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💬 Are These the Essential Rules for Living in Nashville?

On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re chatting with Michelle Spiva, author of the book “Music City Musings: Old Nashville Knowledge for Newcomers,” about her list of essential rules for life in Music City. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

📚 Downtown Library STILL Closed

Three months after the downtown library’s closure, fire safety issues have been identified within its conference center, and no reopening date can be set until it’s been repaired and inspected. [WPLN]

• Check out the library’s streaming services. [📰 Hey Nashville]
• There are many other branches you can visit. [Nashville Public Library]

🏛️ Why Some Cheekwood Staff Have Quit

Some Cheekwood staffers have quit citing political objections, specifically the nonprofit’s financial relationship with corporations like CoreCivic. The staffers also mention anti-DEI incidents, such as when a group of non-paying, majority-Black youth attending a summer program were forced to eat outside while paying campers ate inside with air conditioning. [Nashville Scene]

• Brentwood-based CoreCivic is the largest private prison operator in the nation. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🧑‍⚖️ TN House Staffer Sentenced

A judge has sentenced former Tennessee House staffer Cade Cothren to 30 months in jail, a $25,000 fine, and one year of probation for his role in a kickback scheme. He’s charged alongside former Speaker Glen Casada, whose sentencing was postponed until Sept. 23. [Tennessee Lookout]

• The sordid tale of how Casada and Cothren ended up in a federal corruption trial. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]