Evictions have been a concern since the ice storm. The city has tried to soften the blow by creating a special court process.
Cynthia Abrams
Cindy Abrams is WPLN’s metro reporter. She grew up in Eugene and Portland, Oregon and moved east after graduating from Whitman College. Cindy comes to Nashville from central Virginia, where she covered the courts at Rappahannock News. She was WPLN’s digital news intern in 2021 before joining the station full-time as a newscast and digital producer last year. She started covering the Metro government in the fall of 2023.
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‘Place of paradoxes’ Fort Negley begins expansion effort
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Will Nashville’s Metro Council have 40 or 20 members? TN Supreme Court hears arguments from city and state
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over a state law that seeks to reduce the size of Nashville’s Metro Council from 40 members down to 20.
Nashville taking steps to lessen storm burdens; more FEMA aid approved
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As storm response emotions run high, some Nashvillians find relief at warming shelters
When hundreds of thousands of Nashvillians lost power late last month, Metro — in a rare move — opened warming stations across the city.
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