In the first two weeks of November, Nashville received two inches of rainfall, in line with the 30-year climate average. This moved the city into a “moderate” drought designation, but it was not enough to end the dryness.
Nashville got typical rainfall this month. That’s not enough to end the drought.
A Tennessee commission will issue guidance to school districts fielding calls for book bans
A controversial new law gave Tennessee’s textbook commission more power over school library materials. But their first action item about libraries isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, and largely reinforces what schools are already doing.
‘Everybody’s got an Exit/In story’: Remembering a Music City proving ground as it plays its last shows
A mainstay in Nashville’s independent music scene is on its way out. Exit/In is just the latest casualty of Music City’s hot real estate market.
The Tennessee Supreme Court rules against mandatory life sentences for minors
Tennessee has an automatic life sentence of 51 to 60 years for homicides by juveniles, making it one of the strictest in the nation. No other state has a mandatory that high for a single offense.
Nashville’s largest HIV prevention clinic ends testing program amid national funding shortfall
Nashville’s largest clinic that offers a daily pill to prevent HIV is cutting back its services. So-called “PrEP” clinics have warned they may be run out of business over changes from drugmaker Gilead, which produces HIV medication.
Greenwashing delays climate action. And yes, it’s happening in Tennessee.
Greenwashing is the practice of using media campaigns, PR spin and distraction to deceive the public into believing an organization’s aims or actions are more ecological than they really are.
Sumner County School Board votes to keep a children’s book on shelves, despite calls for a ban
The Sumner County School Board voted this week not to ban the book “A Place Inside of Me.” The book has a poem and illustrations showing a Black child navigating his emotions in the aftermath of a police shooting.
After Swifties swamp Ticketmaster, AG Skrmetti wants to take a closer look at the ticket system
Presale tickets for Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour went online this week. But Ticketmaster crashed as millions of fans went to the website to buy them. Tennessee’s attorney general wants to investigate whether Ticketmaster may have violated consumer protection laws.
The fatal police shooting of a man named Chief may deepen the divide between the city and Nashvillians struggling with homelessness
A man named Drandon John Brown was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Among homeless outreach workers and friends, Brown was known as “Chief.” They say he was a veteran and a leader among the residents of the Brookmeade Park homeless encampment — though he often struggled with his mental health.
For Music City Leather maker Wes Shugart, a cowboy boot is the ultimate expression of freedom and adventure
Wes Shugart says there are 350 steps that go into making a cowboy boot. On a rainy fall morning, he sits on a low stool before his work bench, hammering leather into a boot sole. This is just one of those steps.
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