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Alleged Council Coercion, Revealing Tunnel Memo, and Should Buses Be Free?

Alleged Council Coercion, Revealing Tunnel Memo, and Should Buses Be Free?

Update: 2025-08-29
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A business owner alleging that District 1 Councilmember Joy Smith Kimbrough asked him for $500,000 in exchange for her support of a project has filed a formal ethics complaint against Kimbrough. City Cast Nashville contributor Nicole Williams joins host Marie Cecile Anderson and executive producer Whitney Pastorek to explain how that works. Plus: The city removed handmade downtown benches; the race for TN-07 has some front-runners; new reporting on the Tesla tunnels puts Mayor O’Connell in the hot seat; and should buses be free?


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Alleged Council Coercion, Revealing Tunnel Memo, and Should Buses Be Free?

Alleged Council Coercion, Revealing Tunnel Memo, and Should Buses Be Free?

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