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Tennessee Republicans may pursue ‘alternative options’ to bring Republican National Convention to Nashville

Tennessee Republicans may pursue ‘alternative options’ to bring Republican National Convention to Nashville

Blaise Gainey

July 11, 2022

Nashville is a finalist along with Milwaukee, but several Metro Council members have been openly against the idea of playing host.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, Metro Government, Randy McNally, RNC

Nashville’s monkeypox case count is growing, but here’s why it’s nothing like COVID

Blake Farmer

July 11, 2022

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As of Monday, Davidson County has three lab-confirmed cases of monkeypox, a virus that began popping up in unexpected parts of the world in May. Nashville’s cases are the first identified in Tennessee, but they do not appear connected.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: monkeypox

Tennessee Republicans are about to find out if splitting up Nashville will pay off for them in the midterms

Blaise Gainey

July 11, 2022

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When the Republican-controlled Tennessee legislature gathered to redraw congressional maps earlier this year, they wanted to gain a seat in the U.S. House. So they spliced Davidson County into three more rural, Republican-leaning districts.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 5th Congressional District, 6th Congressional District, 7th Congressional District, Cameron Sexton, Elections 2022, Jeff Yarbro, Mark Green, odessa kelly, redistricting, Tennessee Politics, tnpol

Vernon Winfrey, Nashville business man and Oprah’s father, dies at 89

LaTonya Turner

July 10, 2022

Vernon Winfrey, longtime Nashville businessman, civic leader and Oprah’s father, died on Friday in Nashville. The media mogul confirmed her father’s passing in a post on Instagram.

Filed Under: WPLN News

Financial uncertainty persists, but one TN economist says things may be starting to stabilize

Alexis Marshall

July 10, 2022

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Economists were pleasantly surprised Friday when a report showed the U.S. added more than 370,000 new jobs. That’s despite high inflation and increased interest rates.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: economy, inflation, interest rates, jobs, recession

Taylor Swiffer? Sweepy McSweepface? Metro wants your help naming its new bike lane sweeper.

Julia RitcheyandMarianna Bacallao

July 8, 2022

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Help name Nashville’s newest street sweeper.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: NDOT, transportation

Some Tennessee high school grads could catch a break on tuition this fall. Here’s how.

Damon Mitchell

July 8, 2022

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Nearly 40% of Tennessee high school seniors who take steps to enroll in college don’t follow through in the fall due to high tuition costs and other barriers.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, Higher Education, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Higher Education Commission

How a Nashville actor and gospel singer is paying homage to Big Mama Thornton in the film Elvis

Nina Cardona

July 8, 2022

Shonka Dukureh in costume as Big Mama Thornton, singing in front of a vintage microphone

When the director of the new Elvis movie, Baz Luhrman, pulled together a group of Nashville gospel singers to serve as a choir in the film, it was only natural that Shonka Dukureh would be in that group. Little did she know she’d just earned a role in a major motion picture.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News

Experts answer listener questions on how Nashville can expand its transit options

This Is Nashville

July 7, 2022

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On Wednesday, This Is Nashville invited Cathy Carrillo, education and engagement manager at Walk Bike Nashville, and Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee CEO Jessica Dauphin to answer listener questions about the current state of public transportation and infrastructure in Nashville. 

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: bus service, transportation, WeGo

Diane Nash says she shares her Presidential Medal of Freedom with everyone who ‘sacrificed so much for the cause’

Marianna Bacallao

July 7, 2022

Diane Nash with Joe Biden

President Biden presented a Nashville Civil Rights leader with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House Thursday.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, Diane Nash, Freedom Rides, Joe Biden, presidential medal of freedom

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