Criminal Justice & Policing

Metro Nashville motorcycle police photographed on Oct. 22, 2020 at the Belmont University Presidential Debate. (Photo: Metro Nashville Police)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Nashville’s Community Oversight Committee investigating MNPD arrest of minors

Abby Lee Hood - April 1, 2021

Cumberland County Courthouse (Photo: cumberlandcountytn.gov)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Cumberland County settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $1.1M

Anita Wadhwani - March 30, 2021

Evidence collection kit. (Photo: Getty Images)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Bipartisan bill would aid victims, law enforcement in tracking rape kits

Anita Wadhwani - March 25, 2021

Molly Anderson, with husband Joshua, has advocated that text-to-911 be available in every Tennessee county. (Photo: Submitted)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Bill requires local emergency centers to accept texts from 911

Anita Wadhwani - March 24, 2021

New Chief of Police: John Drake, seen here speaking an August 8th Women & Girls Against Racism and Violence/Black Lives Matter protest rally in Legislative Plaza, has been named Metro Nashville Chief of Police.

Criminal Justice & Policing

NOAH calls out Metro Nashville Police for use of excessive force

Dulce Torres Guzman - March 19, 2021

(Photo taken Feb. 3, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Karen Pulfer Focht.)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Commentary: Fighting myths with facts: Why permitless carry is bad news...

Jessie McKinney - March 17, 2021

Vanderbilt University student Jacob Yousief, 21, tinkers with one of his several cars. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Street racing to NASCAR’s renewal: Middle Tennessee enthusiasm for auto sports...

Dulce Torres Guzman - March 8, 2021

(Photo: Darrin Klimek/Getty Images)

COVID-19

Report: Tennessee rural jail expenses climbing

Anita Wadhwani - March 5, 2021

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a permit-less gun carry bill. The bill would allow people to carry a handgun without a permit as long as they are legally allowed by state law. At the same time the governor's bill has created a new set of penalties for those who use weapons to commit crimes. (Photo taken Feb. 3, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee by Karen Pulfer Focht)

Criminal Justice & Policing

Permit-less gun carry bills steamroll through Legislature

Sam Stockard - March 3, 2021

Facial recognition and retinal scanning technology. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Commentary

Analysis: Nashville should ban facial recognition technology

Coleman Harris - February 23, 2021

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Latest News

A group of bachelorettes gather outside bars on Nashville's Lower Broadway.

Power Poll: No statue for Dolly, bachelorettes are lucrative irritant

April 23, 2021

Gov. Bill Lee has stood by an experimental health care block grant approved by the Trump Administration. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Tennessee Justice Center, families file lawsuit over TennCare block grant

April 22, 2021

Latest Commentary

Tennessee State Capitol. (Photo: Ray Di Pietro)

Stockard on the Stump: House Democrats keep Windle from defecting

Commentary April 23, 2021

Rev. Lawrence Richardson of the Linden Hills United Church of Christ (right), offers comfort to Rev. Jia Starr Brown of First Covenant Church (left) at George Floyd Square. Photo by Ricardo Lopez/Minnesota Reformer.

Editor’s column: With Chauvin’s conviction, the arc bent a little further,...

Commentary April 23, 2021

Briefs

Franklin group to mark Juneteenth with first-time public ceremony

Civil Rights Dulce Torres Guzman - April 23, 2021

Shelby County adds mental health training for firefighters

Healthcare Dulce Torres Guzman - April 22, 2021

Memphis minister joins national group calling for end to filibuster

Civil Rights Dulce Torres Guzman - April 15, 2021

Hispanic leaders develop resources to help businesses

Working & the Economy Dulce Torres Guzman - April 14, 2021

School shooting at Knoxville high school leaves one dead

Criminal Justice & Policing Holly McCall - April 12, 2021

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