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Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville, plans to bring sensible gun legislation before the General Assembly but is likely to hit a brick wall.

Mayor John Cooper is proposing a record $91.2 million of new funding for MNPS. This investment will fund salary step increases and a 4% cost-of-living adjustment for support staff. Plus, paid family medical leave for all MNPS employees

Support staff, union members and even students are calling for pay increases for some of the districts most essential workers.

Companies, unions, the city government and workers in Oak Ridge are reacting to the high demand but short supply of workers to fill various positions.

Proposed charter revisions would cap tax increases, make it easier to recall officials A local attorney is pushing yet another change to city law that would limit city leaders’ power to raise taxes. Attorney Jim Roberts said this week that his group has mailed more than 200,000 petitions to Nashville voters, hoping to get six proposed revisions to the Metro Charter on the ballot in May or June. Last year, Roberts and his team secured the necessary signatures to get a different versio...

and last updated 2021-01-15 21:26:46-05 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden laid out his plan for his first days in office. His proposed legislation would push for a $15 national minimum wage and for ending the tipped minimum wage for tipped workers and people with disabilities. It can be the raise many working in the service industry say they need to get a leg up and make ends meet. “Our union doesn’t feel like anyone who works 40 hours a week at a ...