Byron Black’s legal team is still trying to figure out what caused the pain he displayed during his execution.
NashVillager Podcast: Cumberland River traffic
How did steam-powered paddleboats help make Nashville a logistics hub? Plus, the local news for August 26, 2025.
In America’s EV battery belt, Kentucky is next test for the UAW
Nearly 1,500 workers at a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Kentucky have an important election coming up. Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will vote on whether they should join the United Auto Workers Union.
The ACLU’s sanctuary city lawsuit is exploring a settlement. Here’s why the group challenged the law.
The ACLU of Tennessee and the state are taking time to “explore the possibility of settlement” in the ACLU’s lawsuit against the Tennessee law that can charge public officials with a felony for voting in favor of sanctuary city policies.
NashVillager Podcast: Remembering some national champs
Does winning matter in Middle Tennessee? Plus, the local news for August 25, 2025.
A marsh bird found in Tennessee wetlands is endangered. FWS is drafting a plan.
A secretive marsh bird once found in Tennessee wetlands faces extinction. The Eastern black rail was federally listed as threatened in 2020, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now drafting a plan for its recovery.
Justice Department won’t defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court. The state of Tennessee and an anti-affirmative action organization sued the U.S. Education Department in June, asking a judge to halt the Hispanic-Serving Institution program.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody pending criminal trial
The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants after he was arrested and sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, violating a U.S. immigration judge’s 2019 order prohibiting his deportation to his home country.
Tick-borne meat allergies on the rise and impacting a wildlife rehab in Bowling Green
An estimated 400,000 people have been impacted by Alpha-Gal syndrome across the U.S.
Key Changes: Awards decisions and homegrown country rap interventions
The music industry evolves at a dizzying pace. Jewly Hight helps make sense of the “Key Changes” in quick-hit roundups of music new analysis.
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