• Cold weather is coming back to Middle Tennessee, bringing with it the threat of severe weather this evening. Some are school districts have closed or plan to close early today.
• The Music City Bowl brought an estimated $32 million in direct economic benefit to the city according to bowl officials. The numbers in such studies are often subjective and rely on many assumptions.
• Fisk University received a bomb threat Monday prompting a “shelter in place” message to go out as several HBCUs across the country have reported similar threats in recent weeks.
• Three bills were approved on first reading that would revise some of the guidelines on the license plate reader pilot program passed last month by the Metro Council. The bills’ sponsor says it clears up confusing language in the original version.
• Metro Council members had an often heated exchange with the interim director of the Homlessness Impact Division about his organization’s actions that led to the closure of the encampment underneath the Jefferson Street bridge at a committee meeting Monday.
• Widespread construction continues to cause frustration for Nashville residents with road and sidewalk closures, making for longer commutes and difficult neighborhood walking.
• Trash collection continues to be an issue in Nashville as residents report trash stacking up at the road, with the city suing the bankrupt contractor to be released from their contract over non-performance.
• Metro Health reports that 712 people in Nashville died from a suspected drug overdose last year, a 15 percent increase from the year prior.
• Montgomery Bell Academy has submitted a request to use the city’s bond authority to obtain $50 million in upgrades to the private school’s campus. While it would not necessarily cost taxpayers, several officials questioned the move.
• The statewide teacher shortage could get even worse with fewer people completing teaching programs at area universities. A recent survey suggested that as many as 20 percent of teachers do not plan to remain on the profession in the five years
• The Nashville Yards development downtown has released renderings and revisions to its site plan with a large music venue, two residential towers and a mixed-use building.
• A state lawmaker is proposing that congressional candidates must live in their district for three election cycles in order to appear on the ballot, a move that appears to be aimed at Morgan Ortagus, a Republican US House candidate who moved to the area.
• In an interview with WPLN, Rep. Jim Cooper says that city leaders could have done more to stop the legislature from splitting Nashville into three US House districts. Cooper is the brother of Mayor John Cooper.

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