Representing state Rep. Justin Jones, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to Tennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton that Jones should be "fully reinstated" to all rights, duties and privileges of his office before Gov. Bill Lee's Aug. 21 special session on guns begins.
A mother whose 9-year-old daughter died in the March gun assault at The Covenant School in Nashville is making a video plea for Tennessee lawmakers to act to strengthen state gun laws during an expected special session that Gov. Bill Lee says he will call.
Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee members Saturday adopted a resolution that encourages Gov. Bill Lee to drop his planned Aug. 21 special legislative session where the Republican governor hopes to bolster the state's gun-safety laws despite most GOP leaders' opposition.
Four vehicles in the July 25 crash of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' motorcade in Chattanooga were rented in Georgia and not "government vehicles" as initially described in a Chattanooga Police Department news release.
Republican U.S. Sens. Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee as well as other GOP lawmakers from Tennessee and Georgia condemned the indictment of former President Donald Trump on felony charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the later riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Two top Tennessee Republican House and Senate leaders said Gov. Bill Lee doesn't have support in the GOP-dominated General Assembly to pass his proposed "order of protection" bill to keep firearms from potentially dangerous people.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicle was leading the motorcade taking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a Chattanooga presidential campaign fundraiser when Tuesday's multivehicle accident on Interstate 75 occurred.
A four-vehicle motorcade taking Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a Chattanooga campaign fundraiser was involved in a crash on Interstate 75 south Tuesday morning, Chattanooga police said.
Republican presidential hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to be in Chattanooga on Tuesday for a fundraiser sponsored by local supporters.
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, says he is "100%" convinced the federal government and Pentagon officials are covering up information about unidentified flying objects and unidentified aerial phenomena, known as UFOs and UAPs.
