• Metro Nashville Public Schools is adjusting its COVID-19 policies to comply with recently enacted state law, including no longer requiring a student who has been in close contact with COVID-19 to quarantine.
• East Nashville record shop The Groove is trying to raise $500,000 to try and stay in their current spot on Calvin Avenue after the landlords informed the owners of their intent to sell the property.
• The owners of the soon to open Woolsworth Theater downtown wants the  public to know they did not throw away original artifacts from its  prior incarnation as a restaurant, only replicas.
• MNPD has created a violent crimes unit to investigate carjackings, armed robberies and other serial violent crimes. Since its launch in August, it has been responsible for 66 arrests and the recovery of 33 guns.
• The Metro Council voted Tuesday night to defer a decision on whether the city will continue to require emissions testing for all passenger vehicles. If enacted, the move would follow the  decisions reached by the surrounding counties to end testing in 2022.
• The Council also deferred a $1.9 million funding request from Metro Parks that aims to pay for security cameras and earthmoving equipment for use at Brookmeade Park, which has an estimated 80 homeless folks living in it.
• MDHA is receiving another $13 million to fund rent relief from federal COVID money, aiming to help both renters and landlords make ends meet.
• Metro is seeking a $1 million grant from Amazon to fund a research fellow position to study transit-oriented developments, raising questions from city leaders and activists about whether the position would be independent from the sponsoring corporation.
• One of the capital spending items in the mayor’s budget proposal is the relocation of the Juvenile Justice Center  away from its current spot  near Nissan Stadium to Brick Church Pike. It was originally opened in 1994, three years before the stadium broke ground.
• The owners of an abandoned quarry in Bellevue are threatening legal action after the Metro Council rezoned their property to prevent them from using it as a dump for “clean” rock to preempt the state legislature’s attempt to block such a move. Yes, it’s a bit confusing.
• A report out says that two thirds of the restaurants  that applied for relief funds from the Small Business Administration didn’t get it before the fund ran out of money.
• A partnership between Vanderbilt, Tennessee State University and TDOT will explore the possibility of converting the state’s HOV lanes into toll lanes as a way to reduce congestion on the roadways. The state does not have any operating toll roads today.
• A little-known garden within Centennial Park honors about 200 youths killed violent crime in Nashville, with renderings released on proposed upgrades to the area.
• Capgemini, a global IT consulting firm, will open a new office at the Broadwest development and create a reported 500 jobs in the region.
• The Nashville Predators (9-6-1) were shut out 0-3 against the host Toronto Maple Leafs (11-5-1). The team travels to Montreal to face  the Canadiens (4-12-2) Saturday night.
• The Preds were actually supposed to play the Ottawa Senators (4-10-1) tonight, but that game was postponed after 10 of the Senators’ players tested positive for COVID-19.
• Holiday shoppers may be surprised that some online retailers are no longer offering free shipping, citing supply chain issues and rising shipping costs.
• If you happen to be awake around 3 a.m. tomorrow morning and it’s clear outside, you should watch the near total lunar eclipse.
• Changes are coming to popular peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo, Cash App, and Zelle that will affect how they report transactions to the IRS.
• The top prize at a biennial exhibit of Tennessee Craft has been awarded to an artist from Nashville’s Kurdish community. The piece was created for the Frist Art Museum’s “We Count: First-Time Voters” exhibit.

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