Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery is on the hunt for a fraudster or fraudsters who tried to scam consumers with text messages saying the recipient is eligible for government coronavirus funds.
Tennessee doctors, nurses and other medical professionals presented Gov. Bill Lee's administration a 5,400-signature petition Friday urging the governor to drop his executive order that lets parents and guardians of K-12 students opt their children out of local school mask requirements.
A new Vanderbilt University School of Medicine health policy report released Thursday found hospitalization increases more pronounced in Tennessee than any previous time during the pandemic.
President Joe Biden has directed U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to weigh legal action against six more Republican governors, including Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, that the president says are trying to prevent local school districts from imposing COVID-19 mask requirements for students to help thwart the spread of infections.
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee's new executive order seeking to allow parents with students in Metro Nashville and Shelby County schools to opt their children out of local COVID-19 mask-wearing mandates is falling flat so far with leaders in the two counties.
U.S. Reps. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, and Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, have teamed up to sponsor a congressional resolution honoring the bravery and legacy of a dozen Black students known as the "Clinton 12."
Tennessee Republican senators and congressmen are pillorying President Joe Biden over his decision to abruptly withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, decrying the chaos and accusing him of refusing to acknowledge any blame on his part during Biden's national address Monday.
Mandatory vehicle emissions testing will no longer be required in Hamilton County and four other Tennessee counties starting in mid-January after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval to a years-long effort to end the program aimed at curbing nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide pollutants.
Gov. Bill Lee and fellow Tennessee Republicans are showing interest in making Nashville the center of the political universe in 2024 with a possible bid to land the Republican National Committee's presidential nominating convention.
A $1.2 trillion national infrastructure plan shaped by a bipartisan group of lawmakers that cleared the U.S. Senate this week would provide an estimated $7.55 billion for Tennessee in areas ranging from highway and bridge replacement and repair to public transportation, clean drinking water and airports.
