🗳️ When are we voting this year?

✈️ March Madness: Summer Travel Edition

Four regions, 16 destinations, one winner! On today’s podcast, our favorite travel influencer, Andrea Giordano from BNA Cheap Flights, joins us with a full bracket of picks for the best summer destinations from Nashville. Tune in to find out which travel experience will win. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🚨 Journalist Held in ‘Inhumane’ Conditions

In a virtual news conference yesterday, attorneys for detained Nashville journalist Estefany Rodríguez say she’s been denied calls with her attorney and family, was kept in isolation for five days, and forced to strip naked while an officer poured chemicals on her. A judge has set a $10,000 bond for her release, but she remains in jail while Immigration and Customs Enforcement decides whether to appeal the bond. [🔐 The Tennessean]

🗳️ Newcomers Running for Election

Five first-time candidates have joined the race for Davidson County’s only open state House seat, to replace outgoing Democrat Caleb Hemmer. District 59 includes portions of Bellevue, Belle Meade, Forest Hills, and Brentioch, and skews more conservative than other Nashville districts, though four of the five candidates are Democrats. [Nashville Scene]

💸 Will HOPE College Scholarships Have To Be Reduced?

When Tennessee legalized sports gambling in 2019, its revenue was set aside as backup funds for the state’s lottery-funded college program, the HOPE scholarship. In 2025, legislators reallocated sports gambling revenue to public school construction as part of the private school voucher deal. Now the HOPE scholarship program faces an $80 million budget deficit, with no clear source to fill the gap. [Tennessee Lookout]

• More on the state’s sports betting industry. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]