💰 Inside the mayor’s capital spending plan

💰 Mayor’s Capital Spending Plan

Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s $527 million Capital Spending Plan includes $103.6 million on infrastructure for work on bridges, roads, sidewalks, and the East Bank development, and $98.4 million for Metro Nashville Public Schools, $88 million toward the new juvenile justice center, and $27.8 million to Metro Parks. [Nashville Banner]

📹 Community Members Speak Against Surveillance Contract

Dozens of community members showed up to speak against the proposed MNPD contract with surveillance tech company FUSUS at the most recent Metro Council meeting. District 25 Councilmember Jeff Preptit joins the City Cast Nashville podcast to share his perspective on the future of FUSUS. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🌊 Executive Order To Protect the Duck River

Gov. Bill Lee has signed an executive order to protect the Duck River. The Duck is the third most endangered river in the nation due to excessive water withdrawals made by utility companies. The order creates a 19-member Duck River Watershed Planning Partnership to address ways to help the river. [Tennessee Lookout]

🏛️ Local Transgender Teen Heads to the Supreme Court

Nashville transgender teen L Williams and her family will be heading to the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, challenging Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban. The Tennessean reporter Melissa Brown profiles the teen and her family as they navigate Tennessee’s ban. [The Tennessean]

How closely were you following Nashville’s news this week? Test yourself on our weekly news quiz 📝

Hint: It’s an open-book test — the answers are in this week’s Hey Nashville newsletters and City Cast Nashville podcasts. I’ll shout out every person who gets all five questions correct in a future newsletter!

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It’s time for our inaugural Furball Friday entry! Meet subscriber Sheila’s purrfect kitty trio: Madison, Kennedy, and Baby Boy Grey, otherwise known as BBG. Sheila and her husband, Denver, rescued all three cats. Kennedy was abandoned in front of their house as a kitten, Madison was a stray who decided Denver’s lap was best, and BBG was a one-eyed foster that found his furever home with Sheila 😻 🐈‍⬛