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Metro Arts funding delays, debates over equity leave some Nashville arts...
This week, artists and arts organizations throughout Nashville finished the annual application process to receive city funding from the Metro Arts Commission. But the arts community is still dealing...
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Tennessee Democrats to put up ‘fierce resistance’ to governor’s school...
A draft bill on Gov. Bill Lee’s private school voucher plan was posted on the General Assembly web site and then removed Monday. The bill still has time to be amended, but many who saw the draft have...
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Gov. Bill Lee will head to Texas as its governor defies Supreme Court decision
This weekend, Governor Bill Lee is headed to Texas as the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, defies a Supreme Court order authorizing the removal of razor wire at the border. Lee, who is head of the...
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Republican lawmakers propose dissolving governing body of Tennessee’s only...
A proposal at the state legislature would terminate Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees. And another bill would subsequently transfer authority over the school to the Tennessee Higher...
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Nashville educators: Tennessee needs to find new incentives and support...
Tennessee is facing a health worker shortage. And now, professors and teachers from Nashville schools are looking to some novel solutions. The state was short more than 15,000 registered nurses in...
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What Taylor Swift’s icon status says about who gets to be a ‘girl’
This article first appeared in Code Switch’s “Up All Night” newsletter, about the race-related thoughts, ideas, and news items that our team is losing sleep over. For first access every Friday, sign up...
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Ayesha Rascoe on ‘HBCU Made’— and some good old college memories
We’re taking it way back — all the way to college. This episode is a mini-reunion: host Brittany Luse and Ayesha Rascoe, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, are both alumnae of Howard University — they even...
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How a far-right political group rose to power in Sumner County — and what...
You’re reading one story in WPLN’s series exploring the wide-ranging impacts of a hard-right political faction in Middle Tennessee. Find all parts here. Sumner County’s upcoming elections could have a...
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GOP governors back at Texas border to keep pressure on Biden over migrant...
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As more than a dozen Republican governors gathered Sunday on the Texas border, Kyle Willis was across the river in Mexico considering his next move to enter the U.S. The...
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Fusus, the controversial police surveillance contract, has been removed from...
Nashville’s Metro Council will no longer consider the police surveillance contract they were set to take up at Tuesday’s meeting. Council members announced Monday that the legislation would be...
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I-40 closed after radioactive waste truck catches fire
Interstate 40 in West Nashville is closed in both directions Monday afternoon after a semi-truck carrying radioactive waste caught fire. The affected area is between exits 201 and 204. NFD crews are...
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Key takeaways from Gov. Bill Lee’s contentious State of the State address
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gave his State of the State address Monday night, covering a wide range of topics — from investments in rural health care to the role of artificial intelligence in the music...
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Explained: the ‘dubious’ legal basis for Republican governors resisting...
Gov. Bill Lee has returned from a weekend trip to Eagle Pass, Texas. The border town is where the current legal battle between state and federal authorities over razor wire began — and where more than...
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Book ban advocates could soon take over Sumner County’s school board. Behind...
You’re reading one story in WPLN’s series exploring the wide-ranging impacts of a hard-right political faction in Middle Tennessee. Find all parts here. Residents packed the Oct. 18, 2022 meeting of...
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Toby Keith, country singer-songwriter, dies at 62 after stomach cancer diagnosis
Toby Keith, a hit country crafter of pro-American anthems who both riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, has died. He was 62. The “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” singer-songwriter, who had...
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Legislative staffer suspended after confrontation with ‘Tennessee Three’ member
A Tennessee legislative staffer has been placed on leave after Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones says the staffer yelled at him in a hallway. Jones, who shot to national fame as one of two Democrats...
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Book bans are expanding from schools into public libraries in Sumner County....
You’re reading one story in WPLN’s series exploring the wide-ranging impacts of a hard-right political faction in Middle Tennessee. Find all parts here. A large crowd gathered outside the...
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Murfreesboro to pay $500,000 in settlement over its anti-LGBTQ ordinance
The City of Murfreesboro has settled in a lawsuit over its controversial policy on LGBTQ events. The ACLU, Ballard Spahr, and Burr & Forman sued the city on behalf of organizers of the BoroPride...
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Sumner County Constitutional Republicans want to take over the school board....
You’re reading one story in WPLN’s series exploring the wide-ranging impacts of a hard-right political faction in Middle Tennessee. Find all parts here. A fight is brewing in Sumner County. On one...
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Affordable housing, bike safety and the arts dominate funding requests during...
Given an invite to share thoughts about Nashville’s spending priorities, residents turned out for Tuesday night’s Metro Council meeting. More than 50 people spoke during the two hours set aside for...
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