‼️ National Guard teaming up with ICE in Nashville

🏙️ Who Is Nashville for?

NASCAR may return to the Fairgrounds, and benches are disappearing from downtown streets. On today's Friday News Roundup, the City Cast Nashville podcast team is once again wondering who our city is prioritizing. Plus, we're breaking down Tuesday's nasty Metro Council meeting. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

📰 National Guard Teaming Up With ICE

According to documents obtained by the Nashville Scene, National Guard troops will be assisting in an uptick of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Nashville from Sept. 1 through Dec. 15, with a possible extension through the end of the year. [Nashville Scene]

• Almost 200 people in Nashville were arrested by ICE in May. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏫 Local Criticism of Private School Vouchers

• Tennessee public school students will receive less per pupil from the state than those using private school vouchers, drawing criticism from public school advocates. [Chalkbeat Tennessee]
• State leaders also criticize the voucher program for its lack of private school oversight, and the application’s failure to ask if students are already enrolled in a private school. [Nashville Banner]

💸 TN To Rely on Sales Tax for Budget

Tennessee corporate tax collections decreased by $721.5 million from the previous year, which means the state is relying more heavily on sales tax revenue for its budget. Leaders cut a portion of the state’s business tax. [Tennessee Lookout]

• Representative Aftyn Behn on her attempts to end our grocery tax [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

NASCAR might be returning to Nashville! We asked Hey Nashville readers how you felt about the announcement, and y’all were uniformly excited. But do you know the history of the Fairgrounds Speedway? Test yourself to find out!

Before it was called the Speedway, what kind of races were held on the Fairgrounds’ track?

Meet Miss Crabtree, pictured here on her way from Sagamore Hills, OH, to her new house in Orlinda, TN! She loves her new home, especially the stairs. She also enjoys watching the many birds outside very carefully from her cat tree's top perch. Miss Crabtree’s name comes from "The Little Rascals." Her older kitty sister was Darla, also named from the series. Darla passed away last year at 14, and Miss Crabtree has healed her humans’ hearts a little as they grieve 💔 What a very sweet kitty.