Listen In the coming months, debate about development in Nashville will be stirred up by two Nashville neighborhoods that want to protect their historic character. If approved, parts of Inglewood and the Waverly-Belmont area would get neighborhood overlays that govern homebuilding.
Hoping To Manage Growth, Two Nashville Neighborhoods Seek Large Overlays
Leader Of The Episcopal Church In Middle Tennessee Says Priests Can’t Perform Same-Sex Marriages
Listen The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee says same-sex couples within its churches are free to get married elsewhere, but not by priests here. Bishop John Bauerschmidt has handed down the policy after making what he calls a difficult decision. This summer, the national denomination decided to change its stance on same-sex marriage and allow clergy to […]
Jones Lang LaSalle May No Longer Be Sole Firm Representing Tennessee In Real Estate Deals
Listen The state of Tennessee will not extend a controversial contract with a private real estate firm and instead will throw the deal to negotiate government office space open to bidders.
Thanksgiving Bloopers: Humble Pie
This Thanksgiving week, we’re revisiting some “Thanksgiving Bloopers” we uncovered from 2011, produced by WPLN contributor Kim Green. This story of Thanksgiving gone awry comes from Kim, her husband Hal and her parents Dave and Faye. It’s a cautionary tale of what can happen when too much hubris goes into your apple pie: Listen
Thanksgiving Bloopers: No Harm, No Fowl
During Thanksgiving week, we’re revisiting some “Thanksgiving Bloopers” we uncovered from 2011, produced by Kim Green. In this installment, writer and WPLN contributor Craig Havighurst tells Kim about the time he opened his front door one Thanksgiving morning, heading out to catch an early flight, and on the front porch of his East Nashville home, there […]
Tennessee Refugees Draw Hundreds of Supporters to Nashville Rally
Listen Tennessee’s refugees attracted hundreds of supporters to Legislative Plaza in Nashville on Monday night. It’s the same place where some lawmakers have called for a halt to refugee resettlements, but that idea drew boos from the crowd of about 300.
Governor Says He Has No Plans To Reintroduce Insure Tennessee Health Proposal
Gov. Bill Haslam says he’s not optimistic that his Insure Tennessee health care proposal will come back soon. Speaking to the Rotary Club of Nashville on Monday — just over a year after he first proposed to extend health care coverage to tens of thousands of low-income Tennesseans — the governor said he’s not planning […]
Haslam Says He’s More Confident About Refugee Screening, But He Still Wants A Pause
Listen Gov. Bill Haslam says he’s growing more comfortable with the nation’s screening process for refugees, as he learns more about it. But in his first speech on the issue, he stopped short of saying Tennessee’s door should be open to Syrians.
TVA Reaches Cost-Cutting Goal, Eyes More Natural Gas And Nuclear Energy
After three years of cost cutting, the Tennessee Valley Authority has exceeded its goal of trimming operating expenses. During that time TVA has cut more than $500 million — in part by reducing its workforce by 1,800 employees. CEO Bill Johnson calls TVA’s new size “sustainable”. And while he says the utility has scaled back […]
Program To Give Veterans Faster Health Care Is Still Working Through Glitches
Listen At a town hall meeting with Tennessee VA officials last week in Dover, veterans said they were frustrated and confused by what’s called the Veterans Choice Program, which allows some patients to get care from private doctors.
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