A U.S. House Republican effort to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from renaming Georgia's Lake Lanier and Buford Dam — both of which are named for men who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War — could be headed soon to the U.S. House floor.
Nearly 175 bills passed this year by Tennessee lawmakers take effect Saturday, but the fate of two of the new laws are now before judges, and the outcome remains uncertain.
Gunfire was the 10th leading cause of death among Tennesseans in 2021 and reached "record highs," according to a report released Monday by the Sycamore Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
You can add country music singer-songwriter John Rich to the list of those opposing Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's expected Aug. 21 special legislative session to revise the state's order of protection law following the March 27 shooting at a private Nashville elementary school that left three children and three adults dead.
Tennessee is expected to reap a $419 million bonanza as its share of a $17.3 billion multistate settlement with opioid manufacturers Teva and Allergan as well as pharmacies CVS and Walgreens, state Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.
The indictment of former President Donald Trump by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from hundreds of classified documents seized from his Florida home has Tennessee and Georgia Republicans and Democrats seeing red and blue.
Ownership of the writings of the Nashville school shooter is being transferred to the families of students at the school, an attorney representing the shooter's parents said Thursday.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga officials are seeking a 3% boost in tuition and mandatory fees from the UT System's Board of Trustees for the 2023-24 academic year.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential nomination, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Tennessee Republican Party's annual Statesmen's Dinner fundraiser July 15.
A new study estimates Tennessee children have a 1 in 8 chance chance of being abused by the time they reach adulthood, with the report also revealing huge and sometimes life-long economic costs associated with abuse, neglect and exposure to drugs.
