Starting Monday, Nashville will cap private gatherings to eight people, with no more than two households represented. Previously the limit was 25. It marks a shift in the focus of pandemic restrictions from public events to private spaces.
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Thanksgiving 2020 Playlist: Listen To WPLN’s Favorite Podcast Episodes Of The Year
Thanksgiving is going to look a lot different this year. But one thing that will most certainly stay the same? The familiar dulcet tones of our favorite podcasting hosts.
Despite Some Sick Voters And Many Mail-In Ballots, Nashville Finds Pandemic Election Ran Smoothly
Nashville election officials say their systems ran smoothly this month and that they’re hopeful that they’ve increased public trust in voting. In certifying the city’s election results Thursday, they noted lessons learned about accommodating COVID-positive voters and what it takes to process more than 34,000 mail-in ballots.
How A Reporter’s Investigation Turned Up New Lessons On Nashville’s Coronavirus Spread
In a sea of new daily COVID cases, health officials are often looking for clusters — a group of cases linked to a particular time and place. But what can be even harder to figure out is how each outbreak spreads from its source and spawns even more clusters in the region.
Nashville Restricts Household Gatherings To Eight People, Though Large Events May Go On
Starting Monday, Nashville will cap private gatherings to eight people, with no more than two households represented. Previously the limit was 25. It marks a shift in the focus of pandemic restrictions from public events to private spaces.
Why Fewer College-Bound Tennesseans Are Completing Financial Aid Applications
It’s already challenging enough getting students ready for college during a traditional school year. But now, statewide socially distanced learning, and all virtual school for seniors in Nashville, is making the process much more difficult.
Tennessee Economists Project No Big Declines In Tax Revenue Next Year
Economists from around Tennessee presented an array of projections Wednesday to the State Funding Board, estimating how tax revenues will change over the next couple of years.
Nashville Police Captain Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Announces Retirement
A Metro Nashville Police Department captain who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple MNPD employees announced his retirement Wednesday.
Nashville ER Doctors: More Hospitals Are Diverting Patients, As COVID Hospitalizations Climb
As COVID-19 hospitalizations set new records nearly every day in Tennessee, doctors are speaking out about the dire situation they see in their emergency rooms with patients traveling hours to find a hospital that has space for them.
Nashville Helps Its Farmer’s Market With COVID Relief Money, Delays Other Grants As Deadline Closes In
Some Nashville Farmer’s Market vendors will get rent relief from the local government. During Tuesday’s meeting, the Metro Council voted to spend $500,000 of the city’s federal CARES Act money to help the business owners.
Tennessee Again Suspends Jury Trials, Citing The Coronavirus
Tennessee’s record-setting COVID cases have prompted the suspension of all jury trials through the end of January. The order from the state’s Supreme Court came down Tuesday, reinstating rules that initially ran from March through most of May.
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