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Nashville mobile home owners went weeks without stable housing after accepting their landlord’s relocation offer

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Nashville mobile home owners went weeks without stable housing after accepting their landlord’s relocation offer

Juliana Kim

November 3, 2021

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Several residents moved out early on the condition that their landlord would provide a new place to park and live. But some say they’ve ended up in a worse situation.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing

Metro Parks Board won’t alter its rules to name a park after civil rights icon Diane Nash

Paige Pfleger

November 2, 2021

Black leaders march down Jefferson Street in 1960.

Some members of the Metro Parks Board were unwilling to waive a rule to rename Nashville’s Public Square Park after Diane Nash.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights movement, Diane Nash, Metro Parks

Saint Thomas Midtown’s new ICU was redesigned to make life easier for nurses

Blake Farmer

November 2, 2021

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COVID has inspired changes to a $300 million addition to Saint Thomas Midtown. The hospital is building a new critical care and surgical tower.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Ascension Saint Thomas, hospitals, nurses, Shubhada Jagasia

Nashville’s police oversight board wants to hold supervisors accountable for misconduct, not just officers

Samantha Max

November 2, 2021

A Metro Nashville police car
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Now, the Community Oversight Board is considering an expanded approach to its investigations that could drastically change how police are disciplined: one that not only punishes officers for wrongdoing but that also holds their supervisors accountable for poor management.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice Tagged With: community oversight board, Metro Nashville Police Department, overdose

Is the sale of PSC Metals a sign that Nashville’s east bank will finally be redeveloped?

Nina Cardona

November 2, 2021

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PSC Metals is being sold, and although the new owners will continue to lease the site, the deal raised a new slew of questions about the future of that key piece of riverfront property.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Carl Icahn, PSC Metals, SA Recycling

Tennessee-based TeamHealth overcharged ER patients for earaches, strep throat and pregnancy tests, according to $100M lawsuit

Blake Farmer

November 1, 2021

TeamHealth
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Two titans in health care are clashing in court over emergency room charges.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Envision, hospital bills, medical debt, TeamHealth

Join NPR Music’s Listening Party for Snail Mail’s ‘Valentine’

Lars Gotrich

November 1, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6mnXZeycG8&feature=emb_imp_woyt Join us in an online listening party for Snail Mail‘s new album Valentine. Paige Pfleger — music, arts and culture reporter for WPLN News — will be joined by Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan and the singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco in a live conversation about the album. The event will take place on release day, Nov. […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music

Listen live: Supreme Court hears arguments in the Texas abortion case

WPLN Staff

November 1, 2021

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the case of the restrictive Texas abortion law, which the Justice Department says is unconstitutional. Arguments are expected to begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central) on Monday, Nov. 1. You can listen live here.

Filed Under: WPLN News

‘I’m going to eat myself into a coma today’: Longtime Hermitage Cafe patrons enjoy last plates at the closing diner

Rachel IacovoneandTasha A.F. Lemley

November 1, 2021

After staying open more than 30 years, Nashville’s iconic Hermitage Cafe has served its last plates of all-day breakfast and late-night fare.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, food, restaurants, small business

In the early hours of the morning, Tennessee lawmakers passed last-minute changes with little time for debate

Blaise Gainey

November 1, 2021

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A bill that makes sweeping changes dealing with COVID-19 requirements kept legislators at the capitol until after midnight on Friday. The largest one had last-minute changes that left some with a short amount of time to decide yes or no.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Tennessee Legislature

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