Former Tennessee state Rep. John DeBerry, a socially conservative lawmaker who lost his Nov. 3 re-election bid after being barred by the state Democratic Party from running again under the party's label, has joined Republican Gov. Bill Lee's cabinet as a senior adviser.
NASHVILLE - As governor in the 1970s and 1980s, he helped birth Tennessee's now-flourishing automotive manufacturing sector while also putting public education on the nation's front burner.
NASHVILLE - State lawmakers from Hamilton County have named Rep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, as chair of the seven-member local delegation to the state Capitol, an apparent historic first for a woman.
Before resigning his $161,000-a-year job following an investigation into alleged sexual harassment, then-Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Hodgen Mainda was supplementing his state pay with consulting fees, records show.
Retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says he expects an additional $69 million for the Chickamauga Dam Lock replacement in Chattanooga if the U.S. Senate's version of a major energy and water spending bill clears Congress with the years-long project possibly completed as early as 2023.
Former Sen. Bob Corker blasts Trump, and 'reckless actions by him and his legal team'
While one lawmaker in the Tennessee House Republican Caucus race dropped his bid against a top GOP leader, Rep. Robin Smith of Hixson says she is continuing her challenge to current Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison when Republicans meet Tuesday.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, announced Monday that a bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee includes $189.1 million to construct a new federal courthouse to replace the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Chattanooga.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee on Monday became the third Republican senator to announce he opposes economist Judy Shelton's nomination by President Donald Trump to be a governor of the Federal Reserve Board, saying he has reservations about her willingness to maintain the board's independence.
While Tennessee's violent crime figures fell 8.4% overall during the first seven months of the coronavirus pandemic, gun-related violent crimes rose 25% and aggravated assaults with a firearm jumped more than 40%.
