Gov. Bill Lee's "Tennessee on Me" tourism promotion campaign - a $2.82 million effort offering $250 air flight vouchers for up to 10,000 travelers booking hotel packages to the state - has received about a fifth of the hoped-for takers.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is reaching out to law enforcement officers from New York City to California who are bristling over COVID-19 vaccination mandates, saying they are welcome to come work for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, regardless of their vaccine status.
The Tennessee Republican Party's approval earlier this year of a plan to require that candidates for federal, state and county elected offices pay a fee to run in a GOP primary is generating a case of ethical, as well as political, heartburn for state judges and judicial candidates.
The state's 60-year-old Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute would undergo a massive, $276.52 million renovation under a plan presented by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration to state lawmakers.
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Jason Mumpower announced Monday his office has launched a new website to handle applications from businesses, government entities, schools and employers seeking exemptions from the state's new law that seeks to ban COVID-19 vaccination requirements in many instances.
A far-reaching effort by Tennessee Republican lawmakers to rein in COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccine requirements is now state law after being signed Friday by Gov. Bill Lee.
Tennessee is expected to see nearly $8 billion dollars while at least another $12.2 billion is projected to come to Georgia for projects such as highways, bridges, broadband, airports and clean water under a $1.2 trillion bill expected to be signed by President Joe Biden next week.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he expects to sign a major bill passed by GOP lawmakers that imposes new limitations on how businesses, public schools, local health departments and others grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tennessee state Sen. Mike Bell's announcement that he won't seek re-election next year to the seat he's held since 2010 has prompted one GOP hopeful to declare his bid for the multi-county Senate seat.
Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Mike Bell, R-Riceville, announced Monday he won't seek re-election to his District 9 seat in 2022, ending what will be a 16-year political career in the General Assembly.
