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On February 20, 1998, Gannett acquired the Nashville Banner and promptly ceased its operations. Since that moment, the number of journalists in Nashville has declined by over 66%, despite the city and its neighboring regions experiencing significant expansion. Action is needed. In light of this, the Nashville Banner will make a comeback in 2020 as a non-partisan, nonprofit civic news organization. Our goal is to wrap up our initial fundraising by summer so we can start publishing online later this year.

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Rev. Matt Steinhauer: Pastor and Advocate

4 days ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Haruch

Rev. Matt Steinhauer was among the dozen or so clergy who interrupted a House committee meeting earlier this week by reciting the Lord’s Prayer. He was eventually escorted out by Tennessee State Troopers. What brought Matt to the Cordell Hull State Office Building that day was a belief that public education is for everyone, and that the bill under consideration β which would allow school districts to turn away or charge tuition to undocumented children β goes against the teachings of Jesus.
Families face challenges getting answers to prison deaths

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steven Hale

Just after midnight on Feb. 9, Connie Debriel received a call from the chaplain at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, the CoreCivic prison where her 25-year-old son Matthew Woodyard was incarcerated. “I regret to inform you but your son passed away,” the man said. Shocked, she asked what had happened. Debriel had spoken to her son on the phone just several hours earlier. The chaplain said he didn’t have details. She asked if he was sure he had the right person. He said yes or he wouldn’t be calling.
Nashville property reappraisal values pending

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott

Some attentive Nashvillians were taken by surprise this week when they checked their property values on the county’s Parcel Viewer site. Though results of the quadrennial countywide property reappraisal process have not been formally released, new values were showing up online with significant but mostly expected increases registered for residential and commercial properties.
Court confirms transit referendum's validity in Tennessee

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Connor Daryani

The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that while Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit referendum can mostly go forward as planned, using surcharge funds to purchase land for housing and parks will not be permitted.
Metro Council's Tuesday Meeting: Housing, Libraries, and More

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott

Metro Council’s relatively brief Tuesday meeting resulted in a grab bag of items. The council approved the $2.1 million purchase of property on 28th Avenue North for a new Hadley Park library branch, funding for which was included in Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s late-2024 capital spending plan. The resolution was approved as part of the consent agenda, meaning there was no discussion.
Controversial Tennessee education bill might wait until 2026

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

A proposed bill that would allow school districts to charge tuition for or deny public education to undocumented children may be delayed until next year as funding questions loom. The bill, which scraped by in the state Senate last week, may not get a final vote in the House until next year as even those who conceptually support the measure question its fiscal impact behind the scenes.
Tennessee Lawmakers Weigh Dissolving Human Rights Commission

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to dissolve the state’s Human Rights Commission, a move which staff and previous commissioners believe may be tied to the commission’s ousted vice chair. The bill would end the independent board of appointed commissioners who handle discrimination complaints about employers, housing providers and others who make decisions based on factors like race, gender or disability.
Metro Council meeting: Affordable housing, library construction

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Stephen Elliott

The Metro Council meets on Tuesday night. Be prepared with our rundown of the agenda:RS2025-1142: This resolution would approve an intergovernmental agreement between Metro and the East Bank Development Authority. The document would govern the work the newly established authority is overseeing on the East Bank. The sponsor is seeking a one-meeting deferral. RS2025-1147: In 2019, the Metro Council conveyed 15 surplus parcels to The Housing Fund for the Nashville Community Land Trust.
NEH funding termination's impact on Middle Tennessee

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Haruch

When Humanities Tennessee announced that its grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities had been terminated, it sent shockwaves through Nashville’s literary community. NEH funding, which amounts to about $1.2 million annually, supports programming that includes the Southern Festival of Books and the book review site Chapter 16. In the wake of the news, other NEH grantees around Middle Tennessee checked their inboxes and their spam folders, relieved to find no such termination notice.
Andrew Leeper and Will Minkoff of Nashville Severe Weather

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Haruch

Middle Tennessee weather can be unpredictable — and dangerous. When things get iffy, a trio of “suburban dads” keeps the information flowing. But once the watches turn to warnings, they really get serious: That’s when they start livestreaming on YouTube, tracking storms in real time and letting their audience know when to shelter and when it’s safe to carry on. Nashville Severe Weather started as a Twitter account to keep locals informed of potential rainouts and worse.