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Cynthia Abrams

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.

Report suggests how Metro can make quick progress on long-standing street safety issues

Cynthia Abrams

June 4, 2025

Local advocacy group Walk Bike Nashville released their “State of Our Streets” report Tuesday. It details what the group sees as wins and failures of city government.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, Nashville transit referendum, pedestrian deaths, Sabrina Sussman, sidewalks, Walk Bike Nashville

Judge orders Trump administration to release frozen grants, including $14M for Nashville

Cynthia Abrams

May 21, 2025

One of Nashville’s lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s funding cuts has notched a win. A federal judge issued a permanent injunction, instructing the government to release federal grants — including $14 million for Nashville in infrastructure grants.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, electric vehicles, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Trump Administration, Wally Dietz

Nashville’s city parks continue to inch their way up a national ranking

Cynthia Abrams

May 21, 2025

After years of unflattering scores on a national ranking of park systems ranking among the nation’s worst park systems, Nashville is slowly moving its way up the list.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Parks

What one Nashville teen learned from riding every city bus route before graduation

Cynthia Abrams

May 18, 2025

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While hundreds of students celebrated their commencement, one senior marked another achievement. Reagan Harkins finished riding every WeGo bus route.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bus service, Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, mayor freddie o'connell, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, Reagan Harkins

As cost of living rises, wages in Nashville are falling behind, report finds

Cynthia Abrams

May 14, 2025

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Metro Social Services finds that as the cost of living in Nashville continues to climb, wages for many local jobs have remained stagnant.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Community Needs Evaluation, Growth, growth and development, Metro Social Services, poverty, poverty rate

Here’s how Nashville fared in the latest legislative session

Cynthia Abrams

May 9, 2025

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The relationship between Metro and state lawmakers has been fraught, prompting multiple lawsuits. Has the tide begun to turn?

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Darren Jernigan, Freddie O'Connell, mayor freddie o'connell, Preemption, Preemption bills, state legislature, Tennessee Legislature, tennessee state legislature

Nashville officials release timeline of ‘surprise’ ICE arrests

Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

May 7, 2025

Metro officials are moving to clarify that city police did not have a role in immigration arrests in South Nashville over the weekend.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Wally Dietz

Nashville mayor outlines priorities — and a tax increase — in State of Metro speech

Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

May 1, 2025

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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell struck an aspirational tone in his State of Metro address, painting a picture of a city with forward momentum.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, property taxes, State of Metro

Three years after making camping a felony, Tennessee lawmakers add more homelessness penalties

Cynthia Abrams

April 25, 2025

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In 2022, Tennessee became the first state to make camping on public land a felony crime. A slate of new legislation will further impact people without stable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, felony conviction, homeless, homelessness, metro, Metro Homelessness Commission, state legislature, Tennessee Legislature, tennessee state legislature, unhoused

Most Nashville homes aren’t within walking distance of transit. A new report says zoning reform could add homes and change that.

Cynthia Abrams

April 22, 2025

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As Nashville struggles to house its ever-growing population, a new report has proposed a solution: zoning reforms.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: growth and development, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville transit referendum, NEST, rezoning, The Urban Institute, zoning

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