from the Metro Council. Most council members praised the agency for maintaining service and completing the new downtown terminal.
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The Metro Council will take up a bill tonight that allows the city to enter long-term contracts for gasoline and diesel fuel.
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If the charter amendment requiring all Metro government communications to be in English passes, the responsibility falls on the Metro Council to determine what government services can be conducted in other languages.
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This year the Tennessee Higher Education Commission will begin auditing all 165 career colleges in the state for the first time.
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High school dropouts in Tennessee may be able to get their diploma without stepping a foot back into a classroom.
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Next week, Nashville families at risk of eviction or foreclosure will have priority for government heating assistance.
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The Environmental Protection Agency released contamination test results today from last week’s coal ash spill at TVA’s power plant in Kingston. It finds Arsenic at 149 times the acceptable level in parts of the Emory River.
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Early voting for Metro Nashville’s special election starts today. The ballot only has two issues and despite one that’s viewed as controversial, Davidson County Election officials aren’t expecting crowds at the ballot box.
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