Tennessee is receiving another round of federal funding to improve the behind-the-scenes functioning of its unemployment benefits system, including to better detect and combat fraud.
Federal funds will help Tennessee detect unemployment fraud and collect overpayments
First community meeting for North Nashville’s Jefferson Street cap project brings turnout, and some skepticism
About 200 residents, business owners and city leaders met in North Nashville this weekend to discuss the proposed Jefferson Street Cap project, a land bridge that would extend across Interstate 40.
Gov. Lee announces a plan to create new public education funding formula
Gov. Bill Lee wants to do away with the Basic Education Program, Tennessee’s 30-year-old funding formula for K-12 schools. BEP has been criticized for calculating funding levels that aren’t enough for public schools. It’s even been the target of lawsuits from counties claiming the funding formula left their district broke.
After mask madness, Williamson County Schools tries reining in public comments
The district faced sharp divisions over masking and COVID protocols and is now trying to bring order back to its monthly school board meetings through new rules limiting the public comment period to 30 minutes with a total of 30 speakers.
Belmont Expands Program To Offer Full Ride Scholarships To 50 Nashville Students Each Year
Belmont University is expanding a program that gives full-ride scholarships to disadvantaged graduates from Metro Schools. The Bridges to Belmont program started in 2013 and is expanding to 50 students per year.
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge.
Dickerson Pike Mobile Home Residents, Facing Displacement, Try To Negotiate Compensation From The Landowner
Nashville’s city council is buying more time for mobile home owners on Dickerson Pike.
Five Questions For ‘This Is Nashville’ Executive Producer Andrea Tudhope
Andrea Tudhope is the newest member of WPLN News. As Executive Producer of the station’s first-ever daily show, Andrea will craft the vision for This Is Nashville and make it a reality with a brand new team of six. Get to know her.
The Waffle House Shooting Highlighted A Loophole In Gun Laws. Nashville Officials Have Been Fighting To Fix It Ever Since.
The case of the man accused of shooting and killing four people in a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 is back in court Thursday.
Oversight Group Wants Nashville Police To Track Physical Force Better
The Metro Nashville Police Department isn’t tracking a common type of physical force used to arrest people, according to a new report from the civilian-run agency that oversees MNPD.
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