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Report: Conservative group wrote anti-protest bill in Tennessee to shield fossil fuel projects. Farms, too.

Report: Conservative group wrote anti-protest bill in Tennessee to shield fossil fuel projects. Farms, too.

Caroline Eggers

September 16, 2022

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A conservative group that authors state legislation around the country helped introduce a law in Tennessee that stiffened penalties against protestors of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, dakota access pipeline, fossil fuels, pipeline, protest

More Tennessee women are registering to vote. Polling suggests abortion is the reason.

Blaise Gainey

September 15, 2022

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The New York Times reported noticeable gains in women registering to vote in several states, including key swing states like Pennsylvania and Ohio. Numbers in Tennessee show that could be happening here, too. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, voter registration in Tennessee

Rutherford County Schools rejected a Hillsdale-affiliated charter. Now a state-appointed commission will decide if it can open anyway.

Alexis Marshall

September 14, 2022

A hearing over a controversial charter school application with ties to conservative Hillsdale College in Michigan drew a crowd of opponents and supporters in Rutherford County on Wednesday. Two more hearings of the state-appointed charter commission are scheduled this week.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: American Classical Education, charter schools, Education, Hillsdale College, public schools, Rutherford County, Tennessee Public Charter School Commission

More than 300 body camera videos are under review by MNPD for improper editing

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

September 14, 2022

Nashville police body cameras
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The Metro Nashville Police Department is currently reviewing more than 300 recordings from police body cameras for improperly edited footage.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, News Hits, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

Railroad workers may go on strike on Friday. What does this mean for Nashville?

Cynthia Abrams

September 14, 2022

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Railroad workers look ready to strike by the end of this week when a 60-day negotiation session ends. President Biden delayed a rail strike through executive action back in July, but trains may be forced to grind to a halt if a compromise can’t be reached by the end of the “cooling off” period. 

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: CSX, Labor unions, Railroads, Trains

Nashville wants to expand services in other languages. First up? Spanish.

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 14, 2022

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Metro Nashville council meetings and more documents are now available in Spanish — the second-most spoken language in the city.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Arabic, Ginny Welsch, Ricardo Castillo, Sandra Sepulveda, Spanish, translation

Nashville expands eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine with smaller dosing

Blake Farmer

September 13, 2022

Infectious disease experts recommend that gay and bi men, and other high-risk groups get the monkeypox vaccine. But the general population can avoid the vaccine for now because of how the virus is spread.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Brenda Waybrant, Del Ray Zimmerman, Desirèe Arista, Gill Wright, Metro Public Health Department, monkeypox

A U.S. senator called TVA ‘kind of disgusting.’ Here’s why that matters.

Caroline Eggers

September 13, 2022

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When the Tennessee Valley Authority considers building a power plant, the decision affects Tennesseans for decades. It also affects the global climate.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Cumberland Fossil Plant, fossil fuels, renewable energy, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, TVA board

Nashville’s construction industry is booming. One job training program is helping locals get a piece of the pie.

Damon Mitchell

September 13, 2022

Sierra McCants got into the skilled trades during the height of the pandemic. She had been working in the restaurant industry, when many businesses were shutting down. That’s when she enrolled Music City Construction Careers.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: construction, construction workers, economy, jobs, Labor, Music City Construction Careers

How two Metro schools went from struggling to statewide recognition

Alexis Marshall

September 12, 2022

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School officials are celebrating after a record 48 schools in the district were named reward schools. Tennessee gives that designation to schools with high levels of achievement or improvement.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, Metro Nashville Public Schools, teacher diversity

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