One WPLN listener asks the candidates: How are you going to protect our children at school?
Gun violence in Nashville — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question
Fix systemic racism? Nashville mayoral candidates fumble to offer actions at candidate forum.
Systemic racism has caused uneven poverty, incarceration, educational achievement and health outcomes in Nashville. What is the next mayor planning to do about it?
Transgender youth can no longer access gender-affirming care in Tennessee. Here’s what’s next for families of trans teens.
A Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth has taken effect, despite being initially blocked by a federal judge. That’s left parents of transgender kids without a lot of options.
Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks dies at age 83
Dr. Catherine Burks-Brooks, a member of the Freedom Riders with a Nashville connection, has died at age 83. Burks-Brooks was among the Nashville students who joined the original 13 Freedom Riders in May 1961, after violent attacks by white mobs in Alabama.
Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect immediately, after a federal court overturns a lower court’s ruling
In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect Saturday, nearly a week after a federal district judge temporarily blocked the law.
Nashville affordable housing — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question
WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on affordable housing.
Tennessee passenger rail study prioritizes connections to Chicago, Atlanta and Louisville
The Tennessee Department of Transportation believes road trips between the state’s most populous cities could take up to an hour longer by 2045. To help cut that time down, the General Assembly is looking into adding passenger rail service linking major cities.
A former motel in South Nashville has become essential for people leaving encampments. There’s tension over the conditions there.
As Nashville closes encampments, residents are finding themselves in temporary transitional housing for far longer than expected.
Here’s what’s next for Tennessee student loan borrowers after SCOTUS decision
In Tennessee, 1 in 8 residents has student loan debt, with the average amount topping $36,000.
‘Further pollution is unacceptable’: Nashville leaders decry TVA Kingston project
The Tennessee Valley Authority is planning a gas plant and pipeline project in Kingston. Tennessee residents, over many years, will pay for it. But should they? The fossil fuel project is not a good investment, economically or morally, according to Nashville’s political leaders.
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