Listen A recent Metro audit has discovered that Nashville has been underfunding its public art program. To make up for it, Metro Arts will soon receive a back payment that can be put toward new sculptures and other large-scale installations.
Nashville Discovers It Underfunded Its Public Art Program
Lack Of Funding Puts Tennessee Literacy Summer Program At Risk
Listen A state program aimed at increasing literacy rates among Tennessee students may not be funded next year. The goal of Read to be Ready is to increase the share of third-graders who are proficient at reading to 75% by 2025. Less than half of students did when the program started in 2016.
Vanderbilt Sets New Rules To Crack Down On Drug Abuse Within The Hospital
Listen Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established house rules for problem patients who abuse drugs while in the hospital. The policies are meant to improve safety for other patients and staff.
Mayor’s Race 2019: Candidates, Some More Than Others, Talk Immigration
Listen At a forum for mayoral candidates Monday night, three of the leading contenders talked about what they would do on the issue of deportation. It was a pointed question from one of the city’s leading immigrant rights organizations, aimed at getting the candidates to commit to taking steps in their first year to combat […]
In The Fervor Against ‘Surprise Medical Bills,’ These Nashville Companies Feel The Heat
Listen Odds are pretty good if you walk into an emergency room anywhere, it’s going to be run by a company based in Tennessee. In roughly two-thirds of ERs, the doctors don’t work for the hospital. Instead, they work for a physician services firm, and the biggest are Envision and TeamHealth. Those companies treat the […]
Jamestown Hospital Cuts Staff But Vows To Stay Open Amid Loss Of Federal Payments
Listen The hospital in Jamestown, Tenn., is cutting its staff but vowing not to close. The facility is in trouble because as of Wednesday, it’s been cut off from Medicare or Medicaid, and local officials fear the facility can’t make it.
Cummins Falls State Park Still Hasn’t Put In Flood Gauges Proposed 2 Years Ago
Listen Two years after a 2017 fatal flash flood at Cummins Falls State Park, officials still have not implemented an early warning system that they announced at the time measuring water levels in nearby rivers.
Mayor’s Race 2019: To Ease Traffic, Candidates Float Ideas Other Than Mass Transit
Listen One of the easiest things to complain about in Nashville is traffic, but what to do about it is a more difficult question for the candidates for mayor. In recent interviews, WPLN asked the candidates what their first moves would be on transportation. Many of their answers are more about easing congestion — but […]
The Tri-Star State: Lawmakers Push Back On House Speaker Glen Casada And Call For Special Session
There’s an official date for Rep. Glen Casada to leave his post as speaker but, for some lawmakers Aug. 2 is not soon enough. They want him to resign…
Meharry Plans Research On Vaping, Funded By JUUL
Meharry Medical College is launching a new center to study the health effects of smoking and vaping, especially on minority communities. And the money is coming directly from the nation’s largest e-cigarette company.
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