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What to plant in Nashville this spring — other than grass

What to plant in Nashville this spring — other than grass

Caroline Eggers

March 9, 2023

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Invasive species are one of the largest threats to the world’s biodiversity. One of the most common is in your backyard: turf grass.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: biodiversity, climate change, native plants

Tax season is around the corner! What resources are available to help you manage your personal finances?

Rose Gilbert

March 8, 2023

This Is Nashville hosted a panel of experts to answer your questions about personal finance and highlight resources that can help.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Citizens Bank, personal finance, Tennessee Department of the Treasury, Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission, United Way

Tornado season is underway, but it’s difficult to predict how many twisters will hit Middle Tennessee

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

March 8, 2023

A home in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, with a fallen tree in the front yard and damaged windows.
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How many tornadoes will Nashville have this year? That’s a difficult question to answer, even for weather experts.

Filed Under: Environment, News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: National Weather Service, severe weather, tornado

Gun control advocates try to persuade Tennessee lawmakers not to lower the carrying age to 18

Paige Pfleger

March 8, 2023

Gun control advocates in Tennessee are mobilizing against several bills moving through the state legislature. One would lower the age to carry a gun without a permit to 18, and another would arm more school employees.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, General Assembly, gun bills, gun laws, guns, legislature, Moms Demand Action, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

Gov. Lee’s bill to raise teacher pay includes a rule that chips away at labor organizing

Alexis Marshall

March 8, 2023

Tennessee’s biggest professional teachers’ organization is less than thrilled with the governor’s proposal to increase pay for educators. Baked into the bill is a rule that would further chip away at their ability to organize.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Education, General Assembly, K-12, legislature, TEA, teacher pay, Tennessee Education Association, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee Titans stadium deal enters final stretch of Metro Council votes

Cynthia Abrams

March 8, 2023

Nissan Stadium at night

The future of a new stadium for the Tennessee Titans has entered its final series of hurdles. The deal must go through a series of three votes by Nashville’s Metro Council.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Metro Council, Tennessee Titans, Titans stadium

The windstorm took out 600 trees in Nashville. Here’s why.

Caroline Eggers

March 7, 2023

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Oak trees splintered. Sugar maples uprooted. Some trees crashed across Nashville streets, and hundreds of trees took out power lines.  Nashville officials received reports for nearly 600 fallen trees on Friday following the windstorm. The total tally could be higher. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: environment, Nashville, Nashville Tree Conservation Corps, storm, trees, urban canopy, windstorm

Despite outcry, bill to shrink Metro Council is coasting to passage

Cynthia Abrams

March 7, 2023

A measure to chop the size of Metro Council is sailing through the Tennessee Legislature. Republicans in the House have passed the bill, and the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee advanced it Tuesday.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, Nashville Metro Council, Tennessee General Assembly

Pete Buttigieg, in Nashville, talks train safety following Ohio derailment

Julia Ritchey

March 6, 2023

railcars

During a trip to Nashville on Friday, Buttigieg addressed what the Biden Administration is doing to improve rail safety after the Ohio derailment.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: derailment, norfolk southern, Pete Buttigieg, railways, tnpol, train safety, Trains, transportation

After a report showed long 911 wait times, Nashville police excluded more than 22,000 calls from its data

Paige Pfleger

March 6, 2023

Nashville’s police department is recalculating response times for 911 calls going back several years. The move follows a recent report from the Community Oversight Board that found that wait times were twice as long — or even three times longer — than previous years.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

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