Listen More than 900 voters in Williamson County crossed party lines to cast ballots in this month’s Republican primary for local offices, according to the local election commission, which certified the results Monday. The count could be a precursor to a challenge of the primary election and was taken in response to Republicans who want […]
Williamson County Officials Say More Than 900 Voters Crossed Party Lines
After TNReady Outages, Tennessee To Shift Some Responsibilities To Another Testing Firm
Listen The state’s top educator is promising next year’s standardized testing will go more smoothly — and she’s making some changes to try to bring that about. Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said Monday that the state is planning to strip testing vendor Questar of some of its responsibilities, following widespread outages that led many […]
Vanderbilt Researchers Find Tennessee Hospitals May Send Opioid-Dependent Babies Home Too Quickly
Listen Tennessee hospitals may be too quick to send home babies born dependent on opioids. New research from Vanderbilt finds babies that are discharged early to finish weaning at home end up in treatment three times as long and are more likely to make a trip to the emergency room.
New Federal Program Clears Way For Nashville’s Housing Agency To Partner With Private Investors
Listen Nashville has taken a big step forward in its plans to overhaul the city’s aging public housing. It involves transferring federal property over to the housing authority itself, which means the city’s housing agency now owns the James A. Cayce public housing projects outright — for the first time ever since it was built […]
Behind The Campaign To Get Gov. Bill Haslam To Veto An Immigration Measure
Listen During this year’s session, the Tennessee legislature passed a bill that seeks to punish “sanctuary cities,” but Gov. Bill Haslam has yet to sign it. And some hope this could be the rare time he chooses to veto. He’s facing pressure from those who are opposed to the measure and — from within […]
Mayor 2018: Would Candidates Raise Taxes To Fund Metro Schools?
Listen Dealing with the $17 million budget shortfall facing Metro Schools is one of the many challenges for Nashville’s next mayor. Already, school officials are scrambling to find the money so no teachers get laid off and funding for students doesn’t get cut.
Mother’s Day ‘Bail Out’ Seeks To Reunite Low-Income Families Divided By Arrests
Listen Some activists say Nashville’s new pre-trial release program, which aims to increase the number of low-income defendants released without having to pay bail, is not doing enough to keep poor people from waiting behind bars. They’re responding by organizing a “bail out” this weekend, part of a national campaign to get black moms home […]
Meet The Couple Who Chucks Elaborately Dressed Catfish On The Nashville Predators’ Ice
Listen Tom Dennis can guess the weight of a catfish just by looking at it. “That thing’s got to be in the mid-20s,” Dennis said last week at Little’s Fish Market in Germantown. “See? I’m getting good at this.” He wasn’t ordering his dinner. His catfish was headed for the ice at Bridgestone Arena.
Tennessee’s Next Governor: How The Candidates Want To Close The Achievement Gap In Education
Listen Narrowing the education gap will be one challenge facing whoever becomes Tennessee’s next governor. Students in the state are doing better in math and reading, but black and Hispanic students aren’t improving as fast as their white counterparts.
No Chilean Sea Bass Here: A Nashville Restaurant Commits To Sustainable Seafood
Listen American restaurants tend to serve only the kinds of seafood diners are most familiar with. But that is proving to be environmentally unsustainable, and the industry is responding. Restauranteurs are embracing a movement to serve sustainable seafood — steering clear of fish that are caught in a damaging way, taking depleted species off the […]
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