Fair warning to lead foots and boozy drivers: Tennessee safety officials are expanding their traditional "I-40 Challenge" during the Thanksgiving holiday period to go beyond Interstate 40 and include Interstate 75 for stepped-up enforcement for speed and alcohol laws.
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger Page announced Monday he plans to retire in August after serving a decade on the state's highest court.
It's wasn't like U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, were the best of buds anyway.
NASHVILLE — Tennessee and Alabama Republican U.S. senators split Wednesday night vote on a temporary funding measure aimed at keeping the federal government running and avoiding a shutdown until early January as the Democratic-run Senate and GOP-led House continue to wrangle over their differences.
Chattanooga City Council Member Demetrus Coonrod made it official Wednesday, declaring her candidacy for Tennessee's House District 28 seat and setting up a Democratic primary race with three-term incumbent Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, of Chattanooga.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, on Tuesday was one of a few Chattanooga-area lawmakers to support a two-step, stop-gap bill to avert a federal government shutdown.
Tennessee House Finance Committee Chair Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, says she doesn't know exactly how talk started that she won't seek reelection.
Chattanooga City Council Member Demetrus Coonrod says she is challenging state Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, D-Chattanooga, in next year's House District 28 Aug. 1 Democratic primary.
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, is pushing back against criticism of lawmakers exploring the possibility of rejecting federal financial support of public schools and replacing the money with state funds.
A special Tennessee legislative working group Monday held the first of five planned meetings to explore the feasibility and implications if the state were to reject nearly $1.9 billion a year in federal K-12 dollars.
