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Tennessee hospital chiefs huddle to address hiring crisis

Tennessee hospital chiefs huddled in Franklin this weekend, largely to focus on their shared hiring crisis. The staffing shortage has not eased even as the pandemic subsides, and many hospital leaders are beginning to get used to high turnover.

These Nashville neighborhoods are getting free trees this spring. Yours can be next.

Trees are essential infrastructure. In recent years, the science has become clearer on how trees reduce air pollution, flooding and heat. And just being near them improves mental and physical health.

What is ‘Nashville nice’?

If you google "Nashville nice," you won't find a definition or articles about it in the same way that you would for "Minnesota nice." But as we heard on Thursday's episode of This Is Nashville, "Nashville nice" is an attitude unique to the area.

Riding Shotgun: Music City Dope Pedalers are good vibes on two wheels

If you are driving around Germantown on a Friday evening, you'll likely see the 20 cyclists who make up the Music City Dope Pedalers.

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Nashville’s vice mayor wants everyone to be polite and work together. Is this political approach out of touch?

Tennessee’s new AG plans to pick up his predecessor’s fight against Biden administration’s LGBTQ protections

Hillsdale-affiliated charter schools back off plans to open in Tennessee

Metro Police completes audit of body camera footage, but its community oversight board wants changes moving forward

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Education

AAPI advocates are calling for Biden to withdraw his nomination for one of Tennessee’s top prosecutors

Nashville schools have been hit with a spate of social media threats. Now several students are facing charges.

Rutherford County Schools rejected a Hillsdale-affiliated charter. Now a state-appointed commission will decide if it can open anyway.

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Vice Mayor Jim Shulman

Nashville’s vice mayor wants everyone to be polite and work together. Is this political approach out of touch?

Tennessee’s new AG plans to pick up his predecessor’s fight against Biden administration’s LGBTQ protections

Republican lawmakers threaten new restrictions unless Vanderbilt commits not to perform gender transition surgeries on minors

Tennessee Democratic Party staffers begin collective bargaining process

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Tennessee hospitals continue to see high caseloads as the Omicron variant sweeps through the state.

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Criminal Justice

Tennessee’s new AG plans to pick up his predecessor’s fight against Biden administration’s LGBTQ protections

Metro Police completes audit of body camera footage, but its community oversight board wants changes moving forward

Nashville Public Library

Bomb threat prompts Nashville Public Library to close all branches

AAPI advocates are calling for Biden to withdraw his nomination for one of Tennessee’s top prosecutors

Health Care

Tennessee hospital chiefs huddle to address hiring crisis

Republican lawmakers threaten new restrictions unless Vanderbilt commits not to perform gender transition surgeries on minors

Sen. Ferrell Haile

For trans teens in Tennessee, state law has a limited say in guiding their care — for now

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Guitar maker Gibson launches naloxone distribution at Franklin’s Pilgrimage Festival

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