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More than 2,000 monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Tennessee. Now what?

By Blake Farmer

July 26, 2022

Access to the monkeypox vaccine remains limited in Tennessee, despite more than 2,000 doses being delivered to the state.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: monkeypox, vaccine, Vaccines

Tennessee leads a multi-state lawsuit against Biden’s ban on LGBTQ discrimination

By Marianna Bacallao

July 26, 2022

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery is leading a lawsuit along with 21 other states challenging new nondiscrimination policies.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News

Here’s the arguments for and against the charter amendments

By Anna Gallegos-Cannon

July 26, 2022

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Nashville Banner President and Editor Steve Cavendish breaks down the four charter amendments on the August 4 ballot in Davidson County.

Filed Under: News Hits, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2022

Private takeover of struggling Houston County hospital approved by Tennessee AG

By Blake Farmer

July 26, 2022

Beau Braden

The Tennessee Attorney General has signed off on the sale of Houston County’s hospital to private investors in a letter dated July 19. The buyer, Florida-based Braden Health, has been snapping up several distressed or closed hospitals in the state.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Braden Health, Erin, Houston County, James Bridges, Tennessee Attorney General

Tennessee’s gun laws can be complicated. Here are some of the basics.

By Damon Mitchell

July 26, 2022

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There are all sorts of firearms that you can legally own in Tennessee. Many of them fall into two categories: semi-automatic and fully automatic. Other firearms can be described as bolt-action, lever-action, pump-action and break-action.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: firearms, gun control, Gun culture, gun laws, guns

With fewer trees and more concrete, Nashville is heating up. What’s the plan?

By Caroline Eggers

July 25, 2022

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Humans seem to instinctively understand the problem of too much concrete and not enough trees. Typical science fiction portrays dystopias as grey scapes of massive buildings, while magical fairylands are almost always green with towering trees. In a nutshell, this grey-green divide reflects the temperature, and often race and wealth, of communities.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: heat, heat wave, study

The fallout over Hillsdale College, charter schools and Tennessee school districts, explained.

By Damon Mitchell

July 24, 2022

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In the last month, three proposed charter schools affiliated with the conservative Michigan-based Hillsdale College were rejected by Tennessee school districts. Here’s a timeline of what happened, and what it could it mean for Hillsdale’s shaky partnership with the state.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: American Classical Education, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Hillsdale College, Jackson-Madison County School System, Rutherford County Schools, Tennessee Public Charter School Commission

A Tennessee man who scaled a wall to enter the US Capitol on Jan. 6 found guilty

By Marianna Bacallao

July 22, 2022

Three images from Jan 6. captured from Matthew Bledsoe's social media

A Tennessee man who climbed his way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6. has been found guilty for his role in the insurrection.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: insurrection, U.S. Capitol

WeGo’s downtown terminal named after first female bus driver, who always went ‘full throttle’

By Paige Pfleger

July 22, 2022

WeGo’s main bus terminal downtown has a new name — the Elizabeth Duff Transit Center. It’s named after the first African American female bus driver in Nashville.

Filed Under: History, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: bus service, MTA, transit, WeGo

He championed all books and created a ‘sanctuary’ for patrons. Now, Nashville Public Library’s director is headed for his next chapter: retirement.

By Jackie Llanos

July 22, 2022

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Nashville Public Library Director Kent Oliver is retiring on July 22 from his post after a decade. Under his leadership, the library has taken a stance as a beacon for intellectual freedom by challenging state and nationwide efforts to ban books.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: libraries, Nashville Public Library

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