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Mayor Freddie O’Connell speaks during the first Metro Council meeting of the new term at Historic Metro Nashville Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
An alternate proposal for Nashville's 2025 budget shaped by the Metro Council would give city employees a 4% cost-of-living raise, put $1 million toward youth violence prevention initiatives and ...
Davidson County residents currently pay 6.25% sales tax on most groceries (except prepared foods, alcohol and tobacco, candy and dietary supplements) and 9.25% on everything else.
In 2023, the state government enacted a law reducing the size of the Metro Council from 40 members to 20. [5] The move was widely opposed by Nashville residents and leaders. In April 2023, a court issued an injunction against the change, indicating that it unconstitutionally changed election procedures during the campaign. [6]
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, a supporter of the IMPROVE Act, had proposed a 2018 referendum on transit and named Gallatin Pike as one of the light rail corridors in early 2017. [19] The "Let's Move Nashville" plan was unveiled by Mayor Megan Barry in October 2017, outlining five corridors for light rail and four corridors for bus rapid transit ...
In October 2017, Mayor Megan Barry unveiled her $5.2 billion plans for expanding Nashville's transportation infrastructure including the addition of light rail service. [71] The final mass transit system plan named " Let's Move Nashville ", included 26 miles (42 km) of light rail and 25 miles (40 km) of bus rapid transit , was later rejected 64 ...
What we know with more certainty is the 2024 plan costs $3.1 billion in today's dollars, and $111 million in annual recurring costs.” More: Nashville transit plan supporters launch campaigns ...
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, also known as ESSER. [1] is a $190 billion program created by the U.S. federal government's economic stimulus response bills, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act), passed by the 116th and 117th U.S. Congress.