Stephen Elliott
Reporter at Nashville Banner
Reporter for Nashville Banner | Formerly of Nashville Post, Nashville Scene, Telluride Daily Planet | [email protected] | stephen.81 on Signal
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2 weeks ago |
nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles’ intense scrutiny of Mayor Freddie O’Connell and Metro’s response to joint federal-state immigration has drawn cheerleading from Ogles’ fellow Republicans at the state and federal levels. It has also drawn renewed attention to the political situation in Nashville, the conservative state’s economic and governmental capital. For many years, the city’s electorate was able to pick a local resident in the reliably Democratic 5th Congressional District.
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3 weeks ago |
nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott
After more than 100 residents asked Metro councilmembers for changes to the proposed city budget at the annual public hearing on Tuesday, councilmembers continued those discussions this week with workshop meetings about potential adjustments to the mayor’s spending plan. Final versions of councilmembers’ budget “wish lists” were due Thursday as Budget Committee Chair Delishia Porterfield continues preparing her substitute budget proposal.
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3 weeks ago |
nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott
Throngs of local residents and city employees trekked to City Hall for Tuesday’s Metro Council meeting, where they weighed in on the proposed Metro budget. Approximately 125 residents and representatives of dozens of Metro departments, local nonprofit organizations and labor unions addressed the council for nearly four hours. They asked for funding for better employee pay, housing programs, youth and safety initiatives, mental health programming and musician parking.
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3 weeks ago |
nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott
In early April, Mama V was skeptical about the city’s 60-day plan to close Old Tent City, a long-term encampment along the Cumberland River near downtown. Mama V, her husband DC, friends, eight dogs and a cat lived in a camp there, centered around an RV.
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3 weeks ago |
nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott
Tuesday’s Metro Council meeting is one of the most substantial of the year, as the annual budget is up for public hearing. Here’s our rundown of the rest of the agendaThree bills related to Metro spending — the budget ordinance, the tax levy and the capital improvements budget — are on public hearing.
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