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· WKRN Tennessee lawmakers push new legislation to end state grocery tax· WKRN ‘We can’t move on’: Families seek answers, justice nearly a year after deadly AES explosion· WKRN East Tennessee woman seeks $10M after spending nearly 6 months in jail over AI facial-recognition error· WPLN Genealogy: Family history is American History - WPLN News· Tennessee Lookout More GOP lawmakers break with Trump on Iran as gas prices keep climbing· WPLN News Lawsuit over Cheekwood zoning expands as legal wrangling continues· Tennessee Lookout US House leaves for campaign break without action on AI, affordability· Tennessee Lookout Bill to set rules for college sports clears first procedural vote in US Senate· WPLN News The Nashville Vibe: Music City’s new women’s pro basketball team unveils name· WPLN News Nashvillager Podcast: AI’s inscrutable future· WKRN Dangerous heat ramps up through the weekend· Nashville Scene Critic's Pick: 'What Is the Shape of Your Soul?' - Nashville Scene· Nashville Scene Critic's Pick: River Swing Feat. The Jack Wharff Band - Nashville Scene· Tennessee Lookout New TBI agents ‘embedded’ with Memphis Safe Task Force· Tennessee Lookout Die casting manufacturer announces $10.3M investment, 100 jobs in Madison County expansion· WKRN Tennessee lawmakers push new legislation to end state grocery tax· WKRN ‘We can’t move on’: Families seek answers, justice nearly a year after deadly AES explosion· WKRN East Tennessee woman seeks $10M after spending nearly 6 months in jail over AI facial-recognition error· WPLN Genealogy: Family history is American History - WPLN News· Tennessee Lookout More GOP lawmakers break with Trump on Iran as gas prices keep climbing· WPLN News Lawsuit over Cheekwood zoning expands as legal wrangling continues· Tennessee Lookout US House leaves for campaign break without action on AI, affordability· Tennessee Lookout Bill to set rules for college sports clears first procedural vote in US Senate· WPLN News The Nashville Vibe: Music City’s new women’s pro basketball team unveils name· WPLN News Nashvillager Podcast: AI’s inscrutable future· WKRN Dangerous heat ramps up through the weekend· Nashville Scene Critic's Pick: 'What Is the Shape of Your Soul?' - Nashville Scene· Nashville Scene Critic's Pick: River Swing Feat. The Jack Wharff Band - Nashville Scene· Tennessee Lookout New TBI agents ‘embedded’ with Memphis Safe Task Force· Tennessee Lookout Die casting manufacturer announces $10.3M investment, 100 jobs in Madison County expansion
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Genealogy: Family history is American History WPLN News

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A lawsuit filed in June against Metro has now added Cheekwood Botanical Garden as a defendant.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before voting in this year’s midterm elections ends […]

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politics11h ago

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday moved forward on a sweeping bipartisan bill that would set national standards for college athletes’ compensation. The measure breezed through its first procedural vote that needed 60 senators to advance, 74-24. The legislation is the latest congressional push to overhaul the college sports landscape, which continues to wrestle with […]

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sports17h ago

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The Nashville Vibe is the name of the city’s new women’s professional basketball team. It’s the sixth team to join the UPSHOT league, which launched in May 2026 with four franchises across the Southeast. Hundreds gathered at Vanderbilt University’s Memorial Gym on Tuesday for the team name and logo reveal. The free public event featured […]

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Do we really know what’s at stake with AI? Plus, the local news for September 16, 2026.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — We hit 100 Tuesday in Nashville and today was not much different. We hit 99 tying the record high of 99 set back in 2019. A Heat Advisory continues for most areas in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky through 8 p.m. Saturday. High temperatures will reach the middle to upper 90s [...]

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Critic's Pick: 'What Is the Shape of Your Soul?' Nashville Scene

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Critic's Pick: River Swing Feat. The Jack Wharff Band Nashville Scene

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The state is pouring $9 million this year into a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation task force given wide-reaching authority across the state, including working with the Memphis Safe Task Force. The legislature set up an eight-member board with the power to initiate investigations and funded 32 positions for the agency’s new group, including agents, supervisors […]

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A Michigan-based die casting manufacturer plans to move into a vacant Madison County facility, investing $10.3 million and pledging to create 100 jobs, the company and Tennessee’s economic development arm announced Tuesday. ArtiCast Jackson will manufacture aerospace, defense and automotive components using high-pressure die casting equipment at the former Pace Industries facility in Jackson. The […]

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First Peek: Noko Yaki Nashville Scene

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WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]

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Four in 10 pediatricians reported kids in immigrant families are avoiding coming in for healthcare out of concerns around immigration status, according to a new survey published Tuesday. More than 1,600 pediatricians responded between April and June to the survey by American Academy of Pediatrics researchers. In the survey, pediatricians were asked whether over the […]

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News 2 has uncovered unexpected ties between a prostitution and human trafficking bust in Columbia and both campaigns for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Gallatin Corridor Makeover Coming This Winter Nashville Scene

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WASHINGTON — The cost of U.S. military operations in Iran has exceeded $40 billion and the war will continue to cost taxpayers between $2 billion and $3 billion per month, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The ongoing bombing campaign, which President Donald Trump launched alongside the Israeli government […]

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Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools. “The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab, described what is happening nationally. “When there are fewer young people, obviously it’s going to change the shape of public education,” Roza said. […]

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politics1d ago

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will revoke limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that run on coal and natural gas, according to regulatory documents Administrator Lee Zeldin signed Monday. The administration framed the action to repeal 2024 limits on greenhouse gas emissions from virtually all power plants other than wind, solar or hydro-powered […]

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