Restaurants created by a local celebrity chef were the subject of protest this weekend, after workers say Chaatable was closed without giving them proper notice. This is among the latest developments in Nashville’s restaurant organizing scene.
Metro councilmembers pitch $500K grant for abortion access and sex education
Nashville leaders are responding to a total ban on abortions that’s now taken effect in Tennessee. The law is one of the strictest in the country with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Advocates for rape survivors begin lobbying effort to add exceptions to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban
The Sexual Assault Center in Nashville is launching a campaign directed at Republican state lawmakers to allow abortion for rape and incest, even though they’ve shown almost no interest in exceptions to the law.
Vanderbilt makes certain policy changes to ‘mitigate’ harm from Tennessee’s all-out abortion ban
Vanderbilt University Medical Center says it is changing some policies in order to “mitigate” concerns about health and equity created by Tennessee’s abortion ban.
The Cumberland River is degraded. Can Nashville’s 300-acre redevelopment plan help restore it?
Across from downtown Nashville, an industrial area houses asphalt, the Titans stadium and unused space for potentially billions of dollars worth of developments. That area is the “East Bank,” and city officials announced plans this week to redevelop it with special attention to the Cumberland River.
Tennessee technical colleges are now required to partner with local high schools. Here’s what that means for Nashville.
Tennessee College of Applied Technology campuses, or TCATs, will now be required to partner with local high schools to provide early career exposure opportunities to students.
We surveyed every state lawmaker on adding rape and incest exceptions to Tennessee’s abortion law. Only Democrats responded.
A new abortion ban took effect this week in Tennessee. Unlike some other state bans, it doesn’t include any exceptions for rape and incest. We wanted to find out if lawmakers were open to changes, so we asked. But only Democrats were willing to respond.
How doctors carry the greatest legal risk under Tennessee’s total abortion ban
More than 30 years ago, when Dr. Carolyn Thompson chose to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, she had little thought of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
Two months after Roe v. Wade’s fall, Tennessee’s full abortion ban takes effect
It’s Day One of Tennessee’s full abortion ban. Our reporters are on the ground reporting on what that looks like.
One Nashville borrower on what Biden’s student debt forgiveness means for her
Tennesseans carry more than $30 billion in student loan debt. But President Biden’s forgiveness plan announced Wednesday will make a dent in that figure.
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