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Domestic violence survivors in Tennessee will now be able to track their abuser's movements ahead of their trial...

...The new law is named for Marie Varsos and her mother, Debbie Sisco... ...That’s because of the Debbie and Marie Domestic Violence Protection... ...Assembly, domestic violence, gun violence, tnleg, tnpol... ...Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General...

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Nashville's transit plan is nearly 100 pages. Here are 3 things you might have overlooked.

...Duff Transit Center in downtown, the Hillsboro Transit Center, and... ...the not-yet-open North Nashville Transit Center.... ..., Burton Hills, Antioch, Hermitage, White Bridge, West End, Dickerson... ..., Bellevue, Donelson, the East Bank, Madison, Nolensville, Skyline...

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Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations

...Black public university, Tennessee State University.... ...Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation... ..., slavery, Tennessee State University, tnleg, tnpol, TSU, Tyre Nichols... ...including Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton....

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Metro Arts chooses interim executive director in parliamentary quagmire

...former Community Education Commission director Mary Beth Harding... ...Its commission appointed Paulette Coleman as its interim executive... ...With: Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Paulette... ...Coleman Char Daston is a reporter and newscast writer for WPLN....

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Tennessee limits access to child autopsy reports following push by Covenant families

...Deborah Fisher, the executive director of the Tennessee Coalition... ...This bill was backed by many Covenant parents, who wanted to keep... ...General Assembly, child welfare, Covenant School, school shooting... ..., special session, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, tnleg...

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As Nashville has grown, so have its economic disparities, latest report shows

...been an increase of people living in poverty, according to a Metro Social... ...Social Services.... ..., poverty rate Cindy Abrams is WPLN’s metro reporter.... ..., Growth, growth and development, metro, Metro Social Services, poverty...

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This Nashville nightclub wants to normalize sustainable partying

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As protests consume college campuses, where's the line between safety, free speech?

...of New York to President Biden to House Speaker Mike Johnson.... ...York City, where protests at Columbia and New York University have... ...He is the chancellor at Vanderbilt University.... ..., Gaza, Palestine, protest, protests, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University...

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Tennessee's tumultuous legislative session concludes after final flurry of action on education, guns and spending...

...John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, was one of them.... ...As it passed on the House floor, Majority Leader William Lamberth... ...Assembly, John Ray Clemmons, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth Blaise... ...He previously worked for The Florida Channel and WTXL-TV....

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Despite outcry over seclusion at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill...