TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 12, 2023

Metro Nashville has filed suit against Gov. Bill Lee and legislative leaders in an effort to stop the state’s planned takeover of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, the Tennessean reports. The law vacates the mayor-appointed airport board and creates a new system by which the governor and Republican legislative leaders appoint a majority of the board members. In the suit, the city argues the law violates the state constitution’s prohibitions of legislation targeting one local government.