The state-vs.-Metro animosity of 2023 hasn’t flared up in 2024

In 2023, state Republicans passed a slate of laws aimed at Nashville, unmoved by the public and private pleas that a number of influential and well-connected Nashville executives made one year ago at this time. O’Connell inherited the feud when he took office in September and has worked to tamp it down and mend relationships, especially with a state department key to his transit ambitions and the East Bank’s development.
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