Attorneys for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee have fired a letter off to a Connecticut-based analytics firm's head, warning that the nonprofit insurer is weighing suing the data firm over its report alleging overpayments to some providers in the state's health plan.
President Donald Trump's roster of speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention includes U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and a Georgia state Democratic representative, Vernon Jones, who became an outcast in his own party for endorsing Trump.
With some Tennessee lawmakers raising objections to being sidelined as Gov. Bill Lee issues executive orders addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, a special legislative panel met for the first time Thursday to discuss how they can provide more oversight and possibly impose new restrictions on Lee's use of emergency powers.
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams was one of 17 "rising stars" who jointly delivered a video keynote speech during Tuesday's National Democratic Convention with Abrams and others praising Democratic nominee Joe Biden while issuing a scathing rebuke of Republican President Donald Trump.
When the University of Tennessee football team kicks off in late September, the 102,455-seat Neyland Stadium will be three-quarters empty, UT athletic director Phil Fulmer said Tuesday.
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Marquita Bradshaw said Monday that Republican rival Bill Hagerty's "type of division and hatred" isn't what Tennesseans want to see in their next senator.
Tennessee State Rep. Mike Carter, who has been hospitalized in intensive care with a coronavirus infection, says he is starting to feel better.
State Democrats said Monday they hope to make political gains in fall elections against the Tennessee General Assembly's House and Senate Republican super majorities in hopes of having more impact on policy.
Tennessee state Rep. Mike Carter, an Ooltewah Republican, was hospitalized Sunday in the intensive care unit of Erlanger hospital, where the former Hamilton County judge is fighting a coronavirus infection, colleagues confirmed Sunday night.
Expecting a deluge of absentee mail-in ballots come November, a top U.S. Postal Service official has warned election officials in 46 states - including Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama - that the agency can't guarantee coronavirus-weary voters their mail-in ballots will arrive in time to be counted in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
