Listen Before launching her own tour company, Chakita Patterson regularly took walking tours in Nashville and other cities, and noticed a trend: “They only had one ‘black fact.’ “
Nashville’s African-American History Propels A New Walking Tour
Nashville’s African-American History Propels A New Walking Tour
Before launching her own tour company, Chakita Patterson regularly took walking tours in Nashville and other cities, and noticed a trend: “They only had…
State Senate Rejects Four Of Governor Haslam’s Nominees To New UT Board
State senators have rejected nearly half of Bill Haslam’s nominees to the University of Tennessee’s Board of Trustees, dealing a surprise blow to the governor. A Senate panel voted down three nominees who are serving on the university’s current board, as well as a fourth candidate because he’s a lobbyist. A fifth person also withdrew […]
Alexander Focuses On Developing Non-Addictive Painkiller In Federal Opioid Response
This week, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander launched the first hearings on a sweeping response to the opioid crisis. Alexander chairs the Senate’s health committee.
Nashville’s Mayoral Election Kicks Voting Commission Into Ludicrous Speed
Listen The decision to move Nashville’s election to May 24 is sending the county’s election commission into a frenzy. What usually takes months to plan will now happen in less than six weeks.
Neighbors: Miso’s Brother
Miso and Dejan are Bosnian refugees who met as children when they were both resettled in the same apartment complex in Nashville, Tenn. After they each turned 30 they made a pilgrimage all the way back to Bosnia to visit the grave of Miso’s younger brother. In confronting generations of grief and the void left […]
Tennessee Senate OKs Sunday Liquor Sales, Clearing The Way For Stores To Open This Summer
Liquor stores in Tennessee will soon be allowed to open on Sundays, under a measure heading to Gov. Bill Haslam. The state Senate voted narrowly Wednesday morning to approve a plan that will allow liquor stores to be open all but three days a year: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. The measure will also let grocery stores […]
Nashville Councilman Wants Self-Driving Buses And Stacked Interstates. Is This Feasible?
Listen Metro Councilman Robert Swope unveiled his alternative transit proposal on Tuesday, suggesting a futuristic autonomous vehicle fleet and construction of a double-decker interstate loop around downtown Nashville.
Tennessee Sheriffs Fear Anti-‘Sanctuary Cities’ Measure Could Upset Balance
Listen A measure that would require sheriff’s departments in Tennessee to hold people suspected of being in the country illegally — even when sheriffs have evidence that they’re not — is making its way through the state legislature. It’s being described as a tightening up of a 2009 Tennessee law that banned so-called “sanctuary cities,” […]
Nashville Must Hold Next Mayor’s Election In May, Court Rules
Updated 5 p.m. Nashville must hold its special election between May 21 and 25 — two and a half months sooner than anticipated — according to a ruling Tuesday from the Tennessee Supreme Court.
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