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Nashville sues over law letting Tennessee pick most of city’s airport board

Associated Press
Tennessee
June 13, 2023

The city contends that Tennessee’s home rule protections prevent the state’s airport board takeover without either a local referendum or a two-thirds vote of the metro council.

Judges block Tennessee move to cut Nashville council in half

Associated Press
Tennessee
April 11, 2023

The new statute at issue would require Nashville to craft new council districts by May 1, a deadline city officials say is unreasonable.