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Politics

NashVillager Podcast holiday edition: Inside and outside the statehouse

Marianna Bacallao

December 27, 2024

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What makes our lawmakers tick?

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: 2024 Year in Review, Politics

NashVillager Podcast: The past and present of Tennessee’s political scandals

Nina Cardona

December 20, 2024

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What makes a political scandal criminal? Plus, the local news for December 20, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Brian Kelsey, Politics, Tennessee Politics

NashVillager Podcast: Nullification redux

Nina Cardona

October 10, 2024

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Why do Tennessee legislators keep considering efforts to declare federal laws null and void? Plus the local news for October 10, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Politics, Tennessee Politics

NashVillager Podcast: Politics and bullying

Nina Cardona

June 6, 2024

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When do political fights get so ugly that officials have to say enough’s enough? Plus your local newscast for June 6, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Politics, Tennessee Politics

Profile: State Sen. Heidi Campbell

Khalil Ekulona

June 3, 2024

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Heidi Campbell is a state senator who represents District 20 in the great state of Tennessee.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Heidi Campbell, Oak Hill, Politics, St. Paul

New bill would tighten access to absentee voting in Tennessee

Blaise Gainey

February 10, 2024

absentee ballot

Update: The Tennessee Senate passed the bill Monday, Feb. 12 on a party line vote.  The Tennessee General Assembly is poised to tighten the state’s absentee voting process. Right now, voters can request an absentee ballot seven days before an election, but Sen. Richard Briggs, R-Knoxville, wants to change the cutoff date to 10 days […]

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, absentee voting, Elections, Elections 2024, Politics, tnleg, tnpol

This is Nashville: What it’s like to report on Tennessee’s tense legislative session

Miriam Kramer

January 11, 2024

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The first week of Tennessee’s legislative session was marked by controversy, tension and debate, setting the stage for the coming weeks.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Education, health, Health Care, Politics, Tennessee Politics

Tennessee political leaders weigh in on dispute over reproductive health care for military personnel

Blaise Gainey

September 19, 2023

Political battle lines are hardening over how military personnel get access to abortions.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abortion, Bill Hagerty, Healthcare, John Ragan, Karen Camper, Marsha Blackburn, Military, Politics

Jerome Moore, host of Deep Dish Conversations, on social change, Nashville and beyond

Mikayla Elias

August 3, 2023

Jerome Moore, host of the podcast Deep Dish Conversations, holds his new Deep Dish Conversations book.
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How do communities change? Who can make change in their communities? North Nashville native Jerome Moore takes a broad approach to exploring both those questions. In his podcast Deep Dish Conversations, he talks to everyone, from elected officials of all political viewpoints to activists and artists, about what a better, fairer Nashville might look like. […]

Filed Under: Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Deep Dish Conversations, North Nashville, Peace Corps, Politics, This Is Nashville

Not sure who to choose for Nashville’s vice mayor? Here’s what each candidate wants to do with the job.

Char Daston

July 28, 2023

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Incumbent Jim Shulman is seeking another term, running against District 34 Council Member Angie Henderson, who says she wants to bring “a different perspective” to the office.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: 2023 election, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville Metro Council, Politics

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