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Meet some of the ‘Super Fans’ who are dreaming of a championship at last for the Tennessee Titans

Meet some of the ‘Super Fans’ who are dreaming of a championship at last for the Tennessee Titans

Samantha Max

January 21, 2022

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These football aficionados take their love for the team to a different level.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: football, Tennessee Titans

Metro Arts Commission grapples with allegations of inequity and tokenism from staffers

Paige Pfleger

January 20, 2022

“It’s clear from the fact finder reports and the public comment that we’ve harmed people,” said Metro Arts Commissioner Ellen Angelico. “And we may not have violated any rules, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t do something wrong.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Metro Human Resources Commission

Tennessee state senator faces expulsion over wire fraud allegation

Blaise Gainey

January 20, 2022

The state legislature is preparing to do something really rare. It’s preparing to expel one of its own members for just the second time in more than 40 years. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Katrina Robinson, state senate, tennessee polit

Few big shifts in district lines after Metro Council approves new election maps

Ambriehl Crutchfield

January 20, 2022

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The Metro Council has approved new legislative maps, which is the last step in redistricting. The final draft, which the council put its stamp on this week, responds to some of the complaints that had been raised in previous versions.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity

Lawmakers propose school vouchers for students at Tennessee schools that go remote due to COVID surges

Blaise Gainey

January 19, 2022

Students attending schools that don’t allow for 180 days of in-person learning could be eligible to attend a school of their choice the following year using a school voucher, if a legislative proposal passes.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, K-12

Dementia caregivers in Tennessee are asking, again, for state funding to give them a brief respite

Blake Farmer

January 19, 2022

John and Mary

Tennessee lawmakers are renewing their push to provide dementia caregivers some state help. Tennessee would join at least a dozen states, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, in expanding respite programs to families coping with the disease.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Alzheimer's Disease, caregivers, dementia, respite care

Legislators abandon effort to unseat Rutherford County juvenile court judge after retirement announcement

Blake Farmer

January 19, 2022

Rutherford County’s juvenile court judge Donna Scott Davenport announced her retirement this week — one day after two Democrats introduced a resolution that could have resulted in her removal.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Donna Scott Davenport, Elections 2022, Heidi Campbell, Rutherford County, Rutherford County juvenile justice, Shane Reeves

Republican-drawn legislative maps are coasting to passage in Tennessee Senate

Blaise Gainey

January 19, 2022

The newly drawn Tennessee district maps have flown through legislative committees on party-line votes. The Republican-led state Senate could pass the maps Thursday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Congress, NAACP, redistricting

Nashville’s curbside recycling is coming back Feb. 1

Caroline Eggers

January 18, 2022

Metro Nashville halted recycling in December following staff shortages that affected trash pickup for several weeks, but the city will resume curbside recycling Feb. 1.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Recycling, trash

Judge Donna Scott Davenport announces retirement from Rutherford County’s juvenile court

Meribah Knight

January 18, 2022

Rutherford County’s embattled juvenile court judge will not seek reelection, a county spokesperson announced Tuesday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Donna Scott Davenport, juvenile detention, ProPublica, Rutherford County, Rutherford County juvenile justice

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