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Tennessee turf experts are helping FIFA prepare the perfect pitch for 2026 World Cup

By Larry Lage, AP

September 2, 2024

FIFA partnered with turf experts at the University of Tennessee and Michigan State University to research and develop the best surface for the tournament.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, FIFA, Soccer, University of Tennessee, World Cup

Appeals court spikes Tennessee’s bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule

By Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

August 28, 2024

A federal appeals court has shot down Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Associated Press, Attorney General, family planning, HHS, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Attorney General, Title X

Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds

By Kimberlee Kruesi, APandAdrian Sainz, AP

August 28, 2024

Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Cameron Sexton, Elections 2024, General Assembly, memphis, Randy McNally, tnleg, Tyre Nichols

Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee’s political maps discriminate against communities of color

By Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

August 23, 2024

The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Elections 2024, Gerrymandering, redistricting

A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty to civil rights violations in the killing of Tyre Nichols

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

August 23, 2024

Prosecutors recommended Friday that Emmitt Martin spend 40 years in prison for his part in Nichols’ killing.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, memphis, Tyre Nichols

No drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk

By Luis Andres Henao, AP

August 11, 2024

Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk and practically synonymous with country music. But for an hour on Sunday mornings no one can drink alcohol and they can only listen to Christian music.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Christian, country music, gospel, honky-tonk, religion

911 operator calmly walks expectant mom through a surprise at-home delivery

By Kristin M. Hall, AP

August 7, 2024

A new mom in Nashville has 911 to thank for walking her through a surprise at-home birth. Emergency operator Kaitlyn Kramer got the frantic call on July 7 saying a woman was experiencing sudden labor.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 911, Associated Press

Orville Peck makes queer country for everyone. On ‘Stampede,’ stars like Willie Nelson join the fun.

By Maria Sherman, AP

August 3, 2024

It is not easy to be an outsider in country music, but Orville Peck has made a career out of it.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, country music, Elton John, Mickey Guyton, music, Orville Peck, Willie Nelson

As Harris considers a running mate, what are states’ succession rules for VP candidates?

By The Associated Press

July 26, 2024

The 2024 White House campaign has thrust a handful of governors and senators into the mix for vice president. That has drawn attention to rules of succession in the contenders’ home states should they win.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Beshear, Associated Press, Elections 2024, Kamala Harris

Tennessee won’t purge voter rolls of people who disregard a letter asking them to prove citizenship

By Jonathan Mattise, APandKimberlee Kruesi, AP

July 18, 2024

Tennessee elections officials say any state registered voters among the thousands recently asked to prove their citizenship can stay on the voting rolls even if they don’t respond to the request.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Associated Press, Elections 2024, immigrant, immigrants, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters

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