The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority plan to file a federal lawsuit to fight a new law that will give the state control of the MNAA board starting July 1.
According to a release, Mayor Freddie O’Connell has directed the Metro Department of Law to file the lawsuit against the State of Tennessee over a second attempt “to take over control of the Metro Nashville Airport Authority Board.”
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