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January 12, 2026: Places worth saving
One beloved barn is about to be torn down, but nearly a dozen Tennessee historic courthouses are getting money for rehabilitation efforts. Plus, the …
5 months, 1 week ago
January 9, 2026: If you don’t have your health…
Medical providers in Tennessee are licensed and monitored by a variety of oversight boards. Whether or not those groups are doing their job well depe…
5 months, 1 week ago
January 8, 2026: Not all bills become laws
The legislative session is about to start. Some of the measures lawmakers submit will be thoroughly debated and voted into law. Some won’t really cro…
5 months, 1 week ago
January 7, 2025: Downtown, take two
Nashville’s central core has been through ups and downs that should inform the way the city’s newest neighborhood is designed. Plus, the local news f…
5 months, 1 week ago
January 6, 2026: Tennessee zinc
Last month’s announcement of an investment in Tennessee zinc operations is big for the state and big for the nation. Plus the local news for January …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
January 5, 2026: The Nashvillian who tried to kidnap the Kaiser
In the aftermath of World War I, a Nashville man with unbelievable self-confidence sparked a diplomatic incident that reads like fiction. Plus the lo…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
December 31, 2025: Christian Nationalism in the Tennessee statehouse
A newly filed bill in Tennessee’s General Assembly cites lots of scripture and asks lawmakers to take an explicitly pro-Israel stance. Plus the local…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
December 30, 2025: Tennessee dinosaurs
Why aren’t there more dinosaur bones in Tennessee? There are some Cretaceous Period remains in the Volunteer State, but it was the Ice Age that left …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
December 29, 2025: A Tennessee White House
Every President and First Lady does something to make the nation’s executive mansion their home. For the Polks, it was almost puritan customs, a key …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
December 26, 2025: A deadly loophole
For the holiday episodes, we’re doing a look back at our colleague’s best work. This one by WPLN’s Catherine Sweeney features criminal justice report…
5 months, 3 weeks ago