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Paige Pfleger

Paige Pfleger covers criminal justice for WPLN News. She has investigated guns and juvenile justice as a fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network, and her investigation into domestic violence and firearms dispossession won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and was a finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and a Livingston Award. She previously covered criminal justice and addiction in Ohio and was named the state's reporter of the year by the Associated Press. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR, The Washington Post, Marketplace, and PRI's The World, and she has worked in the newsrooms of The Tennessean, Michigan Radio, WHYY, Vox and NPR headquarters in DC.

Concerns about equity linger as Metro Arts begins the search for a new director

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The head of Metro Arts, Caroline Vincent, stepped down earlier this month after allegations of inequities and racism inside the department. But will the search for her replacement will run into some of the same issues?

Teens allege abuse and neglect inside a state-run juvenile detention facility in West Tennessee

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Disability Rights Tennessee uncovered allegations from teenage boys in their visits to the Wilder Youth Development Center in West Tennessee since September of 2020. In a report released Wednesday, the group says it found violations of both state and federal laws.

Williamson County is one step closer to removing the Confederate flag from their county seal

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The Tennessee Historical Commission decided the Williamson County seal is not a monument after all, so the county doesn’t need the state’s permission to change it. It’s good news for the county, which has been trying to remove a Confederate flag from their seal for nearly two years.

Madison’s newest music venue designed for a ‘religious experience’ for artists and fans

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The Madison neighborhood northeast of Nashville will soon have a new music venue. It’s a massive space, built with acoustics and artist development in mind.

Relief may be in sight for Nashville’s amp makers after ‘worldwide panic’ wipes out supply of vacuum tubes

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There are only two factories in the world that make vacuum tubes for guitar amps. None of them are in America — but that may be about to change.

His mother and sister were murdered. He’s focused his grief on exposing loopholes that endanger domestic violence victims.

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Alex Youn has spent the year since his mother and sister’s deaths trying to figure out what went wrong in their case. He discovered loopholes in the criminal justice system, and turned those loopholes into law to protect future domestic violence victims.

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