Listen Some Nashville public housing residents on dialysis will soon have their treatments delivered to their doorstep. The first class of technicians trained to provide in-home dialysis graduated last week from a Metro Development and Housing Agency job training program. The graduation marks a step towards eliminating the long journeys made by patients each week. […]
Dialysis Clinic In Nashville’s Public Housing Trains Residents To Provide In-Home Care
After Flash Floods, Some Nashville Homeowners Are Restarting Buyout Talks
Listen Last week’s deluge from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey has some Nashville homeowners finally ready to sell. Dozens of homes were inundated around Whites Creek. Most had already turned down buyout offers from the city, which has purchased and demolished hundreds of structures following the floods of 2010.
Versify #4: It Is Not What Is Written On Your Tombstone
For much of her life, Ali Russell has been uncertain about religion. Even as a little girl, she’d ask her parents, “How do we know we’re worshiping the right God?” She even had a Jesus dream that still lingers with her today. In this episode, Ali shares her story to her longtime friend and Nashville […]
Tennessee Lawmakers Have Some New Ideas To Fight Opioid Abuse — But The Cost Is Unclear
Listen Limits on pain medication, more law enforcement officers and expanded use of a drug that blocks the brain’s ability to get high are some of the recommendations a team of Tennessee lawmakers has come up with to combat opioid abuse after nine months studying the issue. But no one has figured out yet how […]
How The End Of DACA Affects An Entire Classroom in Antioch
Listen Tuesday was hard for Evelin Salgado’s students. She teaches at Cane Ridge High School in Antioch, and many of the seats in her classroom are occupied by DREAMers. They are able to drive, work and enroll in college, thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that the Trump administration now plans […]
Haslam Says He’ll Explore Alternatives After State Capitol Commission Votes To Keep Forrest Bust
Listen Gov. Bill Haslam says the state should explore alternatives — including the possibility of rotating who’s honored within the Tennessee State Capitol — after a commission voted last week not to remove a bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Speaking to reporters for the first time since the State Capitol Commission voted narrowly […]
Nashville Congressman Optimistic DACA Can Be Saved
Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper doesn’t agree with the administration’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. But he’s hoping the state’s U.S. senators will continue to support the program.
Fisk University’s New President Wants To Raise The School’s Reputation Within Nashville
Listen Fisk University’s new president wants to build more relationships in Nashville. In a recent interview with WPLN, Kevin Rome said the historically black college has a positive reputation nationally, but locally it’s battling its history of unstable leadership and financial troubles. That narrative that has long frustrated university officials, which says they have plenty […]
Metro Schools Tries To Make A Deal To Keep Student Data From Charters
Listen Metro Schools is trying to cut a deal with state education officials over sharing student data. The state says the district is required to turn over information to charter schools that want student info for recruiting purposes. The looming legal dispute highlights a stubborn rift.
Panel Votes Not To Move Bust Of Nathan Bedford Forrest From State Capitol Building
The Tennessee Capitol Commission voted 7-5 today against moving the bust of Confederate General and early KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state Capitol to the State Museum. Some critics of the initiative — many of whom were elected officials appointed by the legislature — called it a slippery slope that could lead to […]
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