Listen Nashville Republican Beth Harwell won a fourth term as speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and Oak Ridge Sen. Randy McNally was elected speaker of the state Senate in a start to the 110th General Assembly that went as expected. Harwell unanimously won re-election, as Republicans and Democrats aligned behind her. That’s even […]
As One Leader Leaves And Another Weighs Her Future, Tennessee Lawmakers Start A New Session
Racial Disparities Go Undisputed By Nashville Police, But No Promise Made On Traffic Stop Tactics
Listen Nashville police and the critics of their traffic stops remained at a stark divide after a specially called meeting Monday at Metro Council chambers. Police offered no direct rebuttal to findings that officers disproportionately stop and search the vehicles of black drivers, and the department made no promises of reforms.
The Tennessee Legislature Is Overwhelmingly Christian. Do Voters Care?
Listen The question is not whether a legislator in Tennessee identifies as a Christian. It’s what kind of Christian they are. Nearly one-third of lawmakers identify their religious affiliation as Baptist, and the rest say they’re from another Protestant denomination or they’re Catholic. Only one mentions another faith: Nashville Rep. John Ray Clemmons, who says […]
Nashville Calculates Its Sidewalk Shortcomings And Debuts A Plan To Address Them
Listen Nashville now knows exactly how lacking its sidewalk network is, and has calculated the price to add hundreds of miles for pedestrians. Metro debuted its new master plan for sidewalks and bikeways — known as WalknBike — on Monday.
Finding Racial Disparities In Nashville Policing, Activists Will Make Case To Metro Council
Listen In October, a group of Nashville activists stood on the steps of City Hall to announce findings of racial disparities in local policing and to demand changes to how traffic stops are conducted. Now they’ll get the chance to show the Metro Council exactly what they found by analyzing 82,000 traffic stops from the […]
With Few Legal Protections, Nashville Mobile Home Park Residents At Risk Of Losing It All
Listen Mobile home parks are positioning themselves as a key piece of Nashville’s affordable housing market, filling a niche traditional developers can’t keep up with. As rents rise across the city, companies that operate these parks are expanding. But with few legal protections, residents can feel powerless.
Capitol Hill Conversation: Why 2017 Is The Most Unpredictable Legislative Session In Years
Listen After an eventful election season, the Tennessee state legislature is back. The General Assembly opens its two-year session this week. There aren’t a lot of new people in the hallways, but our statehouse correspondent, Chas Sisk, is here to tell us why this will be one of most unpredictable sessions in years.
Metro Schools Quickly Admits Mistake For Not Canceling Classes
Administrators in Nashville wasted no time apologizing for not cancelling classes sooner Friday morning.
Tennessee Regulators Get Firm With TVA To Release Unfavorable Contamination Results
Listen The latest skirmish about contamination near a coal-fired power plant in Gallatin involves a disagreement over raw ground water testing data.
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