Will school funding be tied to immigration status?

🛝 Our Favorite Nashville Playgrounds

As the weather warms up, families are looking to get outside. So where are the best playgrounds in Nashville? On today’s podcast, I’m chatting with contributor and local mom Amelia Edelman about our favorite play spots in town, and what Nashville really needs to make our playground scene great. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏫 Voucher Expansion Bill Tied To Immigration Status

State Republicans have filed a series of amendments to a proposed private school voucher expansion bill that would tie public school funding to student immigration status. This comes after an anti-immigration bill that would’ve required public entities to track immigration status stalled. The amendments have yet to be adopted. [Nashville Banner]

• Another bill making its way through the state legislature would allow for religious public charter schools. [Nashville Banner]

🚁 Suspension of Helicopter Crews Lifted

While the U.S. Army suspended the crews of two Apache helicopters that performed low-altitude maneuvers outside Kid Rock’s Nashville-area home on Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lifted that suspension. “No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots,” Hegseth said in a social media post. [NewsChannel 5]

🏢 Oracle Cuts Thousands of Jobs

Days after announcing a major office expansion in Germantown's Neuhoff development, Oracle has laid off thousands of workers worldwide, including some of its Nashville employees. Oracle has been taking on tens of billions of dollars in debt to build AI data centers. [🔐 Nashville Business Journal]

• About a third of the state’s AI data centers are in Nashville, and more are headed our way. Listen to our chat with Mark Williams, founding co-director of the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab, about the technology’s pros and cons. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]