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Curious Nashville: Freight trains keep blocking city streets and frustrating commuters. Can anything be done?
It can be a daily frustration in some Nashville neighborhoods: a freight train grinds to a halt and blocks the road. The frustration prompted a question to our Curious Nashville project.
Abortion medication goes underground in Tennessee
At a rally in Nashville, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of the “back alley abortion” imagery on signs, including bloody coat hangers. But Edwards told the crowd, driven into the streets by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion rights, that it’s not like the old days before Roe v. Wade.
Metro Council will vote on agreement to host 2024 RNC in Nashville
Some metro council members are opposed to hosting the RNC in 2024, saying Nashville is not hurting financially and the convention could pose a risk of violence.
Elections 2022: Tell WPLN News what issues matter most to you
Tennessee voters will pick winners this year in important political offices at all levels of government. WPLN News wants to know how you’re thinking about these elections.
Tennessee distributes $450 payments to needy families gearing up for school year
Tennessee is spending more of its Families First dollars after facing criticism for stockpiling the funds.
Behind the scenes at Nashville’s United Record Pressing, the oldest vinyl producer in North America
Demand for vinyl has been on the rise over the last 20 years, and it has skyrocketed over the course of the pandemic. Many of those records are made in South Nashville.
Here are some of the controversial laws going into effect July 1 in Tennessee
Today is the first day of July and that means a host of new laws will take effect in Tennessee.
The Supreme Court just made climate action harder, but a Vanderbilt lawyer warns against ‘doomism’
The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling on Thursday, severely limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s options to reduce climate pollution from power plants.
Tennessee makes camping out on public property a felony, targeting unhoused
Tennessee residents and organizers are camping out at Nashville’s Riverfront Park to protest a new state law going into effect on July 1.
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