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New TennCare benefits aim to make breastfeeding easier

New TennCare benefits aim to make breastfeeding easier

By Catherine Sweeney

August 7, 2023

The photo shows a breast pump device

TennCare has added more benefits for postpartum members: breastfeeding supports.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: breastfeeding, health policy, maternal health, TennCare

Has Nashville been hot or just…average…in 2023?

By Caroline Eggers

August 7, 2023

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In Nashville, the first seven months of the year have been warmer than average. But the reason why has been easy to overlook.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: heat, Weather

A Nashville police officer endured sexual harassment. Her successful lawsuit shines a light inside the department.

By Paige Pfleger

August 7, 2023

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Citlaly Gomez wanted to be the kind of police officer she wished she had seen growing up in Nashville. But it quickly became clear to her how things really worked inside the male-dominated department.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: court system, Metro Nashville Police Department, sexual harassment

Nashville humanitarian and founder of Room In The Inn Charles Strobel dies at 80 years old

By Paige Pfleger

August 6, 2023

It was a cold winter night in 1985 when Father Charles Strobel invited the unhoused people sleeping in the church parking lot inside his parish. That act was the seed that one of Nashville’s most well-known shelters — Room In The Inn — grew from.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: homelessness, obituary, Room in the Inn, unhoused

O’Connell vs. Rolli: Nashville’s next mayor will be decided in a runoff

By Rachel Iacovone

August 3, 2023

Nashville’s mayoral race is nonpartisan, but the two finalists clearly lean toward opposite sides of the political spectrum.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Mayoral Race 2023

The Tennessee Three are reuniting in the General Assembly after Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones were voted back in

By Blaise Gainey

August 3, 2023

Polls have closed, and Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, are running away with their seats.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Tennessee Three

Heavy rains dampened Election Day. Will that affect voter turnout?

By Caroline EggersandCatherine Sweeney

August 3, 2023

The Hadley Park Regional Center serves as a polling place in North Nashville.

The data suggests that, broadly, rain may have a small impact on voters. 

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Mayoral Race 2023

What to expect on Election Day in Nashville 

By WPLN Staff

August 3, 2023

More than 100 candidates are vying for more than 40 elected offices across Nashville on an Election Day that should bring clarity to the race to be the city’s next mayor.  Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — and unlike the early voting period, residents must go to their assigned polling locations.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections, Mayoral Race 2023, voting

Public transit — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question

By Cynthia Abrams

August 2, 2023

WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on public transportation.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: cars, mayor, Mayor's race 2023, mayoral candidates, Mayoral election, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville mayoral race, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, public transportation, rail network, traffic, traffic fatalities, train, transit, transportation, WeGo

Nashville is testing ‘cool pavement’ on roads to reduce urban heat

By Caroline Eggers

August 2, 2023

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Roads can get very hot. Phoenix routinely records 180-degree pavement during its hottest days, and Nashville has seen 160-degree surfaces. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, concrete, pavement, urban heat island

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