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Politics

State will not defend law that criminalizes public officials casting votes for sanctuary city policies

By Cynthia Abrams

September 8, 2025

Following a legal challenge from the ACLU, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti agrees a law penalizing elected officials is a constitutional violation.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, ACLU, Attorney General, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, Immigration, Jonathan Skrmetti, sanctuary cities, Stella Yarbrough, Tennessee Attorney General, William Lamberth

Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities

By The Associated Press

September 8, 2025

President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing. The grant has helped fund or repair more than 1.3 million affordable units, including 540,000 in rural areas and small towns.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing, LIHTC, rural Tennessee, Trump Administration

Amidst a backdrop of protesters, Rep. Andy Ogles defends ‘One Big Beautiful’ bill at Spring Hill event

By Cynthia Abrams

September 7, 2025

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U.S. Representative Republican Andy Ogles made a rare public appearance this weekend in Spring Hill.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 5th Congressional District, Americans for Prosperity, Andy Ogles, Chaz Molder, Maury County, Medicaid, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Spring Hill

Tennessee appeals ruling against 2 gun laws, saying it caused ‘unnecessary confusion and risk’

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

September 5, 2025

Tennessee officials say a court’s ruling against two gun laws seemingly legalizes children carrying semiautomatic rifles to a recreational league basketball game and drunk adults toting shotguns as they stagger through popular, sometimes crowded areas.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: guns, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Firearms Association, United States Constitution

Tennessee ranks near the top for ICE arrests

By Marianna Bacallao

September 2, 2025

Federal immigration officials are making arrests from within Tennessee jails at a much higher rate than other states. A new report ranks Tennessee second only to Texas in the number of people ICE picks up from jail.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tennessee Highway Patrol

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

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

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody pending criminal trial

By Ximena Bustillo|Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

August 23, 2025

Senator Chris Van Hollen, right, sits with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Salvadorian citizen deported by the Trump administration — in El Salvador on Thursday

The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants after he was arrested and sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, violating a U.S. immigration judge’s 2019 order prohibiting his deportation to his home country.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Immigration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Nashville Pride raises alarm as long-time sponsors pull funding

By Marianna Bacallao

August 20, 2025

The future of Nashville Pride is uncertain as organizers face a more than $300,000 shortfall year-over-year in corporate giving and volunteers.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, lgbt, lgbtq, Nashville Pride, Pride, tnleg, tnpol

Meet the congressional candidates for Tennessee’s special election

By Marianna Bacallao

August 14, 2025

With the filing deadline come and gone, the candidates are set for the Oct. 7 special primary election.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Aftyn Behn, Bo Mitchell, clarksville, Donald Trump, election, Freddie O'Connell, Gino Bulso, Immigration, jan. 6, Jody Barrett, Lee Reeves, Mark Green, Nashville, tnleg, tnpol, Vincent Dixie

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