Seventeen volunteers serve on the Metro Human Relations Commission, which is a city agency that studies and offers solutions around discrimination and other inequities.
In Nashville, city commission appointments typically sail through. Here’s why that didn’t happen with human relations.
Public education advocates want Nashville to be known as a great place for kids, not just tourists
One of Nashville’s biggest public school advocate groups are asking Metro officials to make bigger moves to support local students. The Nashville Public Education Foundation wants the city to create what’s called a child opportunity index.
In the hotly contested primary for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, money and loyalty to Trump divide a large GOP field
After Morgan Ortagus was kicked out of the race in Tennessee’s 5th House District, she endorsed Kurt Winstead. That set up the sort of political jockeying that now has party insiders wondering who might get Trump’s blessing.
Cherokee tribe supports renaming Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains National Park
Long before the mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border was a National Park attraction, the Cherokee referred to it as Kuwahi, which translates to “mulberry place.”
We want to hear from teachers in Middle Tennessee
Teachers are the backbone of the state’s education system. However, there are more than 2,000 teacher vacancies in Tennessee and the start of the new school year is only weeks away.
After local rejection, Hillsdale-affiliated charter petitions state for approval
Hillsdale-affiliated charter school American Classical Academy Madison is still planning to open, despite being denied by the Jackson-Madison County school district.
Metro Police warn dangerous fentanyl-laced drugs are everywhere downtown
Metro Police are warning that dangerous fentanyl is showing up in all kinds of street drugs, but especially cocaine that’s sold in downtown Nashville.
Tennessee’s school voucher program is back in court Aug. 5, days before school starts
Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program will be heading back to court on Aug. 5. A motion for a temporary injunction to stop the roll-out was filed by the Shelby and Davidson County governments.
More than 2,000 monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Tennessee. Now what?
Access to the monkeypox vaccine remains limited in Tennessee, despite more than 2,000 doses being delivered to the state.
Tennessee leads a multi-state lawsuit against Biden’s ban on LGBTQ discrimination
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery is leading a lawsuit along with 21 other states challenging new nondiscrimination policies.
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