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Robertson Co. built a free clinic for all government employees, but here’s why it’s mostly for bus drivers

Robertson Co. built a free clinic for all government employees, but here’s why it’s mostly for bus drivers

Blake Farmer

August 10, 2022

Another Middle Tennessee school district has opened a free clinic for all employees. Government workers in Robertson County can now use a walk-in clinic, built in cooperation with the city of Springfield, at no charge.

Filed Under: Education, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: bus drivers, clinics, schools

This Tennessee community college made Friday classes virtual to address inflation and retain students

Alexis Marshall

August 10, 2022

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For cash-strapped college students, inflation is making school harder to pay for. But Southwest Tennessee Community College has been responding to student needs in the hopes of keeping them enrolled.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: community college, Education, employment, Higher Education, Tennessee Board of Regents

Critical race theory was one of the hottest topics in Tennessee’s legislative session, but only one complaint made it to the state’s education chief

Damon Mitchell

August 10, 2022

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Tennessee lawmakers have been smack dab in the middle of the national hoopla about bans limiting what can be discussed about race and gender in public schools. But during the most recent school years, only one complaint was filed, and it was denied.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, Blount County Schools, book bans, critical race theory, curriculum, Education, tennessee department of education

‘This is not a death sentence’: Advocates want Tennessee to reexamine its HIV criminalization laws

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

August 9, 2022

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In Tennessee, people with HIV risk criminal charges if they don’t disclose their diagnosis, and advocates say it’s time for those laws to change.

Filed Under: Health Care, News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: HIV, University of Memphis

Riverchase resident moves into new home, but feels the displaced community was treated ‘like we were kids’

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 9, 2022

Virginia Holland lived at the East Nashville Riverchase apartments for four years.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing, Riverchase, Riverchase apartments

The first U.S. climate bill will make renewable energy easier, and cheaper, for TVA

Caroline Eggers

August 8, 2022

The U.S. Senate has finally passed what may become the first comprehensive climate law in American history: the Inflation Reduction Act.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, decarbonization, inflation reduction act, Nashville Electric Service, Tennessee Valley Authority

Fire at Sumner County Courthouse construction site douses hopes of 2023 opening

Blaise Gainey

August 8, 2022

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The roof of the Sumner County Courthouse caught fire Sunday night. The Gallatin Fire Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are on the scene investigating how it started.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Fire, Gallatin, Sumner County, TBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Southern Illinois is not so sure about becoming an abortion hub for the South

Brian Munoz of St. Louis Public Radio

August 8, 2022

Carbondale is set to become the closest place with abortion access for millions of residents in the Midwest and South.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News

Texas developer promises displaced Nashville residents they can return, but right now it’s up in the air

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 8, 2022

There are six families still living in the Riverchase apartments in East Nashville.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: affordable housing, CREA, displaced, LIHTC, Oracle, Riverchase apartments, Stephen Buchanan

5 things to know before (and after) you sign a lease in Nashville’s hot housing market

Marianna Bacallao

August 8, 2022

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Nashville’s hot housing market can make renters hasty to put down a deposit and sign their lease before the unit they want gets taken off the market. But that can lead to legal trouble down the line.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Housing, Legal Aid Society

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