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Nashville Electric Service is one of the 11 largest public electric utilities in the United States, distributing energy to more than 450,000 customers in Middle Tennessee. The NES service area covers 700 square miles (1,800 km 2 ), all of Nashville / Davidson County and portions of the six surrounding counties.
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.
The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency this week announced a milestone in affordable housing development for Nashville: MDHA's Payment in Lieu of Taxes program, which began in 2016, has ...
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 ...
Council member Mike Cortese during the first Metro Council meeting of the new term at Historic Metro Nashville Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Analyzing board member pay
The transit plan was endorsed by Mayor Barry, 21 members of the Metro Council, [47] and the Greater Nashville Regional Council. [48] The editorial boards of The Tennessean and Nashville Business Journal also endorsed the plan in April. [49] [50] The transit plan was a major part of Mayor Barry's agenda and part of her election campaign in 2015.
Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee.It dates to 1783, shortly after the end of the American Revolution, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, [4] a North Carolina general who was killed opposing the crossing of the Catawba River by General Cornwallis's British forces on February 1, 1781.
A $1.27 billion operating budget. Nearly 77% of the MNPS budget is funded through Nashville sales and property tax revenue, according to a budget presentation by the board's education committee in ...