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Cynthia Abrams
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Metro Reporter, WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN)
Nashville
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Biography
Cynthia Abrams covers Metro for Nashville Public Radio. She grew up in Eugene and Portland, Oregon and moved east after graduating from Whitman College. Cindy comes to Nashville from central Virginia, where she covered the courts at Rappahannock News. She was WPLN’s digital news intern in 2021 before joining the station full-time as a newscast and digital producer last year. She started covering the Metro government in the fall of 2023.
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Content
By Cynthia Abrams Verified| WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN) Verified While politicians nationwide are seeing a stark partisan divide in their approval ratings, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s is sitting high at 67%. That’s the finding in a new poll from Vanderbilt University, released Friday. O’Connell’s rating took a small hit from last year — just six months into his term, his rating sat at 71%. The poll shows differences along party lines: 83% of Democrats approve of O’Connell, while just 44% of Republicans do.
By Cynthia Abrams Verified| WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN) Verified Two significant decisions regarding Nashville General Hospital have been finalized. On Tuesday, Nashville’s Metro Council allocated $10 million to help the hospital maintain its current level of operations for the remaining fiscal year amid delayed state dollars and other financial challenges unearthed in an internal audit released in February. That audit was tied to another item on the council’s agenda — a settlement of nearly $900,000 to former CEO Joseph Webb following his recent resignation.
By Cynthia Abrams Verified| WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN) Verified As the Trump administration slashes federal funding, Nashville has been bracing for its impact. Metro has filed suit — along with six other cities and 11 nonprofits — over two transportation and infrastructure grants that were put on pause. Now, Metro’s Public Health Department is the latest feeling the impact, after three federal health grants were canceled.
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WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
+1 615-760-2903