Nashville’s Metro Action Commission is about to get $13 million in federal funds. That’s the final portion of its second round of federal funds to help residents who are struggling to pay rent.
Nashville residents in need of rent relief can still tap into $13M headed to Metro Action Commission
Kid COVID shots have arrived in rural Tennessee counties, but hardly anyone is getting them
Quite a few Tennessee counties are still reporting almost no children under 12 taking the newest COVID vaccine. Through Tuesday evening, 18 counties had yet to report giving a single dose.
A high-profile civil rights attorney is calling for a federal investigation into a Rutherford County prosecutor accused of discrimination
A prominent civil rights attorney wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a Rutherford County prosecutor.
An East Nashville record shop is the latest example of a small business trying to gain ownership in a rapidly growing city
The owners of The Groove say they need to raise nearly $500,000 by January to remain in place.
For the first time in decades, Rutherford County’s juvenile court judge faces a challenger
Rutherford County’s embattled juvenile court judge has her first challenger in more than 20 years. The county’s senior judicial commissioner, Jacob Flatt, announced his plans to run against Judge Donna Scott Davenport in the 2022 election this summer.
The long-awaited redesign of Nashville’s little-known youth memorial garden wants to offer quiet respite for all at Centennial Park
Metro Parks is sharing more details about the redesign of the city’s little-known memorial garden in Centennial Park for the more than 200 Nashville youth who lost their lives to violence.
As Nashville’s Latino population grows, so do the efforts to boost representation on college campuses
In the past five years, Belmont University has grown its Latino population from under 400 to over 600 students. This fall, nearly 10% of Lipscomb’s undergraduate students identify as Latino.
Nashville police adds violent crime unit, in latest embrace of a new strategy
The latest effort in MNPD Chief John Drake’s “precision policing” philosophy is a new Violent Crime Division to investigate carjackings, armed robberies and other serial violent crimes.
Federal judge sets timetable to consider state’s restrictions on school mask mandates
At the first hearing in the case against Tennessee’s law limiting when mask mandates can be applied in schools Monday, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw extended his order that, for now, schools should continue operating as they had been before Gov. Lee signed the COVID restrictions bill into law last week.
Tennessee businesses begin lining up for special permission to mandate vaccines
A new state law signed Friday is meant to ban Tennessee companies from requiring COVID vaccinations. But businesses are already starting to ask for exceptions that will let them keep mandating vaccines.
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