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Metro Council approves emergency $10M for Nashville General Hospital while settling with ousted CEO

Metro Council approves emergency $10M for Nashville General Hospital while settling with ousted CEO

Cynthia Abrams

April 3, 2025

Two significant decisions regarding Nashville General Hospital have been finalized.

Filed Under: Health Care, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Courtney Johnston, Dr. Joseph Webb, Kyonzte Toombs, Nashville General Hospital, Nashville Metro Council

Police close investigation into Covenant School shooting, saying assailant acted alone for notoriety

Paige Pfleger

April 2, 2025

A new 44-page report from Metro Nashville Police shows that the 2023 Covenant School assailant acted alone, obtained several guns legally and was driven by a desire for notoriety.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Covenant School, gun violence, mass shooting, Metro Nashville Police Department, school safety

What will a Snoop and Dre bar downtown mean for Nashville hip-hop?

jewly hight

April 2, 2025

Country music celebrity bars dominate Lower Broadway, and now Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are opening the Still G.I.N. Lounge.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: hip hop, Lower Broadway, music industry, tourism

NashVillager Podcast: Pencil City

Nina Cardona

April 2, 2025

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How did a native tree bring an industry to Shelbyville? Plus, the local news for April 2, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: shelbyville

Tennessee could lose up to $1B in education funding under bill denying undocumented students

Marianna Bacallao

April 1, 2025

A bill that would allow schools to refuse undocumented students could put Tennessee in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bo Watson, immigrants, Immigration, Supreme Court, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students

Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility, appoints a new CEO

Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 1, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority has promoted one of its top executives to CEO as President Donald Trump has begun turning his attention back to the nation’s largest public utility.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Tornadoes confirmed after late-night Tennessee storms

WPLN Staff

April 1, 2025

The National Weather Service has confirmed four tornadoes touched down during storms late Sunday night. All were in a cluster of neighboring counties: Maury, Hickman and Humphreys.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Maury County, severe weather, tornadoes

Federal cuts hit Nashville’s health department, prompting Metro to weigh further legal action

Cynthia Abrams

April 1, 2025

vaccination event Nashville

The Trump administration halted three federal health grants, disrupting measles outbreak efforts and eliminating at least seven positions within Metro’s Public Health Department. Nashville is mulling a legal challenge.

Filed Under: Health Care, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: federal funding, federal funding freeze, measles, measles outbreak, Metro Public Health, Metro Public Health Department, Trump Administration

NashVillager Podcast: Finding you where you are

Nina Cardona

March 31, 2025

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How do you listen to WPLN? Plus, the local news for April 1, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

New report shows how Nashville could better connect classroom learning with job opportunities

Camellia Burris

March 31, 2025

A new report stresses the importance of expanding career technical education for high schools students as Nashville grows. 

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch High School, Education, Education Report Card, Greater Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Metro Nashville Public Schools

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