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Immigrant advocates in Nashville are worried about some neighborhoods recovering from the flood. Residents in working class areas off of Murfreesboro Road don’t speak English well and are unsure where to turn after floodwaters forced them out of their homes.

If you are a flood victim in Davidson, Williamson, Cheatham, Hickman, Dyer, or Montgomery county, register at www.fema.gov or call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). Businesses and residents in these counties may be eligible for financial assistance to help recover from the flood.

Opry Mills Mall is closed until further notice, and that has the mall’s employees wondering what to do next.

Tennessee officials are now confirming 19 deaths from the record breaking floods that occurred over the weekend.

All volunteers wanting to help flood victims in Nashville need to register throughHands on Nashville.

National weather officials now say the Cumberland River will crest at 52.5 feet at 8 p.m. on Monday night. The river was originally projected to crest at 51.5 feet at noon on Monday.

Tennessee Republican lawmakers had their hopes dashed last week when state Attorney General Bob Cooper said he would not join the growing list of states suing the federal government over the healthcare overhaul. But, as WPLN’s State Capitol correspondent, Joe White, tells Jacqueline Fellows, that’s not stopping lawmakers from continuing their attempt to get out from under the new law.

Tennessee lawmakers refused to make abusing farm animals a felony.

The new federal healthcare bill that Congress passed and the President signed into law last week had officials in Tennessee scrambling to determine its impact. The political rhetoric that heated up in the nation’s capitol also showed up in Nashville. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and State Capitol reporter Joe White discuss what changes Tennessee officials are expecting.