💬 First-hand account of Sunday’s ICE activity

💬 A Weekend of ICE Activity

On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, Brenda Pérez, an organizer with The ReMIX TN, gives us her first-hand account of what happened during the weekend’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in South Nashville. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

• The ReMIX TN’s Nashville Unidos Fund will help support families affected by ICE operations. [The ReMIX TN]
• The Belonging Fund, a partnership with Metro Nashville, supports nonprofit groups working with immigrants. [Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee]

💸 Nashville Spends Millions in Settlements

Metro Nashville paid $4.2 million in settlements last year, a decrease from the year before. Metro Nashville Public Schools were responsible for the highest payout, to a former Hunters Lane student. The second largest was to a deputy fire marshal, after a federal jury found that she was discriminated against. [The Tennessean]

💵 Local Payday Lender Sues 110,000 Tennesseans

After Tennessee lawmakers approved the Flex Loan in 2015, allowing for an increased loan cap from $425 to $4,000, Advance Financial — a Nashville-based payday lender — sued 110,000 Tennesseans, significantly more than any other lender. The company charges a 279.5% annual interest rate. [Tennessee Lookout]

🏆 NewsChannel 5 Wins Award

NewsChannel 5 has won the George Foster Peabody Award for its “Confronting Hate” investigation into neo-Nazi agitators in Tennessee. The investigation was led by chief investigative reporter Phil Williams and photojournalist/editor Bryan Staples. [NewsChannel 5]

• Canadian documentary “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story,” about Nashville transgender soul singer Jackie Shane, also won a Peabody Award. [CBC]