• PSA: You must be registered to vote by February 3 to participate in the March 3 presidential primaries in Tennessee. You can also check your voter registration information. ?
• The Metro Council’s budget chair is looking to lead an effort to raise the city’s property tax to help address the budget shortfall by scheduling community meetings to make his pitch. The city has been working to close an estimated $40 million hole in the budget.
• Nashville will not be launching twice-monthly curbside recycling as originally planned this month, as city officials try to find ways to cut costs. Residents in the urban services district receive once a month pickup. ♻️
• WKRN reports that the city’s mismanagement of the downtown parking meters has cost it between $8-10 million and must be addressed. A privatization plan failed late last year.
• The warm weather we’ve had for the past few days will give way to more winter-like temperatures next week.
• The Amtrak rail system wants to connect with Nashville, proposing a passenger line between the city and Atlanta and a possible connection to Memphis. ?
• Tech giant Microsoft is scouting locations for additional office space in Nashville, having given a presentation to city officials last month.
• The former NYPD officer arrested for breaking into a woman’s house and threatening her and her child with racist slurs last year is serving a 15-day sentence in Nashville. He resigned from the police force before his disciplinary hearing.
• A man has been accused of placing a device on a car in a Vanderbilt parking garage with the intent to start a fire or explosion, police said. The man has been warned or arrested multiple times in the past by campus police for trespassing.
• A K9 is being credited with discovering 45 lbs. of marijuana in suitcases at Nashville International Airport this week. That’s a lot of weed.
• There have been four confirmed deaths from the flu this year in Tennessee. Get your flu shots, y’all. ?
• A north Nashville entrepreneur from the early 20th century was honored Monday with the naming of Kossie Gardner Sr Park.
• Professional services firm Accenture announced plans Monday to add 165 technology jobs to its Nashville presence.
• There will be a free watch party downtown for this Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the Titans and and Kansas City Chiefs, with kickoff set for 2:05 p.m. ?
• The Nashville Predators (21-17-7) dropped a 4-2 game to the Edmonton Oilers (25-18-5) Tuesday on the road in spite of a lacrosse-style goal by forward Filip Forsberg. They start a three-game home-stand, hosting the Anaheim Ducks (17-24-5) tonight and the Buffalo Sabres (21-19-7) Saturday.
• This year’s edition of the Tennessee Blue Book will feature a yellow cover, honoring the state’s role in ratifying the 19th Amendment.
• The Nashville Zoo is sending $30,000 to groups in Australia trying to rescue wildlife from that country’s devastating fires.

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