Nashville’s Metro Council will vote Tuesday night to fill several open seats on the watchdog board that oversees the police department.
Who will fill three open seats on Nashville’s police oversight board? Here are the nominees.
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Rethinking The Police Academy: As Nashville’s police academy grapples with high dropout rates, new leaders tone down the stress
Nashville’s police academy has struggled to graduate women and people of color. But a new administration is making changes to try to attract and better prepare a more diverse set of officers.
Five Questions For WPLN’s ‘This Is Nashville’ Senior Producer Steve Haruch
Steve Haruch (he/him) is the newest member of WPLN News. As the senior producer of This Is Nashville, Steve is responsible for planning the show, booking guests and seeking out conversations that deepen our understanding of the city. Get to know him. 1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when […]
School bus drivers are feeling left out of state’s education overhaul discussions
Longtime school bus drivers like Eric Warfield can feel like an afterthought to education leaders. This school year so far, Metro Nashville Public Schools has lost 34 drivers, including 22 who resigned, 10 who retired and two who passed away, according to school officials.
From uranium to dry cleaner chemicals, Tennessee has lots of legacy pollution. A $40M grant might erase some of it.
While a small piece of Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed $53 billion budget, the funds represent the largest single investment to clean up Superfund sites in Tennessee’s history.
In Tennessee, don’t expect any more COVID contact tracing calls — for now
The state is winding down its increasingly futile attempts to investigate positive COVID cases and alert those who’ve been exposed, which means Tennesseans are pretty much on their own with contact tracing at this point.
Mother of Waffle House shooting victim tries to find hope through her sorrow after the trial
The jury’s decision to convict Travis Reinking of four counts of murder marked an end to a painful chapter. But for the families who lost loved ones, it isn’t over. It won’t ever really be. They still have to live with their grief.
How Nashville’s community land trust aims to preserve housing affordability and build generational wealth
An affordable housing initiative launched a little over four years ago has recently finished its first property built for low- and moderate-income buyers. Nashville’s fledgling community land trust is aiming to create permanent affordable housing and help families build equity.
This week at the statehouse: McNally gets COVID, a state supreme court pick is confirmed, Dems ask for more college polling sites
The 112th Tennessee General Assembly is nearly a quarter of the way through, and there’s a lot to catch up on. Here’s a roundup of some of what happened during week five at the capitol.
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