• Mayor John Cooper is touting a “people first” transportation plan that he will unveil after he completes an 11-stop “listening tour” starting today. Observers note that it is not likely to be as ambitious (or expensive) as the failed 2018 referendum that included a downtown tunnel and light rail lines.
• The mayor might need some help when placing friendly wagers with other mayors, it seems. ?
• The developer for the Nashville Yards project has released new renderings of the attached hotel as well as adjacent office buildings for the Amazon “Center of Excellence” expected to open this fall.
• The Graduate Hotel wants to “connect with locals,” which might be a tall order given the property’s cartoon-ish hillbilly interpretation of Nashville.
• The Nashville Fire Department says that that it used a record-breaking amount of naloxone (generic Narcan) for patients who showed signs of an opioid overdose in 2019. First responders treated 2,260 people with the drug, representing a year-over-year increase of 28 percent.
• It was another record year for home sales (and home prices) in Middle Tennessee, with a seven percent increase. ?
• News Channel 5 has an interview with an Iranian woman living in Nashville as tensions between the US and Iran have increased in recent weeks.
• The Macy’s department store at Rivergate Mall in Goodlettsville will close in the coming months as the troubled retailer tries to rebound from losses to online competition.
• The Bonnaroo Music & Festival lineup has been released, featuring R&B phenomenon Lizzo as the Saturday night headliner.
• A local recording studio owner has collected 12,000 signatures from people wanting Metro to change city ordinances that forbid home-based businesses and has gained the support of at least one Metro Council member. Recent lawsuits challenging the ordinance as it is written have failed.
• The Nashville Predators fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant Kevin McCarthy Monday evening near the halfway mark of the season. They named John Hynes their third head coach in franchise history before the game against the Boston Bruins.
• The Predators (19-16-7) were unable to welcome their new coach with a win, losing 6-2 to the visiting Boston Bruins (25-8-11). The team begins a three-game road trip with the Chicago Blackhawks () tonight and the Winnipeg Jets (24-16-4) Sunday.
• The Tennessee Titans will take on the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC Divisional game this Saturday, and “The Bud Boys” will be there to see it.
• WPLN’s Curious Nashville investigates why East Nashville’s Shelby Bottoms has an odd red hue to the water lately. Spoiler: blame it on the ferns. ?

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