Acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer and author Kelly Lang is celebrating the release of her new album, Jealous Green Eyes, a must-hear collection for fans of the iconic singer.
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The Boring Company announced it will hold a hiring event next week to expand its Nashville workforce as construction continues on the Music City Loop
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A federal database confirmed this week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will open a new call center in Nashville, Tennessee, after launching a process to accept proposals from the public last year.
The confirmation came despite the confusion that came after The Tennessee Lookout reported last Friday that a federal database indicated the call center would actually be established in Adams, Tennessee, despite ICE recruiting personnel in Nashville. According to the outlet, the database was updated by Friday to show the call center would be established in Nashville.
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The Tennessee Transportation Modernization Board unanimously approved DriveTN on Wednesday as the private-sector partner for the I-24 Southeast Choice Lanes project, clearing the way for what state officials call America’s largest interstate choice-lanes public-private partnership with an estimated price tag of $9.2 billion. The decision comes after the passage of the Transportation Modernization Act three years ago in 2023.
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An affidavit of complaint filed by a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) trooper on Wednesday claims the driver of the vehicle that struck 11 members of the Milligan University cycling team, killing two, did not attempt to engage his brakes prior to the crash. It also alleged that law enforcement detected the odor of marijuana at the scene.
Milligan University acknowledged the accident on Wednesday, confirming sophomore students Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers were fatally struck by the vehicle, while other members of the university’s cycling program were receiving treatment at Johnson City Medical Center for serious injuries they sustained.
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Congress could pass a law that converts the treasuries into marketable treasuries, and then are sold to the Federal Reserve or phased through Treasury or a new government vehicle in exchange for cash that is delivered to the Treasury — which are then used to buy a non-voting stake in the S&P 500.
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Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, and Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Star, criticized local Nashville news outlets for a “total and complete media blackout” surrounding The Star’s recent legal victory securing access to records related to the 2023 Covenant School shooting.
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Former Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) teacher Samira Hardcastle is calling on educators to speak publicly about problems she says she witnessed firsthand in the district, including students struggling with basic academic skills and pressure on teachers to prioritize testing and district policies over student needs.
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would support term limits for members of Congress, noting its popularity, but stated that elections themselves serve as term limits.
The discussion surrounding term limits has reignited recently following the ailments and deaths of a U.S. senator and House members, several of whom have been accused of concealing their true health status from constituents.
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The recently released EdChoice “Schooling in America” survey finds that 56 percent of parents believe K-12 education is on the wrong track. Indeed, too many traditional American public schools are failing to fulfill their role.
Parental unhappiness is certainly understandable, given that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), aka the “Nation’s Report Card,” showed that in 2024, 12th-grade students scored their lowest in reading and math in decades.
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