Listen After years of talking about affordable housing in Nashville, the buzzword has turned into action — with city-funded efforts finally leading to some new rooftops. A record level of $10 million available through the Barnes Housing Trust Fund has led to a wave of interest from a broad range of developers.
More Money Entices Record Number Of Affordable Housing Proposals For Nashville’s Barnes Fund
Nashville Bids Farewell To Its Walking Weather Almanac As Meteorologist Bobby Boyd Retires
A forecaster with nearly total recall of Nashville’s climate stats over half a century retired Tuesday from the National Weather Service office in Old Hickory.
Watchdog Group: Tennessee Child Abuse Laws And Judge’s Orders Are Being Ignored
Listen Tennessee’s law that requires suspected child abuse to be reported to authorities is too often being ignored, according to a child abuse watchdog group.
Groups Aim To Scrap Tennessee’s Medical Malpractice System
Listen Malpractice cases can be costly. There’s the insurance, which can run $100,000 or more. There are the awards when juries find doctors have done wrong. And then there are all the tests that doctors perform simply to stave off litigation. Opponents of the current malpractice system say these “defensive medicine” practices add 20 percent […]
Meet One Of The First Interracial Couples To Marry In Tennessee After The Loving Decision
Listen Editor’s Note: This is a shortened story from an episode of the podcast Neighbors. To hear the complete episode, go here. Gloria and Leroy Griffith met the same way that many couples meet in the South — at church. But when they started dating, they were an unusual pair.
Higher Alcohol Beer And 5 Other New Tennessee Laws That Begin Jan. 1
Listen Click on the slideshow to find out more about the five other laws going into effect Jan. 1. Tennessee brewers are working on some beers with a little more punch. That’s because of a new state law that went into effect Jan. 1. Craft brewers had been pushing the state to lift a restriction […]
Nashville Is About To See A Glut Of Apartments, But Observers Say It Won’t Last Long
Listen This year Nashville has seen a tidal wave of apartments being built and coming up for rent. And experts say the market is starting to get water-logged. Longtime apartment developer Marty Heflin says Nashville’s hit the peak of its apartment building boom.
Listen To Music Recorded 83 Years Ago Inside The Old Tennessee State Prison
Listen The old Tennessee State Prison, also known as “The Castle,” has drawn a lot of attention this year. There’s been talk of redeveloping the largely dormant site along the Cumberland River. And with the blessing of the Tennessee Department of Corrections, a flying drone video documented the property extensively. But it was in a […]
Music Writers Answer The Question — What Did Nashville Sound Like in 2016?
Listen As music journalists are compiling their top ten and best of lists, we asked a small group of Nashville writers to define the sound of the city’s music scene over the last year.
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