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Cynthia Abrams

Cherokee cyclists retrace the Trail of Tears to remember — and reclaim — their history

By Cynthia Abrams

June 11, 2025

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For the last four decades, a group of bicyclists has embarked on a 950-mile bike ride following the Trail of Tears in honor of Cherokee ancestors who were forcibly removed from their homelands.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Indigenous history, Joelton, McMinnville, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Trail of Tears

Nashville’s main downtown library disrupted by neighboring parking garage fire

By Cynthia Abrams

June 10, 2025

The fire that broke out in a prominent parking garage near Nashville’s downtown library caused multiple vehicle explosions and a partial collapse of the structure early Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, library, Nashville Downtown Partnership, nashville fire department, Nashville Public Library, NDOT

Affordable housing, employee pay and youth safety: Nashvillians push to be included in a revised city budget

By Cynthia Abrams

June 6, 2025

Nashville’s Metro Council is one step closer to finalizing the city budget, and heard from residents about items they would like to see prioritized.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Barnes Housing Trust Fund, budget, city budgeting, Delishia Porterfield, Housing, Metro budget, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville Peoples Budget, Southern Movement Committee, Stand Up Nashville, Varsity Spending Plan

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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, Reagan Harkins

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

By 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

By 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, Preemption, Preemption bills, state legislature, Tennessee Legislature, tennessee state legislature

Nashville officials release timeline of ‘surprise’ ICE arrests

By 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

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