💰 This is how much the state owes TSU

📸 Pop-Ups for Creatives in Nashville

The Nashville Creatives Club seeks to empower others through art with a curated series of pop-ups for creatives of all backgrounds to collaborate in spaces around the city. Photographer Isaac Jones and model Elaine Eisinger tell us about it on the City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

💰 State Still Owes TSU Money

To offset its dire financial situation, 114 TSU employees have been laid off as part of interim President Johnson’s 100-day action plan to stabilize the university’s budget. Lawmakers are calling on the state to pay TSU the more than $2 billion it owes the university, according to federal and state audits. [NewsChannel 5]

🏛️ Vanderbilt University Student Population Less Diverse

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-based affirmative action admissions, Vanderbilt University has seen a 21% decrease in the number of students of color enrolled at the school, with a 47% drop in Black students and a 27% drop in Latinx students. [Vanderbilt Hustler]

🚗 Transportation Funding Problems

Rep. Aftyn Behn of Nashville plans to file legislation to reform the state’s “pay-as-you-go” model that funds transportation projects. Behn and other Democrats argue it limits the state’s ability to implement large infrastructure projects, leaving our infrastructure in shambles. [The Tennessean]