• Mayor David Briley notified the seven dockless scooter companies operating in Nashville Friday that he would be submitting legislation to the Metro Council to effectively ban them from operating in the city. The move comes one day before the deadline for those companies to submit revised safety plans.
• Walk Bike Nashville has released its opinion on the proposed ban, saying they favor the dockless scooters remaining on the road in the city but want bike lanes added along with fees and better rule enforcement.
• The Metro budget approved (by not approving a different one) last Tuesday has prompted Public Works to reduce hours at its trash and recycling convenience centers around the city. Be sure to check the website before heading to one.
• The Metro Nashville Public School Board is considering bypassing the council and mayor’s office through a Metro Charter provision that allows a two-thirds vote of the board to place a property tax increase on the ballot when it deems the budget funding “insufficient and inadequate.” The provision has never been used before.
• The owner of barbecue restaurant Peg Leg Porker in the Gulch says that his property taxes have increased eight-fold since 2012, while noting that condo developers and larger businesses received tax breaks.
• At one point over the weekend, more than 48,000 households in Nashville were without power thanks to the severe storms that have rolled through the area, damaging roofs and knocking down trees and power lines. Some households were still without power with more storms in the forecast.
• A state audit has found that artifacts still in storage in the James K. Polk building, as well as those in the Tennessee State Museum’s brand new home near Bicentennial Mall, are at risk from water damage. The audit also found bookkeeping issues as well as trouble with tracking the alcohol used for events.
• Residents at a Bellevue apartment complex have told WSMV that they have trash piling up and two algae-filled pools. Police were called on the news crew covering the story.
• WPLN has interviews with all four of the main candidates for mayor on how they will deal with the cities affordable housing shortage, with the August 1 election around the corner.
• The toxicology report for Brady Gaulke showed that he had a blood alcohol content of 0.198 percent, more than twice the legal limit, when his electric scooter was hit by a ride-share driver at a downtown intersection in May. Gaulke, 26, died three days later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from his injuries.
• The Vanderbilt University baseball team responded to Lousiville’s pitcher’s f-bombs towards their dugout following his two strikeouts in the eighth inning by rallying from a 2-1 deficit to win 3-2 and punch their ticket the College World Series Final against the University of Michigan. Here is the television and radio guide for watching best-of-three series starting tonight at 6 p.m.
• The Nashville Predators traded defenseman P.K. Subban to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for two prospects and draft picks, in a move management says was intended to clear salary cap space for other acquisitions. Subban played for the Predators for three seasons, including the Stanley Cup Final in 2017.
• We’ll miss you , PK. ?
• That news easily dwarfed a busy NHL Draft weekend in Vancouver, where the Predators added forward Philip Tomasino in the first round. They went on to draft seven other players.

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