Gov. Bill Lee is defending his new $2.82 million "Tennessee On Me" tourism promotion effort against criticisms, predicting the program will generate a "great return on investment."
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and 36 other attorneys general have filed an antitrust suit against Google's app store, alleging the global tech giant maintains an illegal monopoly on distributing apps for its Android operating system used by most smartphones.
A state administrative law judge on Tuesday closed to the public and news organizations access to an informal hearing on the Tennessee Department of Children's Services' summary suspension of a Chattanooga shelter for unaccompanied migrant children.
$2.8 million promotion criticized as state ends unemployment benefits early for people who live here
Likely Tennessee Republican primary voters are nearly as supportive of Republican Gov. Bill Lee as they are of former President Donald Trump, according to a new political survey released last week by an independent polling firm.
Republican lawmaker criticizes other elected officials over 'shameful' use of children as pawns
A Chattanooga shelter for migrant children closed down last week as state officials suspended the license for the federal contractor that ran the operation, according to a state senator who serves on a special legislative committee studying the matter.
Facing threats by some fellow Republicans in the legislature to abolish or "reconstitute" Tennessee's Department of Health after it conducted outreach to minors encouraging them to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Bill Lee indicated Wednesday his administration will work through parents going forward.
Woman asserts free speech rights, says law against offensive configurations is vague and unconstitutional
Tennessee officials are optimistic that a nearly four-year-long effort to end mandatory car-and-truck emissions testing programs in Hamilton County and four mid-state counties will receive final U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval in late August, allowing for testing to end 120 days later - in December or early January 2022.
