Read in English. Alcalde David Briley firmó una orden ejecutiva el martes que desalenta la cooperación entre departamentos local y agencias federales de inmigración.
Nashville Election Results Live Blog
Nashville voters are making key leadership decisions in today’s Metro General Election. Follow along for updates on the results, dispatches from WPLN reporters in the field, and comments from the mayoral candidates.
National Museum of African American Music Receives $6 Million Donation
The National Museum of African American Music just received one of its largest donations yet. The Music City Center is giving $6 million to the yet-to-be-opened museum, which will be located on the former site of the convention center.
The Tri-Star State: Senate Speaker Randy McNally Weighs In On Abortion, Nashville COB
Listen Randy McNally is starting his third year as speaker of the Tennessee Senate. He’s already weighed in on issues such as abortion, Nashville’s Community Oversight Board and closing primaries in Tennessee. He says he wants to make sure that the bills that are passed are constitutional and good for the state.
The Year’s Most Memorable Podcast Episodes From Nashville Public Radio
Nashville Public Radio has produced so many compelling stories this year — stories with the power to inspire, elicit laughter,or even conjure sadness or anger, but that always offer a glimpse through someone else’s eyes.
Elections 2018 Live Blog: Blackburn Beats Bredesen In Widely Watched Race
Updated at 9:15 p.m. Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn has defeated her Democratic rival Phil Bredesen in a hard-fought race. The contest became a focal point of the national political map as Democrats sought to flip control of the Senate. Blackburn and Bredesen have each addressed their supporters.
Nashville’s New Restorative Justice Program Allows Youth Offenders To Make Amends With Victims
Listen A new pilot program to help at-risk youth stay out of trouble is coming to Nashville. The initiative, named Restorative Justice, is the first of its kind in Tennessee.
Vickie Hambrick Sheds Light on Her Son’s Life, Following Homicide Charge For Police Officer
Listen After a Nashville police officer was charged with homicide last week, questions are likely to emerge about the man he fatally shot — Daniel Hambrick. His mother says that, in any trial that may proceed, she hopes the portrait painted of her son includes her vision of him.
In Franklin, Growing Support For African-American Historic Markers Next To Confederate Monument
Listen There’s a battle in Franklin over the city’s most prominent Confederate monument. Unlike places where statues have been taken down, a coalition of local faith leaders and historical societies has proposed adding new markers to be placed next to the monument that would detail the area’s African-American history. But one group is still strongly […]
The Company That Turned a Small Tennessee Town Into ‘Pencil City’ Still Holds On
In the 1950s, the small town of Shelbyville, Tenn., was home to a half-dozen pencil manufacturers, prompting then-Gov. Buford Ellington to declare it …
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