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After Years Of Surging, Nashville Homes Prices Start To Plateau

Nashville-area home prices have cooled significantly. New data compiled by local real estate agents show prices are still going up, but only by a fraction of what they were in previous years.

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The Tennessee Education Savings Account.

That’s the name of the school voucher program proposed by Gov. Bill Lee during his first State of the State address.

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It's time to find out which pieces have triumphed in the first round of voting.

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Students from Belmont University prepared a performance of Alan Hovhaness's chamber work Khaldis for a performance last fall. And they were able to bring the full work to Studio C.

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A rare, segregation-era school building near downtown Nashville will likely be demolished to make way for a new home to an arts-centric high school.

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Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation Thursday expressing support for Israel, in a ceremony held after the resolution was supported unanimously in the state Senate.

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Nashville-area home prices have cooled significantly. New data compiled by local real estate agents show prices are still going up, but only by a fraction of what they were in previous years.

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The lower chamber of the Tennessee General Assembly has passed one of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in the country.

The so-called “Heartbeat Bill” was approved Thursday in the state's house of representatives on a party-line vote. But members of both parties still express concern about its legality. 

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Long before Nashville Police Officer Andrew Delke stands trial on a murder charge in the 2018 fatal shooting of Daniel Hambrick, a tug-of-war is underway to try to shape public perception of the case.

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Gov. Bill Lee wants to nearly double the size of TennCare's fraud unit.

He proposed the expansion during this week's State of the State address as part of a way to cut health care costs.

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Some Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly are not giving up on a proposal to close the state’s primaries.

Last week, a bill that would’ve required party registration in order to vote in state primaries, was overwhelmingly defeated. But a watered-down version is moving ahead. 

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