Listen One of Nashville’s largest nursing homes — which is owned by the city itself — has been forced to stop admitting new residents. State inspectors found violations, including allegations of patient abuse, at the 419-bed Bordeaux Long Term Care.
City-Owned Bordeaux Nursing Home Under State Suspension
Shelbyville And Murfreesboro Businesses Close Up Shop For ‘White Lives Matter’ Protest
Listen Many of the businesses in the area where two white nationalist rallies are expected to happen next Saturday will be closing their doors. Most of the establishments affected are small, private businesses, like hair salons and real estate offices.
Labor Board Sides With Vanderbilt’s Adjunct Faculty In Unionization Dispute
Listen The National Labor Relations Board has told Vanderbilt it must count all but one of the challenged ballots from a vote on whether to unionize in June. Adjunct professors and full-time instructors in the College of Arts and Sciences were trying to gain collective bargaining. But the university had challenged whether some faculty members […]
Fisk University Looks To Boost Scientific Research, Even As A Small Liberal Arts School
Listen For such a small school, Fisk University attracts a lot of funding for scientific research. This is the second year in a row that it’s been ranked in the top five liberal arts schools in the country in terms of research dollars, according to Washington Monthly’s rankings. It’s in part due to the historically black […]
Nashville Police Soft Launch Body Cameras
Nashville police are beginning field tests with body-worn cameras. It’s a significant step in the city’s push for more police transparency and better community relations. The 20 officers who volunteered for the trial will record their daily police activity, including traffic stops, arrests, searches and interviews with witnesses and suspects. Police say the officers will […]
Lifeway Tower To Be Imploded Along With Iconic 12-Story Crosses
Listen LifeWay’s office tower on the west side of downtown will soon be imploded to make way for a new billion-dollar development called Nashville Yards. And the iconic crosses on the sides of the building will come down with it.
This Isn’t The First Time White Nationalists Pit Free Speech Against Civil Rights In Tennessee
Listen When members of white nationalist groups declared that they planned to rally in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro at the end of the month, some asked how the cities could allow such a thing.
Blackburn Says Senators Needs To ‘Focus,’ Not Battle President Trump
Listen U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn says the Senate is slowing down President Trump’s agenda. Her remarks come amid an ongoing dispute between Trump and Bob Corker. And while she’s declining to call out Tennessee’s current senator, she’s making it clear she wants them to move on.
Versify #7: It Wasn’t The Fun Way
More than most people, Ben Groner feels pretty lucky to be alive — and that’s because his life is the result of some pretty remarkable choices. In this episode, Ben tells poet Megan Smith about his parents’ unlikely love story, how he and his twin brother came to be, and about a secret that could […]
Nashville Leaders Hope Big Ticket Transit Will Inspire Surrounding Counties
Listen Nashville’s $5.2 billion transit plan unveiled this week does little to connect neighboring counties and stays well within the city limits. But officials hope that it might inspire surrounding communities.
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