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.
Mayor 2018: Would Candidates Raise Taxes To Fund Metro Schools?
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 […]
No Chilean Sea Bass Here: A Nashville Restaurant Commits To Sustainable Seafood
American restaurants tend to serve only the kinds of seafood diners are most familiar with. But that is proving to be environmentally unsustainable, and…
Metro Schools Chief Says He Won’t Balance Budget With Teacher Cuts
Listen Metro Schools Superintendent Shawn Joseph said at a board meeting Tuesday that he won’t balance the district’s budget shortfall by cutting teachers or funds for students. That’s despite the fact that Metro Schools needs to slash $17 million from next year’s budget.
Even With Rural Hospital Rescue Project, Advocates Admit Not All Should Be Saved
Listen Governor Bill Haslam is funding a $1 million project to help rural hospitals on the brink of closure. But advocates say that doesn’t mean all of those hospitals can or should be saved.
As Youth Sports Adopt Tennessee’s New Safety Standards, Pros Pledge Help
Listen A handful of youth sports leagues in Tennessee are raising their safety procedures to achieve a new state certification. The endorsement is akin to the state’s rating system for pre-schools. And health officials hope that it becomes something embraced statewide. The NFL’s top doctor has even pledged to help spread the program across the […]
Neighbors: Red State Mama
Marlo Mack has a young transgender daughter. She met another woman named Debi Jackson who has a very similar parenting story to her own, the only difference is where they live. Marlo lives in a liberal community where she and her transgender daughter are supported. Debi grew up a Southern Baptist conservative in a Red […]
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