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Judge orders Trump administration to release frozen grants, including $14M for Nashville

Cynthia Abrams

May 21, 2025

One of Nashville’s lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s funding cuts has notched a win. A federal judge issued a permanent injunction, instructing the government to release federal grants — including $14 million for Nashville in infrastructure grants.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, electric vehicles, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Trump Administration, Wally Dietz

Metro Nashville joins lawsuit against federal government again — this time over sudden public health cuts

Catherine Sweeney

April 28, 2025

vaccination event Nashville

Metro Nashville and a handful of other local governments are suing the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. The agency cut $11 billion in local public health funding — without warning — earlier this year.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: federal funding, Metro Public Health, Trump Administration, Vaccines

TN passes $60 billion budget, slashes money for starter homes, boosts funding for state AG

Marianna Bacallao

April 16, 2025

The Tennessee General Assembly approved a $60 billion budget Wednesday, as federal funding cuts put a large portion of that money at risk.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Duck River, federal funding, Jack Johnson, Jeff Yarbro, memphis, school voucher, school vouchers, tnleg, tnpol

Federal cuts hit Nashville’s health department, prompting Metro to weigh further legal action

Cynthia Abrams

April 1, 2025

vaccination event Nashville

The Trump administration halted three federal health grants, disrupting measles outbreak efforts and eliminating at least seven positions within Metro’s Public Health Department. Nashville is mulling a legal challenge.

Filed Under: Health Care, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: federal funding, federal funding freeze, measles, measles outbreak, Metro Public Health, Metro Public Health Department, Trump Administration

Victim services providers find $20M of relief in revised state budget

Cynthia Abrams

March 26, 2025

Gov. Bill Lee’s substitute budget includes a new line item: $20 million dollars for victim services.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bill Lee, domestic violence, federal funding, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Center, state budget, Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

Nashville joins lawsuit against Trump administration over transit funding

Cynthia Abrams

March 20, 2025

Metro has joined a federal lawsuit attempting to halt the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze on various community programs — which, for Nashville, puts $14 million in transit and infrastructure projects at risk.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, electric vehicles, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Metro Schools, Nashville transit referendum, Wally Dietz

A fair housing nonprofit secured upgrades at TN apartments. But federal funding cuts could stall their work.

Cynthia Abrams

March 13, 2025

The modifications come after Gross Residential — an Ohio-based company that develops, constructs and manages retail properties — reached a conciliation agreement with two fair housing nonprofits.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Housing, HUD, National Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Council, Trump Administration, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Nashville mayor airs concerns as federal funding uncertainty persists

Cynthia Abrams

March 10, 2025

As the Trump administration takes an ax to federal government spending, Nashville’s mayor is sounding the alarm that many Metro departments are at risk of losing millions in federal funds.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: federal education dollars, federal education funding, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Freddie O'Connell, President Trump, Trump Administration

Immigrant rights groups file federal complaint over lack of language access to Tennessee driver’s licenses

Alexis Marshall

August 15, 2024

Driving is an essential part of life in most parts of Tennessee. And if you don’t speak English — or a handful of other languages — getting a driver’s license can be difficult. That’s why a coalition of Tennessee-based immigrant rights groups is filing a federal complaint against the state.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: American Muslim Advisory Council, drivers license, English Language Learners, federal funding, Never, Somali Community Center of Middle Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security

Nashville wins $5M for affordable housing through competitive federal program

Cynthia Abrams

June 27, 2024

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Nashville has been awarded $5 million in funding from the federal government to help remove barriers to building affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Barnes Housing Trust Fund, federal funding, Housing, low-income housing, Nashville housing

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