Senior Health Care Reporter Blake Farmer joined This Is Nashville host Khalil Ekulona to explain why the closures of rural hospitals still matter, despite them happening for years, and to share what’s next for rural counties without hospitals.
Rural hospitals continue to struggle to keep their doors open in Tennessee
Watch live: Senate holds confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Senate is holding confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The hearings are expected to begin at 10 a.m. Central.
TennCare is preparing to expand dental benefits, but only 1 in 3 dentists accepts reduced payments
More dentists will have to start participating in the state’s Medicaid program if every adult is going to get new oral health coverage. That’s the conclusion of TennCare advocates who found that fewer than one in three dentists in Tennessee accept the lower rates paid by Medicaid.
Recent bomb threats at Fisk University and other HBCUs echo tactics used during the Civil Rights Movement
Fisk University. Howard University. Spelman College. These are just a few of the more than 30 historically Black colleges and universities that have received bomb threats this year — many during Black History Month.
‘This is church for some people’: After nearly two decades in business, Lipstick Lounge is a fixture of queer community
Over the past 19 years in business, Lipstick Lounge has become a Nashville institution. Last year, the bar was voted best karaoke spot and best LGBTQ bar in the city by Nashville Scene readers. And as one of just 21 remaining lesbian bars in the country, it draws visitors from far and wide.
State comptroller poised to take over finances in Mason, Tennessee
As West Tennessee prepares to welcome Ford Motor Company’s new electric truck and battery plant in Staton, there’s a small town about 10 miles away that may soon lose its financial independence.
Residency requirement bill exposes rift in Tennessee GOP
Tennessee lawmakers want to place a residency requirement on congressional seats. But they can’t decide whether it should go into effect before or after the November election. Their decision could affect one candidate in particular.
Five questions for WPLN’s Morning Editor LaTonya Turner
As WPLN’s Morning News Editor, LaTonya Turner (she/her) is actively involved in the editorial decisions of the newsroom and managing a group of on-air hosts and reporters. Get to know her. 1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A dancer — from pre-school on. I love […]
Parole board agrees: Memphis man should go free
Last year Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did something during his first term that his two predecessors put off until the end of their time in office — he used the power of executive clemency. Among three individuals who had their prison sentences reduced by Lee is Charles Hall, a 73-year-old Shelby County man, serving two […]
Dolly Parton will stay on this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee list
Earlier this week, the county music legend posted on her social media accounts that she didn’t think she’d necessarily earned the right to be nominated.
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