• The mayor’s office is disputing the $30 million price tag for body cameras for the city’s police force, disagreeing with the estimate put forward by the District Attorney’s office. Metro police will roll out a pilot program of 26 cameras in March.
• Former mayoral candidate and current State Representative John Ray Clemmons is planning to introduce legislation mandating the city move forward with its camera program, saying that he has run out of patience with the city.
• Nashville school officials are asking the community for help in paying off $67,000 in unpaid school lunch debt. The district lost out on a popular free lunch program in 2018 because of a drop in enrollment. ?
• The Metro Council passed a resolution asking for Governor Bill Lee to veto a controversial adoption bill that would allow an agency to deny an application if they objected to the parents’ sexual orientation on religious grounds. The governor is likely to sign it despite warnings of potential economic repercussions.
• In good news for commuters, TDOT says the I-440’s construction project will finish on-time by July. ?
• News Channel 5 has an investigative report that involves a MNPS administrator, Belmont University and a youth athletic group. It’s complicated.
• A transit group has taken another look at the failed 2018 transit referendum and spared no one involved on either side of the debate from criticism. A new plan could be presented in the coming months, expected to be significantly smaller in scale and cost.
• Speaking of the bus system, WeGo Public Transit reported a nearly seven percent overall drop in ridership since their service reductions and fare increase went into effect, but higher ridership along the major corridors. Overcrowding and delays have been reported on those routes.
• Dean Pees, the defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, is retiring after a sixteen year coaching career after being lured out of retirement in 2018.
• There are a lot of free agents for the Titans this offseason, including the NFL’s leading rusher (Derrick Henry) and both of the team’s quarterbacks (Ryan Tannnehill and Marcus Mariota).
• A truck rental company says Nashville ranked #9 on its list of fasting growing cities, based on moving destinations. ?
• Tickets are going on sale for the innaugural season of city’s new MLS team, Nashville SC, with the team to play home games at Nissan Stadium for a few years. The club reformed in the off-season after concluding as a USL franchise.
• Nashville Electric Service is warning consumers to avoid a scam where a recorded message threatens that their power will be cut off in 30 minutes without prompt payment. NES says it contacts customers about a payment plan before disconnecting service.

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