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As Tennessee pastors and politicians clash over Trump’s immigration agenda, their congregations are divided

As Tennessee pastors and politicians clash over Trump’s immigration agenda, their congregations are divided

By Marianna Bacallao

May 30, 2025

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As evangelical Christians continue to support President Donald Trump, church leadership is taking issue with his immigration policies.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Brent Taylor, Christian, Christianity, evangelical, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lifeway, Southern Baptist Convention, tnleg, tnpol

Federal cuts could mean even more trouble for Tennesseans using SNAP benefits

By Catherine Sweeney

May 30, 2025

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — which helps more than one in 10 Tennesseans get groceries — is already in legal trouble in the state for delayed benefits and other mismanagement concerns. It could soon be undergoing massive cuts.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bull v. Carter, federal funding, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Tennessee Department of Human Services

Dolly Parton leans on her faith after losing husband of nearly 60 years

By The Associated Press

May 30, 2025

Dolly Parton says her faith has carried her through her fluctuating grief following the death of her husband, Carl Dean. The 10-time Grammy winner reflected on her marriage of nearly 60 years while promoting her new line of single-serve Southern-inspired frozen meals, following her popular Duncan Hines baking mixes with US-based Conagra Brands.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Dolly Parton

ICE to pay Nashville ‘a lot of attention’ after mayor decries raids

By Marianna Bacallao

May 29, 2025

The Trump administration’s ‘border czar’ said congress has opened an investigation into O’Connell’s response — and implied an escalation in enforcement.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Introducing ‘The Country In Our Hearts’ podcast series

By Rose Gilbert

May 29, 2025

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In 1988, hundreds of thousands of Kurds fled northern Iraq as Saddam Hussein’s armies hunted them down. Many ended up in Nashville, making this southern city home to the largest Kurdish community in America.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue, from Nashville to Erbil, WPLN News Tagged With: Erbil, Immigration, Kurdistan, Nashville Kurds, Sister Cities Nashville

$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says

By The Associated Press

May 29, 2025

A new analysis finds that more than $14 billion in clean energy projects in the U.S. have been canceled this year, and there are fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Auto Industry, clean energy, electric vehicles

NashVillager Podcast: Predatory lending

By Nina Cardona

May 29, 2025

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Did a law meant to protect Tennesseans from bad loans make the problem worse? Plus, the local news for May 29, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

Chattanooga school agrees to pay $100,000 after an 11-year-old was arrested under threats of mass violence law

By Paige PflegerandAliyya Swaby, ProPublica

May 28, 2025

Junior was handcuffed and arrested for allegedly making a threat. His family agreed to a settlement in their lawsuit against his school.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Chattanooga, juvenile justice, threats of mass violence

NashVillager Podcast: Remembering the Trail of Tears

By Nina Cardona

May 28, 2025

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Why is there so little to remind us of the way Native nations were displaced via Tennessee routes? Plus, the local news for May 28, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Trail of Tears

Downtown Nashville lands designation as an arboretum

By Caroline Eggers

May 28, 2025

Downtown Nashville is now officially designated as an outdoor library for trees.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, heat, trees, urban trees

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