Listen One of the richest and most recognizable Republican names floating around next year’s gubernatorial race has officially entered. Diane Black made a Facebook post around 3 a.m. Wednesday, marking the U.S. representative’s long anticipated arrival into an already crowded GOP field. Black enters the race as the favorite to win the Republican nomination. She’s better-known […]
Big Name Enters Crowded Race For Tennessee Governor
Nashville’s Night Out Against Crime Comes Amid Spike In Violence
Listen Nashville’s annual Night Out Against Crime came in the midst of a summer that’s seen a dramatic rise in violence. At a park in East Nashville, a neighborhood where shootings are the highest in decades, parents and police gathered for a night of peace.
Gov. Haslam Defends TEMA After Agency Admits It Lost Gatlinburg Wildfire Recordings
Listen Tennessee’s governor says there’s no reason the review process of the Gatlinburg wildfires should be anything but open and transparent. This comes after the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency lost the recordings of all calls from the night the fire started.
Family, Friends Urge Mourners To Remember Max Barry For His Vitality
More than 500 people turned out this morning for a memorial service honoring Max Barry, the 22-year-old son of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry who died over the weekend from a drug overdose. He was living in Colorado. Mourners gathered at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village, blocks from the Barry family’s home, his elementary […]
Vanderbilt Students Are The Happiest In The Country, According to Princeton Review
The Princeton Review has released their annual list of lists for colleges and universities, and Vanderbilt is in the top ten of some of the most desirable categories.
Applications For Tennessee Promise Open As Its First Class Finishes
Listen School hasn’t even started for most students, but state officials want high school seniors to start planning for after graduation. Starting today, the class of 2018 can apply for Tennessee Promise, the governor’s signature education plan allowing high school graduates to attend community or technical college tuition-free. Students have to apply to the program […]
How Tennessee’s Private Sector Helps Undocumented Students Go To College
Listen Undocumented students in Tennessee have been fighting for in-state tuition for years without getting very far. So, when the governor supported their proposal earlier this year, many felt like they finally had a chance. Then, legislation failed — again. For undocumented students hoping to go to college this fall, another year of waiting. But […]
Tennessee Makes A Way To Give Charity Pharmacies Unused Drugs
Listen Tennessee health officials are writing new rules that would give people a way to donate unused drugs to charity. The legislature passed a bill earlier this year modeled after a statute in Iowa.
Neighbors: Shine Service
Robert Person Sr. — Percy, as he’s known — has been shining shoes for 70 years. He started around age 10 and now, at 80, continues to work at Percy’s Shoe Shine Service in Nashville. He’s worn out, stressed out, but this veteran shoe shiner just can’t stop.
Transitioned: Years After Financial Crisis And Unemployment, ‘I’m Not Just Working To Survive’
Listen Many Tennesseeans were knocked to their knees by the recession. The economic turmoil sent the unemployment rate into the double digits, and resulted in thousands of foreclosures and bankruptcies in Tennessee. In 2011, Ann Jetton wasn’t unique. She’d been jobless for almost two years. Here unemployment benefits were running out. But at age 56, […]
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