• If your dogs and cats are still a little skittish after last night’s fireworks (let’s be real, there will still be fireworks going off in our neighborhoods for at least a week), some pet owners are turning to CBD oil.
• The Metro Council deferred a second reading Tuesday night of a bill that would establish ordinances for dockless bicycles and scooters around Nashville to give more time for community feedback. The ordinance requires three votes to become law.
• For folks looking for a cookie fix in 12 South, Christie Cookie opened its second location in the space vacated by Sprinkles Cupcakes. ?
• Former judge Casey Moreland will lose his $58,000 a year pension as part of an investigation into numerous charges stemming from a federal corruption case. He is facing up to four years in prison.
• Radnor Yards, a facility owned by CSX for rearranging train cars, will reopen after a brief closure according to the company, dashing some hopes that the area could be used for development or moved outside of the city to allow for commuter rail to no longer compete with freight traffic. The proposed move was considered a long-shot, and not negotiated with the company.
• A Tennessee law that had revoked more than 146,000 driver’s licenses was struck down as unconstitutional in federal court Tuesday, with the judge ruling that non-payment of court costs was an undue burden for the state’s poor. Those affected can petition for reinstatement.
• Nokian Tyre (the alternative spelling of “tire”) has announced plans to move its North American headquarters from Vermont to Nashville after starting construction on its first plant in the United States in Dayton, Tennessee. The plant is expected to be at full production by 2020.
• A conservative think tank believes that the solution to Nashville’s transit woes will be better traffic signal timing, “metered” on ramps to the interstate and asking more people to work from home. Metro Public works officials were skeptical of the overall impact, but says they have been studying the first two options.
• The Nashville Business Journal takes a closer look at the claim that local restaurants are closing as fast as, if not faster than, they are opening. Spoiler: there’s something to it.
• Anybody buy wine or liquor on July 4? Many of the city’s package stores were open for the first time under a new Tennessee law that eliminated a ban on Sunday sale and many holidays.
• If you were born in or after 1989 (about 29) and want to rent a boat, you will want to go ahead and make sure you have taken the requisite boater safety course. The new Tennessee law may surprise many this summer.

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