What are we doing to keep the connections to Nashville’s civil rights past alive? Plus, your local newscast for April 24, 2024.
TN House and Senate pass controversial bill that will allow teachers to carry firearms in schools
The move goes against what many have been protesting after the Covenant School shooting that left six victims dead, three of whom are students.
Should environmental racism be a factor in allowing industries to pollute? Tennessee’s attorney general says no.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a petition last week to prevent EPA from considering race when regulating pollution.
Disability advocates raise concerns over Jillian’s Law that would change involuntary commitment in TN
A bill headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk would make it so anyone deemed unfit to stand trial would be automatically committed.
NashVillager Podcast: Illuminating new streetlights
As Nashville moves to replace old streetlights in favor of new LEDs, we take a look at how the transition is going. Plus your local news for April 23, 2024.
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong.
The nation’s historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.
Tennessee is distributing $80 million in opioid settlement funds. Here’s what to know.
Tennessee is one of many states that sued opioid manufacturers, distributors and marketers. The companies settled, and the state brought in hundreds of millions of dollars.
Who killed Tennessee’s universal school voucher bill?
Lee and pro-voucher lobbying groups campaigned hard to get a universal voucher bill through the legislature, but it didn’t work.
NashVillager Podcast: April 22, 2024
What should we do with our household trash?
Here’s how project leaders expect the East Bank to unfold
As it is now, the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville consists of the soon-to-be-replaced Nissan Stadium, a sea of concrete and not much else. But, that’s not for long.