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Tennessee’s climate polluters have been mapped. Some might surprise you.

Tennessee’s climate polluters have been mapped. Some might surprise you.

By Caroline Eggers

November 14, 2022

Climate polluters have a new spotlight on them thanks to a new global data effort.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate, climate change, pollution

A long COVID patient in Hendersonville shows just how little is known about treatment

By Blake Farmer

November 14, 2022

Rick Lucas
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Medical equipment is still strewn around the house of Rick Lucas, 62, who has been home from the hospital nearly two years. He picks up a spirometer, which measures his lung capacity, and takes a deep breath, though not as deep as he’d like.

Filed Under: Coronavirus In Depth, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID long-haulers, COVID-19

Metro opens extreme cold weather shelter as overnight temperatures drop below freezing

By Blaise Gainey

November 13, 2022

With overnight temperatures below freezing over the weekend, Metro is opening its extreme cold weather shelter again Sunday night. And the city is providing multiple ways to reach it.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Government, Weather, WeGo, winter weather

Nashville police fatally shoot man on River Road — the second fatal shooting in 24 hours

By Paige Pfleger

November 13, 2022

Nashville police shooting

Officers confronted a man on the side of the road and used a Taser before the fatal shot.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, officer involved shooting

Fatal shooting by Nashville officers under investigation

By WPLN Staff

November 12, 2022

Nashville police shooting in Madison

A man is dead Saturday morning after a fatal shooting by Nashville police. MNPD has released excerpts from body camera footage of the incident.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Madison, Metro Nashville Police Department, officer involved shooting, shootings

With legislation targeting trans care and drag performers, Tennessee Republicans take aim at LGBTQ community

By Blaise Gainey

November 11, 2022

Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, has filed the first couple bills ahead of the next legislative session — and both are taking aim at the LGBTQ community. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: drag, lgbt, lgbtq, transgender

Democrats regroup as their string of statewide election losses continues

By Blaise Gainey

November 11, 2022

Hendrell Remus
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Republicans made much more modest gains than they had expected on Election Day, but there were a few notable exceptions, especially in Tennessee. Here, Republicans gained a seat in Congress, kept control of the governorship and maintained their super majority in the General Assembly.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Democratic Party, Hendrell Remus, Tennessee Democratic Party

Curious Nashville: The state closed Clover Bottom in Donelson because of its troubling past. What’s happening there now?

By Miguel Detillier

November 11, 2022

Clover Bottom campus

Tennessee’s oldest institution for people with intellectual disabilities closed in 2015. But those driving along Stewarts Ferry Pike in Donelson still catch a glimpse of its sprawling campus.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, History, WPLN News Tagged With: Clover Bottom, Curious Nashville, disabilities, history

Nashville jails stopped in-person visits during the pandemic. It’s unclear if they’ll ever come back.

By Laura Dean

November 11, 2022

Nashville downtown detention center
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In-person visitation was restored in Tennessee’s state prisons. But Nashville families are relying on video calls.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Daron Hall, Davidson County jail, Dawn Deaner, prisons

Nearing retirement, Rep. Jim Cooper reflects on the future of Nashville and Democrats in Tennessee

By Anna Gallegos-Cannon

November 10, 2022

After three decades representing Nashville in Congress, Cooper is set to retire. But he remains critical of the Tennessee Republicans who split the state’s 5th Congressional District into three new districts.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Politics, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2022, Jim Cooper

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