• PSA: Tuesday, July 2 is the final day to register to vote in the August 1 Metro elections, where the city will elect its mayor and all 40 council members.
• It will cost $2.00 to ride the WeGo buses around town starting August 2, and several routes will be cut or reduced starting in September following a board vote to approve the changes proposed by the agency. WeGo was facing a multi-million dollar hole in its budget because of the loss of state funds two years ago.
• Several businesses in Bellevue have closed in recent weeks because of rising rents by as much as 40 percent, including Halal Guys at One Bellevue Place. The restaurant is moving to a lower-cost location off Charlotte Ave.
• Metro Police have arrested a man they say punched a woman in the face and pushed her into oncoming traffic after she told him that she did not have cash to give him. The woman suffered bruising, but a driver was able to stop in time before hitting her.
• Metro Council Member Burkley Allen is proposing a bill that would extend a ban on short-term rentals in residential areas to include apartment buildings and town homes currently exempted under the law. The state intervened and allowed existing operators to continue renting non-owner occupied buildings.
• Police Chief Steve Anderson has weathered a lot of criticism in the last few years and it continued Thursday night with two of the leading mayoral candidates calling for him to leave the job.
• The Adventure Science Center is undergoing an overhaul that will include a $1.8 million technology exhibit, its first new feature in a decade. The soundBox exhibit opens today.
• Nashvillest contributor Lance Conzett profiles an all-ages punk festival at Drkmttr for the Nashville Scene that’s worth a read.
• A committee studying the future of the Morris Memorial building downtown, last home to the National Baptist Convention and up for redevelopment as affordable housing, has nixed that plan because of the cost. They are now looking at alternative uses, such as co-working space or as a tech incubator.
• In better news for affordable housing, Mayor David Briley announced Friday two planned affordable housing developments in North Nashville and East Nashville as part of his “Under One Roof” plan. The program calls for $500 million in investment over the next 10 years.
• If you are a fan of fezzes and grown men driving small cars, the Shriner’s convention will have a parade tomorrow night at 7 p.m. from the Stadium across Woodland Street and down First Ave.
• The L&L Marketplace on Charlotte has released its full roster of restaurants planned for the space, including California-based Bold Patriot Brewing Company as an anchor tenant. The building was formerly home to a wholesale restaurant equipment company.
• A group is asking local officials to impose harsher penalties on scam artists that are repeat offenders, highlighting the case of Paul Aniel who has been arrested multiple times over the years.

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