📸 What did Nashville look like 40 years ago?

🍞 Two Bills To End Our Grocery Tax

In this coming session, the Tennessee State Legislature is considering two bills to end Tennessee’s grocery tax. State Rep. Aftyn Behn is on the City Cast Nashville podcast talking about her version and the likelihood of it passing. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

⏳ Nashville 40 Years Ago

Experience what Nashville was like 40 years ago in this photographic retrospective from The Tennessean, from sports triumphs to navigating snow to iconic concerts from Bruce Springsteen and Jessica Lange. [The Tennessean]

💰 Potential Bill Helps Kids in Foster Care

The Department of Children’s Services automatically collects the Social Security Income — $12 million annually, or about 1% of its budget — of children in foster care. State Sen. Jeff Yarbro of Nashville is working on a bill to place that money into a trust children can receive at 18 instead. [Nashville Banner]

• A recent Belmont Innovation Labs study found that kids who age out of foster care face higher rates of homelessness, addiction, and incarceration. [WPLN]

🏀 Record-Setting Basketball Game

Sophomore Khamil Pierre set a Vanderbilt women's basketball points record on Saturday by scoring 42 points in the Commodores’ game against Evansville. “I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish [setting the record] without the work from my teammates,” says Pierre. [USA Today]