Listen Decatur County General Hospital narrowly avoided closure last year and remains a threat to the overall finances of the local government. That’s a negative finding from an audit conducted by the Tennessee Comptroller.
Comptroller Finds Troubled Hospital Remains A Financial Pit For Decatur County
Tennessee Joins The Ranks Of States Considering Post-Roe Abortion Ban
Listen A new bill filed in the Tennessee General Assembly would trigger a ban on abortions — but only if the country’s highest court overturns Roe v. Wade. The proposal by Sen. Dolores Gresham, R-Somerville, and Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, is one of many such measures making their way through state legislatures.
Why Vanderbilt Doctors Are Rethinking How They Place Breathing Tubes
Listen Vanderbilt researchers want to change a brief but dangerous procedure that occurs more than a million times a year in U.S. hospitals. A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine claims to settle a 50-year controversy over how to place a breathing tube.
The Tri-Star State: Tennessee Democrats Hopeful Gov. Lee Will Support Some Medicaid Expansion
Listen Contrary to Democrats, Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly have resisted for years the idea of expanding the state’s Medicaid program, also known as TennCare. They repeatedly blocked Gov. Bill Haslam’s efforts to expand coverage.
How A High-Profile Tennessee Police Shooting In The ’70s Reverberates Today
Listen A Supreme Court decision in the 1980s known as Tennessee v. Garner is back in the public eye. It came up during the court proceedings for Nashville police officer Andrew Delke, who this week pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge for a fatal shooting in July.
Taking Music Therapy To The Depths Of Detox
Listen Imagine a worst-case scenario with the flu — sniffles, chills, aching and vomiting. That’s what it often feels like to withdraw from heroin and powerful opioids. Medication helps. But writhing in bed is almost always in order. It’s not the time most people would turn to songwriting, but as music therapy grows as a method […]
TVA Rebuffs Trump, Votes To Retire More Coal Plants
Listen The Tennessee Valley Authority has voted to shut down two aging coal plants — the Bull Run Fossil Plant in East Tennessee and Paradise Unit No. 3 in western Kentucky — after determining they are outdated and unable to operate as efficiently as other plants.
In Sickness And In Health: How An Aging Nashville Couple Takes Turns Playing Caregiver
Listen The love story of Steve and Silver Kilgore sounds like a country song, which is pretty appropriate given their professions and linage. Both have made careers in the music industry, but the family’s claim to fame is still the song “Ring of Fire,” made famous by Johnny Cash and co-written by Steve’s father, Merle […]
More Students Unprepared For College Post-Tennessee Promise
Listen The rate of Tennessee’s college freshman taking remedial courses in math and reading at public colleges is back on the rise. And the reason appears to be the state’s free community college program — Tennessee Promise.
Battle Begins Over Records In Nashville Officer Murder Trial
Listen The murder case against a Nashville police officer entered the criminal court on Wednesday, and already a legal battle has sprung up between prosecutors and the defense.
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