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Thousands of women on probation or parole in Tennessee need to seek approval to leave the state for abortion care

Thousands of women on probation or parole in Tennessee need to seek approval to leave the state for abortion care

Paige Pfleger

June 20, 2024

About 4 out of 5 women on probation or parole live in a state where abortion is limited. More than 16,000 women are under supervision in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, probation and parole, Tennessee Department of Correction

Most Tennesseans pursuing abortion care head to Illinois or North Carolina

Catherine Sweeney

June 19, 2024

Tennessee residents have been traveling out of state for abortion care since the state’s ban went into effect. A new study looks at where they tend to go.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Choices, Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood

Nashville’s Metro Council passes substitute budget with resounding support

Cynthia Abrams

June 18, 2024

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Nashville’s Metro Council approved the city’s spending plan Tuesday, unanimously voting in support of Metro Council Budget Chair Delishia Porterfield’s substitute budget.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: budgeting, city budgeting, construction, Delishia Porterfield, Freddie O'Connell, Metro budget, Nashville Metro Council

Nashville announces first permanent rainbow crosswalk

Marianna Bacallao

June 18, 2024

The new addition will cover the East Nashville intersection home to the Lipstick Lounge, the city’s only lesbian bar.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bars, Emily Benedict, lgbt, lgbtq, Lipstick Lounge, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville Pride, The Lipstick Lounge

President approves Tennessee disaster relief for May storms

Tony Gonzalez

June 18, 2024

The storms included ten tornadoes, damaging hail and record-setting rainfall in some pockets. A tornado in Maury County killed three people and flooding killed a boy in Rutherford County.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: federal funding, severe weather, tornadoes

Watch: the pro-gun lock ad from Tennessee’s department of safety

Blaise Gainey

June 18, 2024

Gun Lock

A majority of Tennesseans, including gun owners, believe firearms should be stored in a lockbox or safe.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: firearms, gun safety, Tennessee Department of Safety

NashVillager Podcast: The long road to Juneteenth

Nina Cardona

June 18, 2024

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How did Juneteenth become a holiday in Tennessee? Plus your local newscast for June 18, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: holidays, Juneteenth

Nashville judge to rule on whether the Covenant School assailant’s journals go public

Marianna Bacallao

June 17, 2024

The judge had been prepared to release the ruling when a news outlet suing for the documents’ release published leaked pages of the assailant’s journal.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant, Covenant School, gun violence, Metro Law, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, shooting

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers

Claire Savage, APandAlexandra Olson, AP

June 17, 2024

A lawsuit challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, abortion rights, Associated Press

Holly Bobo murder case returns to court, 7 years after a Tennessee man’s conviction

Adrian Sainz, AP

June 17, 2024

With Bobo’s parents sitting in the courtroom, a judge heard legal arguments Friday as part of an attempt by Zachary Adams to receive a new trial in the kidnapping, rape and killing of Bobo.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Holly Bobo

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