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The tornado relief deadline is approaching for 10 Tennessee counties

Tony Gonzalez

May 31, 2023

Readyville tornado cleanup

FEMA has handed out $8.5 million in aid across 10 counties, including hard-hit communities in Cannon and Rutherford counties.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: FEMA, SBA, severe weather, Tennessee Tornadoes

A judge will soon decide whether Tennessee’s first-of-its-kind drag restrictions will go into effect. Here’s how that decision has shaped Pride this year.

Marianna Bacallao

May 31, 2023

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Tennessee passed a first-of-its-kind law restricting drag in public places earlier this year. But that law has never been enforced. A judge temporarily blocked it the night before it was set to go into effect. Now, a ruling in the case against Tennessee’s law is expected soon, just as Pride month is coming up.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, lgbt, lgbtq, Memphis Pride, Nashville Pride, Pride

A new Tennessee law blocks some immigrants from buying property

Blaise Gainey

May 30, 2023

A new law aims to prevent foreign governments from buying agricultural land in Tennessee. But it has a wide scope that could affect certain people and not just their countries.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: China, Housing, immigrant, immigrants, Jason Zachary, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, TIRRC, tnleg, tnpol

TCAP appeals window opens as families of third graders try to avoid being held back

Tony Gonzalez

May 29, 2023

The fallout from Tennessee’s third grade standardized testing rules enters a new phase Tuesday, as families can begin appealing to the state to ask that students be advanced to fourth grade.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: SOCM, standardized tests, TCAP, third grade retention

Peter One brought a global understanding of country music to his Nashville second act

jewly hight

May 29, 2023

The singer-songwriter started his career in the 1980s in his native Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), and he’s picked it back up here in Tennessee more than three decades late

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News

Wildlife recovery takes decades. Federal wildlife officials are updating 15 Tennessee species’ progress.

Caroline Eggers

May 29, 2023

These reviews are mandated by the Endangered Species Act, a law passed in 1973 to prevent extinctions — which has been successful for 99% of listed species, according to one study. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: endangered species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

50 Nashville actors with disabilities will star in Backlight Productions’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Andrea Tudhope

May 25, 2023

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On a Monday afternoon inside Backlight Productions in Brentwood, everyone is abuzz.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Features, WPLN News Tagged With: Backlight Productions, disabilities, musical, Nashville Children's Theater, Theater, theatre

Metro is holding a series of public meetings on school safety and gun violence — and wants your input

Rose Gilbert

May 25, 2023

The series of three community meetings on school safety and the gun violence epidemic comes in response to the Covenant School shooting.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, gun violence, Jeff Syracuse, Metro Public Health, Nashville Metro Council

Covenant School parents will have a say in whether the assailant’s writings are released

Marianna Bacallao

May 25, 2023

The Covenant School, church, and its parents can now submit evidence and testimony in the case.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, Metro Law, shooting, The Tennessean, Todd Gardenhire

Why Tennessee is one of the hardest states to vote in

Blaise Gainey

May 25, 2023

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Since 2020, more than half of states across the country have made it harder on citizens wanting to cast a ballot. That includes Tennessee. The state has tightened the screws and left voters to navigate a complex and ever-changing set of rules. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: absentee voting, election, voting, voting rights

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