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Learn More About Human Trafficking and Homelessness
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Metro’s Office of Family Safety defines human trafficking the following way: “Human trafficking happens when one person uses or exploits another person for their own personal gain.”
Back to School
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What Metro Nashville Public Schools Faces This School Year
As school heads back into session for the 2026-27 year, Metro Nashville Public Schools faces a number of new challenges, opportunities and mandates that affect students, teachers and families. From new laws from the state legislature to increased state spending on vouchers to new school start times and a giant budget, MNPS starts the year with a bevy of things on the slate. Here are a few of the larger items facing the district:
MNPS Makes Adjustment to School Start and End Times
After community input and surveys to families last year, Metro Nashville Public Schools will start this year with a new schedule. Start and end times for elementary, middle and high school will now be staggered, with later start times for high school and elementary and no change to the middle school schedule.
Hoboscopes: August 12, 2026
Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained trash can repairman, or a registered hot sauce brand.
Remembering the Legacy of Steve Lindstrom
I remember thinking: who is this middle-aged man who looks like he just came out of a business meeting but has endless energy for outreach?
Q&A with Kaycee Ensign
Ensign currently serves as the Housing Policy Manager working in Metro’s Housing Division, which is part of the Planning Department.
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Zodiac Killer Project is a true-crime doc about true-crime docs
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The Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the well-informed cinephiles who read Moving Pictures will know that David Fincher’s “Zodiac” (2007) is one of the best movies of the century.
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Gadd: ‘Strong communities are built through participation’
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First-term Councilmember Brenda Gadd was elected in 2023 and represents District 24.
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Learn More About the Nonprofit Industrial Complex: Part 2
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We have to recognize that there is a vast difference amongst nonprofit organizations, and their funding mechanisms are extremely diverse.
Hoboscopes
Hoboscopes: March 25, 2026
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Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained allergist, or a certified piracy consultant.
