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Tennessee partners with Elon Musk on Tesla tunnel between downtown Nashville and airport

By Tony Gonzalez|Cynthia Abrams|Marianna Bacallao

July 28, 2025

A privately developed tunnel project could soon connect travelers from downtown Nashville to Nashville International Airport.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Elon Musk, infrastructure, Nashville International Airport, transportation, tunnels

Nashville’s airport could become ‘Trump International’ under new bill

By Marianna Bacallao

January 17, 2025

The proposal from Rep. Todd Warner comes two years after statehouse Republican clashed with Nashville over control of its Airport Authority Board.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, BNA, Donald Trump, General Assembly, John Lewis, legislature, Nashville International Airport, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Warner, Zulfat Suara

Amid BNA’s holiday rush and expansion, travelers find little touches smooth the experience

By Katherine Ruppelt

November 26, 2024

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Nashville International Airport is getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport, Southwest Airlines

Franklin Alderman Gabrielle Hanson resigns before vote to censure her

By Marianna Bacallao

November 14, 2023

Franklin Alderman Gabrielle Hanson has resigned from her position before the board could vote on whether to censure her.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Franklin, Gabrielle Hanson, Juneteenth

Nashville will retake control of its airport authority board, court rules

By Marianna BacallaoandRose Gilbert

October 31, 2023

A three-judge panel ruled against a new state law that would have limited the number of board appointments Nashville’s mayor can make and given the state legislature the ability to appoint the majority of seats.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport, tnleg

Controversial Franklin leader escapes censure after violating city’s ethics code

By Rose Gilbert

September 27, 2023

The Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen has decided not to censure controversial alderman and mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson for violating the city’s ethics code.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Franklin, Gabrielle Hanson

Franklin Ethics Commission recommends censuring Alderman Gabrielle Hanson over Juneteenth controversy

By Rose Gilbert

July 27, 2023

The Franklin Ethics Commission unanimously determined that Alderman Gabrielle Hanson had violated two provisions of the city’s ethics code.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Franklin, Juneteenth

On time with Nashville International Airport

By Steve Haruch

November 21, 2022

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As the busiest travel season of the year approaches, we check in on Nashville International Airport.

Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport

Winter storm update: Snowfall breaks 45-year-old record, freezing roads continuing overnight

By Alexis MarshallandCaroline Eggers

January 7, 2022

The snow that blanketed Tennessee on Thursday broke at least one record. Between 6 and 8 inches fell in Nashville. Previously, the most snow in the city on Jan. 6 was 4 inches back in 1977.

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport, National Weather Service, snow, Weather, winter weather

Nashville Airport Breaks Ground On $268M Expansion To Keep Pace With Record Travel

By Jay Shah

June 21, 2018

Listen Nashville Airport Authority is trying to keep up with the flood of tourists and business travellers that have made Nashville International one of the fastest growing airports in the country.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport

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