City Defends Council Size, Airport Authority Before Tennessee Supreme Court

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Tennessee Supreme Court hears arguments in Legislature’s laws targeting Nashville

Tennessee’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in two cases with implications for state lawmakers’ ability to wield influence over local governments that run contrary to their interests. Justices heard arguments on whether state legislators have the constitutional authority to…

City defends council size, airport authority before Tennessee Supreme Court

Metro attorneys argue that lawmakers wrote legislation unfairly targeting Nashville

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The ongoing clash between mostly blue Metro and the largely red legislature played to a full house at the Tennessee Supreme Court building Thursday morning. With members of the Attorney General’s office, Metro Legal and the Metro Council looking on, the high court’s five judges heard oral arguments over two pieces of 2023 legislation resulting from the feud — a potential size reduction of the Metro Council and a possible state takeover of the Me…