In an effort to ease guard shortages at Tennessee prisons where nearly half the positions are vacant, Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday he is boosting starting pay for correctional officers by a "competitive" 37%.
Tennessee Republican Party leaders have decided for now to drop judges and judicial candidates from a rule they adopted earlier this year that requires GOP candidates running for office to pay the party a fee to run in primary elections, state party Chairman Scott Golden said.
Partisan elections will be on tap for Hamilton County school board contests going forward.
Saying local school board members across Tennessee aren't fairly compensated for the time they spend on an important and demanding job, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, said Friday he is introducing a "pay equity" bill requiring board members receive the same salaries and benefits as people serving on county commissions or other local governing bodies.
Republican cites high school football championships where his son was playing
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued his first executive clemencies to 17 people on Thursday, a list that includes the full exoneration of a Grundy County man convicted of a 2006 murder that later evidence revealed he did not commit.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear a case that resulted in blocking Tennessee's "fetal heartbeat" law, which seeks to criminalize abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected - as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower announced Wednesday he has suspended authority for nearly 70 businesses, universities, hospitals, governmental authorities and other employers to impose COVID-19 vaccine requirements on workers following preliminary rulings by federal trial court judges in Kentucky and Louisiana.
Gov. Bill Lee asked to consider $15.86 million in pay increases to boost recruitment
As the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's first gas tax approaches in 2024, state government officials here are warily looking down the road at how financing for highway and bridge construction, improvements and repairs will fare in an age when vehicles are powered increasingly by electricity.
