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Tennessee Lawmakers Discontinue Controversial Fetal Assault Law

Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A one-of-a-kind statute that criminalized drug use by pregnant women is now on track to expire in Tennessee. Blake Farmer of member station...

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Police Arrest Tennessee Elementary School Students Over Off-Campus Fight

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Nashville High Schoolers Train As Baristas To Prepare For The College Grind

It's the afternoon lull at Bongo Java East, and five students from KIPP Academy are tripping over each other behind the counter of this hip Nashville coffee joint, trying to show off what they've...

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East Nashville Festival Celebrates All Things Tomato Art

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Jack Daniel's Heralds A Slave's Role In Its Origin Story

Jack Daniel's is a historic brand built on stories and legend. To this day, all of the whiskey is made in the hills of little Lynchburg, Tenn. And as part of its 150th anniversary, the company is...

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Will Trump Deliver On Promises To Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs?

Copyright 2016 Nashville Public Radio. To see more, visit Nashville Public Radio.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring back manufacturing jobs was attractive, even to...

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Is 'Fred Douglas' Park Named After Frederick Douglass?

Copyright 2017 Nashville Public Radio. To see more, visit Nashville Public Radio . SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Next week, Nashville will observe the correction of what appears to be an 85-year-old typo. Blake...

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Glen Campbell, Country Music Legend, Is Dead At 81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U Singer, guitarist and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Glen Campbell has died at age 81 in a Nashville care facility after a very public struggle with...

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Nashville's Answer To Flood-Proofing Homes? Tear Them Down

This season's massive hurricanes will force communities in Texas and Florida to ask a tough question: How do you make sure homes and businesses never flood again? Since its own devastating flood in...

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Beloved Singer And Songwriter Mel Tillis Dies At 85

Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ELISE HU, HOST: Country star Mel Tillis died yesterday after a long illness. He was 85. Blake Farmer of member station WPLN says the prolific songwriter's road to...

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Religion Takes Spotlight In Final Days Of Nashville Mayoral Race

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Iowa caucuses aren't until February 1, but off-year mayoral races are hitting the home stretch. In Nashville, a campaign focused on...

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Tenn. Lawmakers Worry About Fate Of VW's Chattanooga Plant

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Volkswagen has one plant in the U.S. It's a billion-dollar facility located outside Chattanooga, Tenn. It started cranking out cars in 2011...

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As An Investor, Tennessee Maintains Support For Volkswagen

Copyright 2017 Nashville Public Radio. To see more, visit Nashville Public Radio . DAVID GREENE, HOST: Volkswagen admitted that it did something sneaky. As we've reported, the company put software in...

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When Drug Treatment For Narcotic Addiction Never Ends

Opioids have a stranglehold on parts of the U.S. And where addictive pain medicines are the drug of choice, clinics for addiction treatment often follow. Sometime these are doctor's offices where...

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Veterans React To Opening Of Combat Roles To Women

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: It's been an important week for the military. The Pentagon paved the way for women to officially serve in ground combat jobs. The move opens...

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Amid Economic Recovery, School Districts Desperate For Bus Drivers

There's a school bus driver shortage in districts from Indiana to Florida, and Nashville, Tenn., has one of the most pressing. Nearly a quarter of the city's 550 slots for drivers are unfilled — and...

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'Let's Go Peay': State University Brings Infamous Cheer To March Madness

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: For some college basketball fans, just having a team that makes the NCAA tournament is something to cheer about. Well, for fans of Austin...

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Tennessee Lawmakers Discontinue Controversial Fetal Assault Law

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A one-of-a-kind statute that criminalized drug use by pregnant women is now on track to expire in Tennessee. Blake Farmer of member station...

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Police Arrest Tennessee Elementary School Students Over Off-Campus Fight

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Parents in an elementary school outside Nashville, Tenn., want an explanation. They've waited two weeks to hear why police decided to pull a...

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Nashville High Schoolers Train As Baristas To Prepare For The College Grind

It's the afternoon lull at Bongo Java East, and five students from KIPP Academy are tripping over each other behind the counter of this hip Nashville coffee joint, trying to show off what they've...

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