• Two bills advanced by the Metro Council to reduce cooperation with federal immigration officials have been withdrawn following a legal opinion by the city attorney indicating they were unenforceable. The effort had drawn heavy criticism from state lawmakers outside of Nashville.
• Three Vanderbilt football players have been suspended from the team after their alleged involvement in a shooting outside of the Target on White Bridge Road. The men were said to be attempting to recover a stolen cell phone.
• A man convicted of bank robbery stabbed a Robertson County Sheriff’s deputy while at a medical appointment at Vanderbilt One Hundred Oaks clinic. The inmate was fatally wounded when another deputy intervened.
• Belle Meade continues to operate traffic cameras despite a county wide ban passed by the Metro Council. They can do that as one of the “satellite cities” that maintain their own police force.
• The former home of Fat Bottom brewery in East Nashville is about to undergo a $4 million rennovation to add a second floor. The building is also home to Butcher & Bee and Scout’s barbershop.
• The Nashville International Airport may come under private management if preliminary discussions advance that far. The yet-to-be-formalized plan is seen as a way to raise funding for transit.
• Go ahead and read through the new laws that go into effect tomorrow, July 1. The topics range from fines for protesting that blocks an emergency vehicle to a new gas tax aimed at improving roadways across the state.
• A former driving examiner — the person who certifies you passed your test — and three others were sentenced Monday for their involvement in a bribery scheme that allowed unqualified folks get licenses.
• Yet somehow, Nashville drivers are supposedly not as bad as we all think. One of our co-founders was rear-ended on Tuesday by somebody texting and driving, so she’s not as convinced.
• A Nashville man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping a woman after their first date in December. No word on if he had any other Tinder matches in the six months it took to finally arrest him.

Photo by Chris Wage.