Kendra Abkowitz on pursuing renewable energy, resilience hubs, community feedback and more

Taking a look at Tennessee’s Burns Village & Farm, the co-housing agrihood aiming for a 2024 launch

A quick look at two local companies aiming to offset carbon emissions

Taking a look at the primary races for judicial seats, school board seats and the district attorney’s office

Incumbent DA Glenn Funk faces challengers Sara Beth Myers and P. Danielle Nellis

Nashvillians vote May 3 for a slate of judicial candidates. But why is it so difficult to know whom to vote for?

14 candidates are vying for school board seats in districts 2, 4, 6 and 8

Ahead of the team’s third MLS season, we explore GEODIS Park

From humble beginnings, the TSU professor authors textbooks and mentors doctoral students across the country 

The Nigerian immigrant and engineering expert serves as chair of Nashville’s Parent Advisory Council 

Activists, developers and city officials are trying to tackle the affordable housing crisis in a variety of ways. Will it be enough before 2030?

Student activists, the Youth Poet Laureate, banned books, our first student essay contest and more

Read pieces by the winners of our inaugural student essay contest, presented with The Porch Writers’ Collective

Certain adults don’t want students reading these books — so put them on your reading list

University School of Nashville junior Sheerea Yu hopes her poetry will effect change

Speaking to student activists about why they get involved with causes like child hunger and climate justice

Student members of the school board on censorship, empathy and more

Meet the locals fighting to keep the memory of the United States Colored Troops alive

Through a pandemic and a change in ownership, shopkeepers in the iconic downtown shopping mall continue to hang on

From municipal infrastructure to arts funding and late-night dining options, here are 33 ideas to make Nashville better

With the legislative session underway, we look at where state lawmakers are taking redistricting, education, criminal justice reform and more

What to expect as state lawmakers settle in for the next few months

With Republican lawmakers carving up Nashville’s congressional district, state Democrats can only find recourse in the courts

State lawmakers aim to overhaul how Tennessee funds education, push for COVID-related vouchers and meddle with local school districts

Legislators and advocates are seeking significant changes to Tennessee’s sentencing laws

A new variant is surging, but the state is no longer under a designated emergency period

Looking at the potential impact of changes in Music City’s midsize-venue ecosystem

More than a year-and-a-half before the 2023 election, here’s a look at some of Mayor John Cooper’s potential challengers

With the legislature returning this month, will state leaders land on a successful new formula?

New directors, new initiatives and maybe even a new department will affect how Nashville addresses housing and homelessness over the next year

With the star player’s contract running out after this season, how will the Nashville Predators move forward?

Talking with founder-director Nicole Minyard and artist A.M. HASSAN about the newly christened Daybreak Arts 

Will Nashville reelect its incumbent district attorney or choose someone new to be the city’s top prosecutor?

Commemorating some of the irreplaceable Nashville figures we lost this year

Remembering Marc Boyer, Penny Felts, Frederick S. Humphries and more

Remembering Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton, Thelma Harper, Cornelia Clark and more

Remembering Ben Rechter, James Cheek III, Alice Pearson Chapman, Patricia C. Frist and more

Remembering Charlie Anderson, Floyd Reese, Josh Evans and Van Heflin

Remembering LaQuita James, Albert Davis, Jason Reynolds and more

From the brand-new to the new-to-us, here’s a lineup of local gems we fell for this year

From gubernatorial screw-ups to homegrown insurrectionists and MAGA madness, here’s our 32nd annual list of blunders and bloopers

From beer thievery to alleged Taco Bell arson, here are some Nashville boneheads arrested this year for Boner-worthy behavior

After a long and remarkable career, the Meharry Medical College president is at the forefront of Nashville’s battle against the pandemic  

Our thank-you letters to the nonprofits, activists, workers and friends who make Nashville special

Thanks to you, after 40 years, the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue is out of the Capitol

To the ticket-takers, concession workers, projectionists, ushers and cleanup crews who make moviegoing possible

The local organization helps people in our community when they’re in need

MNPS teachers and staff have been maintaining an extremely difficult but important job