Congressman Diane Black says the Republicans’ new plan to replace Obamacare puts healthcare decisions back where they belong, in the hands of patients.
TBI Will Probe All Police-Involved Fatal Shootings In Nashville From Now On
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will look into all fatal shootings involving Metro police, a policy announced Thursday. Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk’s decision comes nearly a week after a Metro officer shot and killed a Nashville man.
Nashville Activists Engage In ‘Actions’ Spurred By National Women’s March Organizers
Listen Some people in Nashville angered by Trump’s administration are trying to figure out how to turn the energy they felt at the Women’s March in January into political activism.
State Audit Finds Jeremy Durham Potentially Committed ‘Hundreds’ Of Campaign Finance Violations
Listen Home landscaping, designer suits and $30,000-dollar loans to friends are some of the things ousted state lawmaker Jeremy Durham paid for with campaign funds. That’s according to the findings of a nine-month audit by the state Registry of Election Finance, released this week.
The ‘Bad News Bears’ Of Tennessee Mountain Bike Racing Get Serious In Second Season
Listen It’s late in the afternoon and a group of teenage boys pedals hard down the abandoned runway of Nashville’s old Cornelia Fort airport. They’re taking a break from the trails to work on sprints and stamina — and mock each other with shouts of “Dude, you’re so slow!”
State’s Top Arts Award Recognizes Belcourt As National Leader Among Arthouse Theaters
The Belcourt Theatre has received the state’s highest honor in the arts. Nashville’s only arthouse movie theater, which underwent a massive remodeling this year, is one of ten recipients from across Tennessee to be presented with a 2017 Governor’s Arts Award.
Bus Contractor Gives Emotional Apology For Chattanooga Crash
In a YouTube video posted Wednesday afternoon from Chattanooga, the head of the company that employed the driver of Monday’s fatal school bus crash said he was “deeply sorry.” Five students died in the crash. Six children are still in the intensive care unit at Erlanger hospital.
Officials Say Wildfire Arsonists Could Have Any Number Of Motives
State officials suspect that nearly half of the 70 active wildfires burning across Tennessee were started on purpose. Ten of those broke out on one day this week.
Dolly Parton’s Literacy Program Hits Million-Book Milestone
Dolly Parton’s literacy program has hit an impressive milestone. Founded two decades ago by the singer-songwriter in her native Sevier County, the Imagination Library started out sending 1,500 books a month. It’s now hit one million free books a month to children around the globe.
Nashville Protesters Resist Mass Deportation And Discrimination
Listen Protests continued this weekend in Nashville, including a unity gathering in Centennial Park on Saturday and a march down Nolensville Pike on Sunday afternoon, where some 300 people held signs supporting illegal immigrants and other minorities.
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