Some Tennessee educators say new measures will prevent them from doing their job — protecting students.
Tennessee Teachers Weigh How To Respond To Restrictions on Teaching Sexuality, Gender And Racism
Nashville Symphony Plans Return To Schermerhorn Stage
Fifteen months after its last full concert, the Nashville Symphony has announced it will once again take the stage at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. And that return comes with appropriate fanfare.
Proposed Concert Series Aims To Help Nashville’s Musicians And Community Bounce Back From The Pandemic
Fourteen concerts drawing 60,000 a night. That’s the pitch a local nonprofit is making to aid the city’s recovery from the COVID pandemic.
Metro Strikes Out In Finding New Operator For Knowles Assisted Living
Closure is looking more imminent for Nashville’s city-funded assisted living facility, which cares mostly for patients who could not pay to live elsewhere.
Gov. Bill Lee Signs Anti-Trans Bathroom Signage Bill Into Law
Tennessee’s latest anti-trans law will expand beyond public schools and into public spaces.
Sale Of Watkins College Building Generates $22M For Belmont Art Scholarship Endowment
Belmont University has sold the campus of Watkins College of Art in MetroCenter. The $22.5 million sale to a residential developer will establish an endowment to provide scholarships for visual art students.
Gov. Bill Lee Says Masks, Vaccines Shouldn’t Be Required For Tennessee Schoolchildren
Lee also does not plan to call for making the COVID vaccine a requirement for children to attend school.
Mississippi Abortion Case Could Have Impact On Tennessee
The court will be hearing arguments over whether states have to guarantee access to abortion until the second trimester. Tennessee has been among the states arguing that’s too late.
Tennessee Launches $2.5M Vaccine Ad Blitz, Informed By Focus Group Results
Tennessee has launched a targeted ad blitz trying to get COVID vaccine holdouts to reconsider. The messages, titled “Give It A Shot,” were carefully crafted by recent work with a Tennessee focus group of vaccine skeptics.
Houses Of Worship Grapple With The Vaxxed And Unvaxxed Divide
Widespread vaccinations haven’t resolved all the questions of how to gather again, despite the eagerness of congregants to see each other again.
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