Listen State lawmakers announced Friday that they would try to shield religious clergy from being forced to perform same-sex marriages. Now they’re already thinking of expanding their effort to also protect merchants who don’t want to be involved. State Rep. Andy Holt, who last week proposed the Pastor Protection Act, is considering a state law […]
A New Nashville Street That’s Not Really Designed For Cars
Listen It’s not just any old bike lane that Nashville has paved on 11th Avenue in the quickly growing Gulch neighborhood near downtown.
Candidates To Be Nashville Mayor Love On City’s Latin-Americans
Listen Immigrant voters in Nashville are feeling some new attention this week from the mayoral candidates. Campaign websites, pamphlets and online videos are now appearing in Spanish.
Nashville’s Newest Sculpture Aims To Recapture Cumberland River’s Old Glory
Listen Nashville’s newest piece of large-scale public art is being erected this week alongside the Cumberland River — a waterway that inspired the sculpture. There’s nothing that looks quite like it in downtown Nashville — a tall piece of steel, but one that doesn’t include a straight line like the towering buildings nearby. Instead, this […]
Nashville High Schoolers — Some Still Just 17 — Register To Vote At Record Pace
Listen There’s a better chance than usual that the August election in Davidson County will be influenced by the youth vote thanks to recent success in getting young people registered. In fact, Davidson County set a record: Election officials registered 1,551 new high school-age voters this spring. They pulled it off by visiting 23 schools and […]
Pipeline Resistance Intensifies In Joelton, Spurs Council Action
Listen Drive north away from Nashville and the first bright yellow yard sign — protesting “NO PIPELINE“— appears as the land turns into lush green ridges. Those yard signs soon proliferate, including in the front yards of a dozen neighbors in a row along Whites Creek Pike.
Early Voting Sites Funded In Approved Metro Budget
Nearly a dozen early voting locations appear to be saved for Davidson County’s upcoming election. In a reversal, polling places that weren’t going to open because of a pinch in the budget have now been funded. The Metro Council approved $283,000 on Tuesday night to make sure of it, ending a testy situation with the […]
To Allow Subdivisions Or Not? Whites Creek Residents Tussle Over NashvilleNext
Listen Residents of rural Whites Creek tussled Monday night over the future of home construction in their scenic area of northern Davidson County. New rules about subdivisions, part of a massive plan known as NashvilleNext, could soon be adopted by the Metro Planning Commission.
Tennessee health care fraud cases yielding payouts
Listen Federal prosecutors announced a multi-million dollar settlement involving fraud and a Middle Tennessee health care company on Monday, the second such announcement this month.
NashvilleNext Sparks Arguments About Spending, Housing and Defining Rural Areas
Listen Nashville is almost done with a new batch of policies that tell property owners and developers what they’re allowed to do on their land. But the ideas, known as NashvilleNext, could face a fight — or at least some getting used to.
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