• Heavy rains are moving into the area increasing our risk of flooding in low-lying areas. Be careful out there!
• The Metro School Board voted 7-1 to end the district’s mask mandate effective March 21 after students return from spring break, citing the continuing decline in COVID-19 cases across the region. The meeting was marred by loud interruptions from people attending in the gallery.
• Lawmakers are pushing for the expansion of rails service from Nashville to other cities in the state after Amtrak announced plans to return service to the city before 2035.
• A real estate developer is taking an unorthodox approach to creating buzz in a Madison shopping center: free rent.
• The Tennessee Democratic Party is financing lawsuits against the now-approved congressional districts that split Nashville three ways, alleging they were drawn specifically to reduce representation of minority voters. Most observers say the suits have dim prospects of succeeding.
• Nashville residents are losing out on home purchases to out-of-towners according to a report from a local realtor.
• The Nashville Predators knocked off the Florida Panthers 6-4 to snap a four game losing streak. The team plays Dallas at home tonight where they will retire former goaltender Pekka Rinne’s #35 jersey.
• After the Dallas game, the team will play in the 2022 Stadium Series game across the river against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It is the first outdoor NHL game in Nashville and the second in franchise history.
• More than a year after flooding spread industrial waste near Mill Creek the company responsible has sued its secondary insurance company, halting the cleanup effort.
• Air Canada is adding non-stop service to Montreal this summer, starting with two flights a week and expanding to three by the end of June.
• Tennessee’s first “cannabis bar and restaurant” will open in Germantown this spring, filling a niche we’re not sure existed with THC-infused cocktails and food.
• If you happen to have a hot chicken craving Dallas, Texas, there’s a Hattie B’s there for you to forget for a bit you’re in Dallas for some reason.
• City officials are looking to expand the “Partners in Care” program where social workers are paired with responding police officers to deescalate incidents involving folks in mental crisis.
• A video game developer with offices in Chicago and Orlando plans to open a third office in Nashville, bringing with it more than 100 jobs.
• The First Art Museum has named a new executive director, a Nashville native who previously worked at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia.
• Country music star Garth Brooks is returning to Nissan Stadium in April after severe weather postponed his concert last year, later cancelled entirely because of a surge in COVID-19 cases.
• The National Museum of African American Music downtown is celebrating its first year of operation.

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