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How optimism can close the coverage gap between TennCare and the ACA marketplace

How optimism can close the coverage gap between TennCare and the ACA marketplace

Phil Galewitz of KHNandDaniel Chang of KHN

November 16, 2022

More than 2 million low-income people are uninsured because they earn too much for Medicaid and too little to qualify for a subsidized plan. Here’s how they can get coverage.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Medicaid expansion, TennCare

MNPS is holding an options fair this weekend, but charter schools won’t be there

Alexis Marshall

November 16, 2022

This weekend, families can head to Nissan Stadium for a school fair, hosted by Metro Nashville Public Schools. But when looking over their options, there will be a notable absence: charter schools.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: charter schools, Education, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee Charter School Center

Riverchase Apartments are gone. Now the Metro Council clears the way for a mixed-use development to be built.

Ambriehl Crutchfield

November 16, 2022

A Texas-based developer will build a mixed-use development where an East Nashville apartment complex once stood. It will include housing, retail space and changes to the street connections.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: CREA, East Bank, McFerrin Park, Riverchase, sean parker

Legislation to protect Tennessee Walking Horses passes the U.S. House, but Senate approval unlikely

Blake Farmer

November 15, 2022

Walking Horse

Legislation intended to stop abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses was approved Monday by the U.S. House in a bipartisan vote, over opposition of several Tennessee Republicans.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: shelbyville, Tennessee Walking Horse

Grammy nominations: Notable Nashville artists recognized across genres

jewly hight

November 15, 2022

marching band Nashville

Nashville music-makers have a strong showing across categories in the 2023 Grammy nominations.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Grammys, Jessy Wilson, Molly Tuttle, music, Tennessee State University

Didn’t vote in Tennessee’s midterm? We want to hear from you!

This Is Nashville

November 15, 2022

Electronic Systems & Software

This election season, we asked voters in Middle Tennessee, what issues drove you to the polls for this midterm? Now, we’re interested in hearing from those of us who didn’t vote.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Programs Tagged With: citizen nas

‘We need to defend this law’: Inside an anti-abortion meeting with Tennessee’s GOP lawmakers

Kavitha Surana, ProPublica

November 15, 2022

Anti-abortion groups helped write and pass laws that banned abortion as soon as Roe v. Wade was overturned. These groups see Tennessee’s ban as the country’s strongest — and they want to keep it that way, according to audio reviewed by ProPublica.

Filed Under: Abortion In Depth, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, abortion rights, Mark Pody, Richard Briggs, Ryan Williams, Susan Lynn, Tennessee Right to Life, Will Brewer

Exit/In, Midtown music venue beloved by locals, will close Nov. 24

jewly hight

November 14, 2022

Exit/In music venue

The owner of Exit/In announced Nov. 23’s Diarrhea Planet will be their last show, capping off 51 years of local music in midtown Nashville.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts and Culture, concert venues, Exit/In, live music, midtown nashville, music, music city

Vanderbilt is helping launch a college to train teachers in Iraq

Alexis Marshall

November 14, 2022

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With the help of a U.S. State Department grant, faculty from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College will partner with American University of Iraq – Baghdad to launch a college of education.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Higher Education, international students, iraq, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans can’t vote because of a felony conviction. They are challenging state law to have their voices heard.

Paige Pfleger

November 14, 2022

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Tennessee has one of the highest rates of voter disenfranchisement in the country. About 1.7 million Tennesseans voted during last week’s election, but more than 400,000 residents could not have their voices heard at the polls.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: disenfranchisement, felony conviction, voter registration in Tennessee

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