Tennessee among worst states on political engagement, study reports
Tennessee is among the worst states in the country when it comes to political engagement, according to a new study that ranks the Volunteer State as the sixth least engaged.
Tennessee Gov. Lee, first lady in quarantine after coronavirus exposure from security detail staffer
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he is taking "very seriously" his and first lady Maria Lee's exposure to the coronavirus and both are now in self-imposed quarantine after a member of his security detail tested positive earlier in the day for COVID-19.
Absentee mail-in votes surge in Hamilton County, at least 7,717 ballots already cast amid COVID-19 concerns
With Tennesseans poised for early voting to start Wednesday in the Nov. 3 presidential election, at least 7,717 Hamilton County residents have already cast their votes through absentee mail-in ballots.
As Georgians kick off early voting for Nov. 3 election, Tennessee braces for Wednesday start
Georgia early voting kicked off Monday with long lines in what is likely to become the largest vote in state history in a Nov. 3 general election headlined by a historic presidential race and two U.S. Senate contests, one of them a special election.
Proposed Chattanooga candidates’ debate canceled after Republican incumbents say no
An effort by the League of Women Voters of Chattanooga to host campaign debates with congressional and state legislative candidates has been canceled after the four Republican incumbents declined to participate.
Tennessee Sen. Blackburn tests negative for COVID-19 after traveling with President Trump to debate
Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn has tested negative for COVID-19 after announcing on Friday that she would get tested and maintain her social distance after traveling earlier this week aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who later tested positive for the coronavirus.
Man convicted in 2001 killing of Hamilton County deputy Donald Bond dies on death row
A convicted Tennessee cop killer, housed on death row for nearly 27 years in the 2001 ambush murder of a Hamilton County deputy, has died of apparent natural causes, the state Department of Correction announced Thursday.
Hamilton County fires elections administrator amid investigation
State election coordinator asks Rep. Hakeem for specifics on alleged local voter-suppression practices
Tennessee getting first shipment of 133,000 rapid COVID-19 tests for K-12 schools
Tennessee is getting its first 133,000 of a projected 2 million rapid point-of-care coronavirus test kits, capable of producing results in the field within 13 to 15 minutes, officials say.
Gov. Lee lifts restrictions on businesses, large gatherings in Tennessee’s non-metro counties, extends coronavirus state of emergency
Gov. Bill Lee says he is lifting COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and other gatherings in 89 of the state's 95 counties beginning Wednesday, while also extending Tennessee's state of emergency order in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
