
The council also approved a measure that authorized the city to apply for federal grants to build a new bridge over the Cumberland River near the stadium as an outlet for game day traffic.Critics of the deal said the decisions was rushed and without enough commitments from VUMC related to costs. Metro Council voted Tuesday night to buy the former site of Hickory Hollow Mall, hoping to in turn lease the property back to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a new clinic.As a result, other candidates can now enter the race Keeda Haynes originally would have run uncontested. State Senator Brenda Gilmore’s decision to retire close to the filing deadline has activated Tennessee’s “skullduggery” law that aims to prevent gamesmanship around filing deadlines.Mayor John Cooper announced a $600,000 in new federal funds for mental health within the city’s court system.The Tennessee Titans have produced a rough sketch of a new domed stadium to replace Nissan Stadium, along with a price tag that has grown to $1.2 billion.More locations are dropping their indoor mask requirements following a federal court’s decision to block their enforcement, but there are still a few places where the ruling doesn’t apply.
