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NashVillager Podcast: George Holloway

By Nina Cardona

August 27, 2025

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Who was George Holloway? Plus, the local news for August 27, 2025.

Filed Under: Education, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

Cracker Barrel brings back old logo after public outcry, plea from Trump

By Marianna Bacallao

August 26, 2025

Cracker Barrel is changing its logo back to the iconic man and barrel after the company’s new, more minimalist design sparked outcry from fans — and the White House.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Cracker Barrel, Donald Trump, Lebanon, MAGA

What to know about Elon Musk’s Nashville tunnel project

By Marianna Bacallao

August 26, 2025

Here’s everything we know so far about the Boring Company’s proposed “Music City Loop” in Nashville.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Elon Musk, Freddie O'Connell, Justin Jones, Metro Nashville, Music City Center, Nashville International Airport, The Boring Company, tunnels, xAi

WPLN discusses: Unanswered medical questions after execution of Byron Black

By Catherine Sweeney

August 26, 2025

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Byron Black’s legal team is still trying to figure out what caused the pain he displayed during his execution.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Byron Black, death penalty, executions, lethal injection

NashVillager Podcast: Cumberland River traffic

By Nina Cardona

August 26, 2025

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How did steam-powered paddleboats help make Nashville a logistics hub? Plus, the local news for August 26, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

In America’s EV battery belt, Kentucky is next test for the UAW

By Lisa Autry, WKU Public Media

August 26, 2025

The BlueOval SK plant is located off I-65 in Glendale, KY.

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.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, BlueOval SK, electric vehicles, Labor unions

The ACLU’s sanctuary city lawsuit is exploring a settlement. Here’s why the group challenged the law.

By Cynthia Abrams

August 25, 2025

Nashville Metro Council October 2023
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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.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration, sanctuary cities, sanctuary city, Stella Yarbrough, William Lamberth

NashVillager Podcast: Remembering some national champs

By Tony GonzalezandNina Cardona

August 25, 2025

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Does winning matter in Middle Tennessee? Plus, the local news for August 25, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

A marsh bird found in Tennessee wetlands is endangered. FWS is drafting a plan.

By Caroline Eggers

August 25, 2025

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.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Birds, conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wetlands, wildlife

Justice Department won’t defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional

By The Associated Press

August 24, 2025

Banners for the presidential debate hang from a building on the campus of Belmont University.

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.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, Hispanic-Serving Institution, Students for Fair Admissions

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