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5 questions for Camellia Burris, WPLN’s new education reporter

5 questions for Camellia Burris, WPLN’s new education reporter

WPLN Staff

March 10, 2025

A headshot of WPLN education reporter Camellia Burris.

A Nashville native, Camellia is uniquely qualified to cover education in Middle Tennessee.

Filed Under: 5 Questions, Education

NashVillager Podcast: What’s in a (bill’s) name?

Nina Cardona

March 10, 2025

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Why does shorthand matter? Plus, the local news for March 10, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

Nashville’s property reassessment is underway. Here’s what that means for your tax bills — and city revenues.

Cynthia Abrams

March 10, 2025

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For all property owners in Nashville, it’s a big year. That’s because it’s time for the city’s property reassessment.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro budget, Nashville real estate, property reappraisal, property taxes

At least 20 jobs cut at Mammoth Cave National Park amid Trump administration purge

Derek Parham, WKU Public Radio

March 8, 2025

At least 20 employees at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky are feeling the effects of sweeping federal job cuts put in place by the Trump administration at national parks across the country.

Filed Under: Environment, Politics Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Mammoth Cave, Trump Administration, WKU Public Radio

Hundreds gather to protest cuts to medical research funding, crackdowns on DEI

Catherine Sweeney

March 7, 2025

Amid a federal government crackdown on academic and research institutions, hundreds of protesters filled the Tennessee State Capitol steps in downtown Nashville.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: HHS, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Smart signals, a new transit center and security upgrades: First projects out of Nashville’s transit referendum take shape

Cynthia Abrams

March 7, 2025

Nashville Access Ride bus

The first 11 transit and infrastructure projects to come out of the city’s transit overhaul have been announced.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, sales tax, transit

NashVillager Podcast: Honoring Charles Kimbrough

Nina Cardona

March 7, 2025

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How do you honor a life dedicated to furthering human rights? Plus, the local news for March 7, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, civil rights movement

A fossil fuel may be rebranded ‘renewable energy’ under proposed Tennessee law

Caroline Eggers

March 7, 2025

Tennessee may become the first state to legally define gas as “renewable energy.” State law currently defines natural gas as “clean energy.”

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: cancer, fossil fuels, methane, renewable energy, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Department of Correction will offer more accommodations for deaf incarcerated people after lawsuit settlement

Paige Pfleger

March 6, 2025

Deaf, incarcerated people in TDOC custody will have access to videophones, sign language interpreters and other options behind bars.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability Rights Tennessee, TDOC

Tennessee kids will have to say goodbye to cellphones in schools

Camellia Burris

March 6, 2025

A sign that says "No cell phone during home work"

Both chambers of the statehouse overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban cell phone use in schools. The legislation will now head to Gov. Bill Lee.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, legislative session, public schools, William Lamberth

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