From Nextdoor drama and TikTok bans to broadband access and beyond, here’s a look at Middle Tennessee’s internet footprint

Our digital editor’s who’s-who list of folks to follow in the Nashville social media sphere

In April, Tennessee banned Chinese-owned apps from use on public college campuses — and further restrictions could be coming

Abolfazli uses social media as a tool for real-world connection and action

Talking to research scientist Mike Caulfield about his method for separating online fact from online bullshit

Nashville goes online to sort out neighborhood issues

In a post-pandemic world, internet access is increasingly an essential utility

Nashville’s new congressman has become a local embarrassment and a national liability

With national attention trained on Tennessee, the state legislature passed laws punishing Metro and restricting gender-affirming care — but nothing on gun control

The legislature adjourned without heeding the governor’s calls for gun reform

Nashville tries to fight back against anti-Metro legislation

The legislature passed bills related to third-grade reading, ESAs and school safety — but not guns

Legislators took aim at gender-affirming care for youth and HIV prevention funding, renewed their commitment to abortion ban

The state budget shows where the Republican supermajority’s true priorities lie

Facing a housing crisis and an opioid epidemic, many Nashvillians struggle just to survive

Exploring environmental activism, water quality, living alongside urban wildlife and more

When it comes to getting diverse groups outdoors, Unearthing Joy meets folks in their own communities

‘The best thing you can do for these animals is just leave them alone’

Wary of discharge in waterways, environmentalists are raising pollution concerns and trying to block a new sewage facility

A word on disinfectant byproducts and an update on lead pipes

As one local expert notes, small-scale actions won’t offset the massive harm being done by corporate polluters

Analysis: From drag bans to slashing the Metro Council, this legislative session has seen a slate of bills aimed at Davidson County

The future of Belle Meade Plaza rankles a city that cares about the past

Establishing stronger multilingual and multicultural infrastructure would enrich the city

Back in the Eastern Conference, Nashville’s team opens the 2023 regular season this week 

Following Nashville SC’s German-born player — a star on and off the pitch

This year, the Republican supermajority plans to focus on infrastructure, punishing Metro Nashville and culture-war issues

With his proposed Transportation Modernization Act, the governor wants to add lanes to existing highways through public-private partnerships

The department commissioner wants supplemental funding in part to increase bed capacity for kids without homes

State Republicans are using this legislative session to target the LGBTQ community

Republicans are making good on the threats to get their pound of flesh from Nashville

Proposed legislation focuses on increased punishment and tweaks to the state’s execution protocol

More than 350,000 Tennesseans are expected to lose TennCare coverage, and attempts at abortion protections are arising

Education-related legislation this session will include third-grade retention, ESAs and more culture-war issues

From the mayoral race to independent local venues, potential development of the East Bank, TennCare coverage and more, here are eight stories to keep an eye on this year

Cooper eyes ‘Nashville’s next great neighborhood’ as negotiations with the team continue

With a campaign finance disclosure deadline closing in, the field for Metro elections is taking shape

Keeping an eye on the education sector, from how schools are funded to the books that students are allowed to read

What we know about Tennessee’s efforts to replace Jon Robinson

More than 350,000 Tennesseans are expected to lose coverage in the first post-pandemic renewal process

Remembering some of the irreplaceable Nashville figures we lost in 2022

Remembering Yusef Harris, Clare Corson Armistead, Irene Jackson Wills and more

Remembering James C. Gentry, Art Quick, Paul Hoolahan and more

Remembering Lee Wiedhaas, Joe Biddle, Ralph Emery and more

Remembering Vernon Winfrey, Honey Alexander, Barbara Jean Norman Haynes and more

Remembering T.B. Boyd III, Earl Swensson, Janice Walker Wendell and more

Nashville was home to an iconic theme park like no other in the country. Then it was shuttered for ‘no compelling reason.’

With her family’s signature dish now a global sensation, the longtime matriarch behind Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack is a cultural ambassador for Music City

From legislative lunacy to ‘Insurrection Barbie’ and beyond, here’s our 33rd annual list of bloopers and blunders