Listen The nation’s largest hospital chain may be feeling the waning benefits of the Affordable Care Act, even as it continues to become more profitable. Nashville-based HCA reported higher-than-expected numbers of uninsured patients during the first quarter.
HCA Feeling Effects From Uninsured Rates Creeping Back Up
Williamson County Residents Warned About Primary Voting After Republicans Call Foul
Listen Voters in Williamson County may notice a prominent warning when they go to the polls today: A sign implying that only certain people are allowed to vote in the primaries. It’s the result of a dispute between the Williamson County GOP and two Democratic candidates over how to interpret Tennessee’s murky law about who […]
Civil Rights Photos At The Frist Show How Nashville Media Took Sides
Listen Some of the closest witnesses to the Nashville civil rights movement were photographers from the city’s two major newspapers at the time, The Tennessean and the Nashville Banner. A selection of their photos — and the Frist Art Museum’s latest exhibit that displays them — offer a glimpse into how media outlets chose to […]
Nashville Transit Battle Lines: Who Ended Up In Favor And Opposed
Listen Phone calls, mailers, text messages, door knocking and a crush of TV ads have blanketed Nashvillians in the final days before the city’s vote on a multi-billion-dollar mass transit proposal. The ground game has intensified — and diversified — in the final hours, and a few last public endorsements, for and against, have come […]
The Tri-Star State: What Could Gov. Haslam Veto From This Year’s Session?
Listen The Tennessee legislative session came to a late-night end last week, but some of the bills approved in the final hours might not make it all the way to becoming law. In this week’s edition of The Tri-Star State, Nashville Public Radio’s Jason Moon Wilkins and statehouse reporter Chas Sisk discuss what legislation could […]
How Would Transit Help Or Hurt Housing Affordability?
Listen One of the lingering disagreements over Nashville’s transit proposal is how it would impact development along proposed light rail and rapid bus corridors — and if it would intensify the gentrification already happening.
Driver Who Smashed Into Nashville Overpass Lacked Permit For Oversized Load
The big rig driver whose truck slammed to a stop after smashing into an overpass on I-40 near the Adventure Science Center has been cited by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Curious Nashville: One Last Batch Of Transit Plan Answers
Still undecided on Nashville’s transit plan? Planning to spend the weekend studying up before Election Day on Tuesday? Your questions have informed much of WPLN’s coverage — wpln.org/transit — and a final set of answers to your submitted questions follows below.
Season 1: Bonus
We return to the James Cayce Homes to follow up with residents amid the $600 million overhaul. But in checking back, we trip into some news. And we’re reminded, yet again, of how difficult it will be to pull off this massive redevelopment.
First Count Shows Lower Autism Prevalence In Nashville Area Than National Average
The Nashville area has its first local data on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders. And the numbers are slightly lower than the national figure, which jumped up this year.
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