A federal appeals court has struck down part of a Tennessee anti-abortion law. Meanwhile, two nonprofits made moves this week to avoid cooperating with requests from the state’s attorney general for documents involving mail-order abortion pills.
Daniel Potter
Daniel Potter first started at Nashville Public Radio as an intern in 2008, and served for six years as an all-purpose reporter and occasional host. In 2014, he moved to California, where he freelanced for KQED Science in San Francisco, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and numerous others. In 2023, several of his episodes of the Bay Curious podcast appeared in the book of the same name. He’s also hosted and directed a podcast about bugs with the Natural History Museum of Utah. He returned to WPLN as a news editor in 2026.
High demand is straining Nashville’s water system. Metro asks you to limit sprinklers
Water demand in the Nashville area has been high lately — so high, in fact, that Metro Water Services set a new record for hourly demand earlier this month. Now, officials are asking people with automated sprinklers to rethink their scheduling.
As Tennessee AG seeks abortion records, a nonprofit pushes back in court
A Tennessee nonprofit that gives information on out-of-state abortions and abortion pills says it’s “under attack” and is seeking protection in court.
Nashville’s Aldi devotees ‘despair’ after truck plows through grocery
Nashville police have charged a 34-year-old truck driver with felony vandalism and say he drove into the East Nashville store on purpose. For Aldi devotees, it’s a dark day.
Lawsuit over Cheekwood zoning expands as legal wrangling continues
A lawsuit filed in June against Metro has now added Cheekwood Botanical Garden as a defendant.
Fly the Dolly skies: Nashville’s airport unanimously advances renaming plan
Since the passing of Tennessee icon Dolly Parton, officials from the Metro Council to Governor Bill Lee have been united: They all want to rename Nashville’s airport to honor the late country music legend and philanthropist.
Nashville Zoo cancels annual ‘Zoolumination’ attraction, says Chinese lantern artisans’ visas denied
In recent years, Zoolumination has brought a team of artisans from China to craft hundreds of vibrant lanterns depicting animals, dragons, dinosaurs and even cowboy boots around the Zoo’s paths. But this year, visa applications for the Chinese artisans were denied, forcing the Zoo to change plans.
Cheekwood construction can continue, board says, but dispute continues on several fronts
Cheekwood Estate and Gardens has been facing what it terms an “existential threat” in the form of legal action trying to reduce traffic for its neighbors in the wealthy Belle Meade Highlands area, but the cultural institution notched a small win in that ongoing tussle yesterday before Nashville’s Board of Zoning Appeals.
‘Significant shortfalls’ in Nashville storm response — report zeroes in on NES, OEM
Nashville’s emergency response to January’s devastating ice storm “illuminated significant shortfalls in both planning and execution” even as other parts of the city’s systems worked as intended, a new report says.
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