An amendment tucked into Tennessee House Bill 2507 would change the way people are picked to serve on Tennessee’s metropolitan airport authority boards.
These boards provide oversight to airports in Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Tri-Cities and Memphis.
Currently, the members of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority Board are nominated by the mayor and then approved by the city council, but the legislation introduced by Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton would switch things up…