The state has issued guidance on how houses of worship can reopen responsibly, but local health officials in Nashville are asking them not to. They say, what’s being done now is working. Stick with it.
Nashville Houses Of Worship Warned Against Reopening
Tennessee’s Outbreak In Charts: Hot Spots In Major Cities, Prisons
Over the last two months, the Tennessee Department of Health has counted more than 14,000 cases, including 237 deaths as of May 7.
Tennessee Files Motion To Move Forward With School Vouchers Despite Court Ruling
The Tennessee Department of Education wants a local court to allow them to continue with the implementation of the state’s school voucher program, which was set to start by fall, 2020 and was declared unconstitutional on Monday night.
One Nashville Hospital Braces For A Backlash As It Starts Billing For Coronavirus Testing
Cost has become no object for COVID-19 testing in Tennessee, with the state government now footing the bill. But tens of thousands were swabbed for the coronavirus before that was the case. And despite Congressional mandates for health plans to cover every dollar of testing, patients are about to get stuck with some surprise bills.
Nashville To Pay More For Curbside Recycling
Nashville’s residential curbside recycling program will cost the city more money going forward. And the change is big enough that it briefly had some on the Metro Council doubting whether to continue the service at all.
Nashville’s Council Rejects Settlement Offer For Teen Escape
Nashville leaders are at an impasse over whether to accept a payment from the company that runs the city’s juvenile detention center, where four teens escaped in November.
Tennessee Officials Say Most Prisoners With The Coronavirus Are Asymptomatic. Health Experts Doubt That.
Mass testing at two Tennessee prisons has uncovered nearly 2,000 cases of the coronavirus behind bars so far.
First A ‘Derecho,’ Then A ‘Wake Low’ — How Back-To-Back Tennessee Storms May Have Been Connected
We’re learning new weather terms this week as Middle Tennessee was hit with another night of high winds, knocking out power to an additional 15,000 Nashville Electric Service customers. This time it was a rare “wake low,” which followed an even more unusual “derecho” storm system the night before.
After Escape Of Four Teens, Nashville’s Juvenile Detention Center Operator Will Pay Metro
Nashville’s Metro Council is preparing to settle a lawsuit with the private company that operates the city’s Juvenile Detention Center, after four teens escaped last fall.
Even Online, Communal Silence Is Essential For Nashville Quakers
As religious groups in Nashville have gone online during social distancing, Quakers, also known as Friends, have had to adapt their silence-filled worship to the virtual sphere.
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