🏛️ TN House passes anti-drag bill

👩‍❤️‍👨 How To Shake Up Date Night

New year, new date ideas. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, “The Nashville Book of Dates” co-author Eden Dawn joins us to share Music City’s best date ideas, from downtown spots and East Nashville group hangs to day trips and overnighters across Tennessee. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

✈️ BNA’s Traffic Plans

Nashville International Airport projects it will serve approximately 25 million passengers in fiscal year 2026. Many other cities of Nashville’s size have airports with dedicated bus lanes and rail services. Without those, BNA plans to address its recent traffic problems through a combination of new roads, partnerships with rideshare companies, and increased public transit frequency. [Nashville Scene]

• Airport traffic has led to several hours-long gridlocks since September. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏘️ Antioch Tops Real Estate Market

Antioch dominated the local real estate market in 2025, with 1,121 homes sold. The Nations and Sylvan Park were the second-most-popular neighborhoods, and Crieve Hall was third. Many new developments have come to Antioch in recent years, including Tanger Outlets and a new In-N-Out location. [Axios Nashville]

• My guide to spending a day at Tanger Outlets. [📰 Hey Nashville]
• The Pan-Asia Supermarket is set to open soon as the first store in Antioch’s Chinatown project. [Fox 17]

🏛️ TN House Passes Anti-Drag Bill

On the first day of the Tennessee General Assembly, House lawmakers passed an anti-drag bill from 2025, and now it moves to the Senate for approval. The bill classifies businesses as adult-oriented if they host one sexually related activity a year, and as such, would have to be at least 1,000 feet from parks, schools, churches, and residences. [Tennessee Lookout]

• Immigration bills also took center stage, amid protests. [Tennessee Lookout]
• Check out these photos from the first day. [Instagram]

It’s time for another shoutout from a City Cast Nashville member!

Jeannie M. recommends The Briggs Institute, Inc., “a marriage and family therapy practice providing high-quality, compassionate mental health and relationship care!”

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