Tennessee lawmakers are making their last push to get legislation through both chambers of the 112th General Assembly before it’s expected to adjourn on May 7. WPLN News political reporter Blaise Gainey joined This Is Nashville on Wednesday with an update.
Severe weather is expected Wednesday in Tennessee — with a possibility of tornadoes
Damaging winds, tornadoes and hail may hit Tennessee on Wednesday evening. The National Weather Service forecast severe weather across the region, with the highest risk in West Tennessee and the northwestern portion of Middle Tennessee.
Curious Nashville: Who decides which ‘I Voted’ stickers are at my polling place?
Tennesseans head back to the polls starting Wednesday for early voting in local primary elections. That means those “I Voted” stickers will start making the rounds.
Hundreds of Tennesseans who received lengthy prison sentences for selling drugs near schools could go home early
Decades ago, Tennessee created drug-free school zone laws to deter people from selling drugs in places where children are likely to be. But now, the state is making adjustments for cases that don’t involve kids.
Tennessee’s legislative session has been overshadowed by scandals. Now leaders are promising a suite of ethics reforms.
A Tennessee ethics reform bill sponsored by the speakers of both the House and Senate is up for a vote in the Senate chamber Wednesday. The legislation comes after an FBI investigation into an alleged kickback scheme.
Metro makes Juneteenth an official holiday for city employees
Juneteenth will be a formal holiday for all Metro Nashville employees starting this year. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans after the end of the Civil War.
A man on Tennessee’s death row tells the courts he would rather face a firing squad than lethal injection
Oscar Smith’s attorneys think lethal injection is cruel and unusual. But he doesn’t want to choose the electric chair, either. Instead, they’re asking for an alternative: firing squad.
Relief may be in sight for Nashville’s amp makers after ‘worldwide panic’ wipes out supply of vacuum tubes
There are only two factories in the world that make vacuum tubes for guitar amps. None of them are in America — but that may be about to change.
Hickory Hollow joins mall-to-medicine transitions, which accelerated through the pandemic
Hickory Hollow Mall — 1.1 million square feet of retail space in southeast Nashville — was once Tennessee’s largest shopping center. Now, the mammoth complex is joining the ranks of malls making a transition into medicine.
Nashville firefighter who moonlights as comedian Josh Black sues the city and fire department for disciplining him over a tweet about racism
A Nashville comedian is suing the city’s fire department for violating his right to free speech. Joshua Lipscomb, better known online as comedian Josh Black, was suspended over tweets he made under his stage name.
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