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Zulfat Suara

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

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

Listen: After neo-Nazis target Black children, Nashville comes out to support them

Marianna Bacallao

September 30, 2024

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To celebrate national United Against Hate Day of Action, kids got a special visit from Nashville’s major sports leagues.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Aftyn Behn, Hany Mukhtar, Looby Community Center, Nashville Predators, Nashville SC, neo-nazi, Tennessee Titans, Zulfat Suara

Profile: Councilmember At Large Zulfat Suara

Mary Mancini

September 30, 2024

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Zulfat Suara made a remarkable entry into politics in 2019 by winning one of only five at-large seats on the Metro Council, becoming the first Muslim women elected in Tennessee and the first Nigerian woman to hold office in the United States.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville Metro Council, Zulfat Suara

Following national trend, Tennessee wants to prevent banks from closing accounts due to political opinions or religious beliefs

Blaise Gainey

February 27, 2024

A Tennessee bill advancing through the House would prevent financial institutions from discriminating against people and businesses for their religious beliefs, political opinions, speech or affiliations.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Jason Zachary, tnleg, tnpol, Zulfat Suara

‘We should kill them all’: TN Congressman Andy Ogles responds to questions on US involvement in Gaza

Marianna Bacallao

February 21, 2024

U.S. Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee is under fire for his comments on the war in Gaza. In a recently released video, Ogles can be seen walking through the U.S. Capitol, as a pro-Palestinian activist questions him on America’s support for Israel’s military.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: American Muslim Advisory Council, Andy Ogles, Elections 2024, Gaza, Israel, Nashville Metro Council, neo-nazi, Palestine, William Lamberth, Zulfat Suara

Nashville’s participatory budgeting process — meant to give residents more say over city spending — is at a crossroads.

Cynthia Abrams

November 27, 2023

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For the first time, a Nashville program known as “participatory budgeting” has gone citywide, giving residents a say in how to spend $10 million. But, as residents cast their ballots, the program has encountered several hurdles.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, ARP, covid relief, Freddie O'Connell, metro, Metro Government, Nashville mayor, participatory budgeting, PB, Zulfat Suara

Metro Council introduces a plan to reconstruct Nashville’s Community Oversight Board after state’s effort to abolish it

Rose Gilbert

June 9, 2023

Five Metro Council members have introduced a plan to reconstruct Nashville’s Community Oversight Board in the wake of a new law to abolish such boards as they currently exist in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Burkley Allen, community oversight board, Delishia Porterfield, Jeff Syracuse, Nashville Metro Council, sean parker, Zulfat Suara

The nation reacts to the Tennessee legislature’s expulsion of 2 Black lawmakers

Rachel Iacovone

April 7, 2023

History has its eyes on Tennessee. And so do powerful people — near and far.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bernice King, Bob Mendes, Freddie O'Connell, Gloria Johnson, hillary clinton, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, March For Our Lives, NAACP, Sandra Sepulveda, Zulfat Suara

John Lewis Way would be renamed after Trump under new Republican bill

Marianna Bacallao

February 3, 2023

A stretch of John Lewis Way in downtown Nashville would be renamed for former President Donald Trump under a proposal from statehouse Republicans.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Donald Trump, Frank Niceley, General Assembly, Heritage Protection Act, John Lewis, legislature, Paul Sherrell, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, Zulfat Suara

Surveillance Or Safety Tool? Nashville Starts To Consider Whether Police Should Use License Plate Readers

Samantha Max

January 5, 2021

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Many U.S. police departments track cars with special cameras known as license plate readers. Now, Nashville police and some members of Metro Council want in on the technology. But that’s sparked a debate about privacy and police overreach.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity Tagged With: body cameras, John Drake, Metro Nashville Police Department, Nashville Metro Council, Russ Pulley, Zulfat Suara

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