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Politics

Tennessee legislation pushes for recycling overhaul amid looming landfill closures

By Pierce Gentry, WUOT

February 20, 2025

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Every year, Tennessee sends nearly one million tons of recyclable materials worth $150 million to its landfills, contributing to a growing waste crisis. One state lawmaker is turning to a solution that’s been used in Europe since the 1990s: Extended Producer Responsibility, or EPR.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, EPR, extended producer responsibility, landfill, Recycling

Supermajority podcast honored by National Press Foundation

By WPLN Staff

February 19, 2025

A panel of judges with the National Press Foundation has selected WPLN Senior Reporter Meribah Knight and the “Supermajority” podcast to receive the inaugural Reporting on Women in Politics Award.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Awards, supermajority

NashVillager Podcast: Roads and civics? Yes. Tax breaks? No.

By Nina Cardona

February 12, 2025

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How is Gov. Bill Lee dividing up state spending in his proposed budget?

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, state budget, What Where Whens-day

Deciding who can and can’t work: Professional licensing boards in Tennessee

By Katherine Ruppelt

February 11, 2025

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Roughly one in five American workers need a professional license to do their job. Professional licensing boards both grant and can revoke those licenses.

Filed Under: Politics, Programs Tagged With: state law, Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, Vanderbilt University Law School

Housing, childcare and conservation: TN Gov. Bill Lee unveils new priorities

By Marianna Bacallao

February 10, 2025

During his annual State of the State address, Lee laid out next steps for his administration — and touted the results of a special session last month.

Filed Under: Environment, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, conservation, Duck River, Immigration, school vouchers, state of the state

Under Trump, DOJ withdraws support for transgender youth in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court

By Marianna Bacallao

February 8, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice notified the high court Friday that the U.S. is now backing the state of Tennessee and its ban on care.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics Tagged With: ACLU, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

How TN Republicans could overturn a landmark SCOTUS immigration case

By Marianna Bacallao

February 6, 2025

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Tennessee schools would be able to refuse undocumented students, under a new proposal from Republican leaders in the statehouse. The measure goes against U.S. Supreme Court precedent by design.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, ACLU, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, immigrants, Immigration, Rutherford County Schools, Supreme Court, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students, William Lamberth

Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care

By Geoff Mulvihill, AP

February 4, 2025

Individuals who say they have been denied care since he signed it last week filed a lawsuit in a Baltimore federal court on Tuesday. They’re joined by a group of families of LGBTQ+ people and a medical organization.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Donald Trump, gender-affirming care, transgender

This Nashville asylum seeker faced prison for a tweet. Trump’s executive order jeopardizes his future.

By Rose Gilbert

February 4, 2025

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The family came to Nashville as asylum seekers about two years ago. Now, they are among thousands facing an uncertain future.

Filed Under: from Nashville to Erbil, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, asylum, Donald Trump, Immigration, Nashville Kurds, Turkey

Despite deportation fears, this DACA recipient and Nashville business owner hopes for a future here in America

By Char Daston

January 31, 2025

A man in a blue coat sits at a table in a coffee shop. Light shines in from a glass wall behind him.
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Luis Cortes owns four Red Bicycle Coffee shops. He’s lived in this country for almost 25 years. But he still must plan for what happens if he’s deported.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: DACA, DREAM Act, dreamers, illegal immigration, Immigration

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