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Nashville-Based HCA Buys More Hospitals Despite Healthcare Uncertainties

Nashville-Based HCA Buys More Hospitals Despite Healthcare Uncertainties

Natasha Senjanovic

May 1, 2017

The nation’s largest hospital chain, based in Nashville, is making a big play in Texas, despite uncertainties in the healthcare market.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: News

How Nancy Pelosi Was Chosen As Fisk University’s Commencement Speaker

Emily Siner

May 1, 2017

Listen An influential — and at times divisive — political figure is speaking at Fisk University on Monday. Nancy Pelosi is giving the annual commencement address and also receiving an honorary doctorate. 

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education

Capitol Hill Conversation: Bipartisan Bills That Could Have A Big Effect

Chas SiskandJason Moon Wilkins

May 1, 2017

Listen Not every bill that becomes Tennessee law requires a fight. After the legislative session’s lengthy debate over the gas tax and ongoing disputes over abortion and gun laws, it’s easy to forget there are some meaningful bipartisan bills that breeze through. WPLN’s Jason Moon Wilkins and Chas Sisk talk about some issues where state […]

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, Politics

The Future Of Short-Term Rentals Is In The Hands Of Metro Council This Week

Blake Farmer

April 30, 2017

Listen The fate of many Nashville Airbnbs and short-term rentals hang in the balance this week. The Metro Council is scheduled to vote on a measure that would halt any new permits in most residential areas to owners who don’t live on site. And the existing permits would begin phasing out. The measure was given preliminary […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, News

Fodor’s Travel Books Will Be Distributed by Nashville’s Ingram Publishing

Jason Moon Wilkins

April 28, 2017

A giant in the Nashville publishing industry has signed a deal with one of the most well-known names in the travel industry. 

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business

Why Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Is The Debate Team To Beat At This Weekend’s Championships

Erin Logan

April 28, 2017

  Listen High school policy debate is affectionately referred to as a sport for nerds.   Past participants include presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and Oprah. And it’s a sport Montgomery Bell Academy is really good at this year.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, News

A Revelation About Transient Students Inspired Nashville To Hire Community Superintendents

Blake Farmer

April 28, 2017

Listen Metro Schools will now be broken down into four, distinct geographic regions. The district named new leaders for each area on Thursday. The decision was based largely on how often students are moving from school to school.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education

After A Fast One, Tennessee Lawmakers Find Themselves Debating Nathan Bedford Forrest Yet Again

Chas Sisk

April 28, 2017

The bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Tennessee State Capitol

Listen Black lawmakers in the Tennessee legislature are seething over a resolution honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest. The measure was slipped through the state House of Representatives two weeks ago. Now legislators are saying they’re trying to figure out a way to take it back. The dispute has rekindled a debate over Forrest, a Confederate general […]

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, Politics

What Do ‘Husband’ And ‘Wife’ Mean In Same-Sex Marriages? Tennessee Lawmakers Hope To Pin Down Courts

Chas Sisk

April 27, 2017

Listen Mother. Father. Husband. Wife. What do words like that mean in the context of same-sex marriage? Tennessee lawmakers say they should mean what they have in the past, and that has LGBT rights groups worried.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, Politics

Amy Grant Lauds Philanthropist Martha Ingram As Both Get Stars On Nashville’s Walk Of Fame

Natasha Senjanovic

April 27, 2017

Two icons of Nashville arts and culture were inducted to the Music City Walk of Fame Thursday.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: News

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