At least $17.58 million in medical provider overcharges were approved by third-party administrators of Tennessee's State Group Insurance Program over a three-year period, according to a private data firm's preliminary examination of $748 million worth of payments on professionals' claims.
Provision upsetting Tennessee prosecutors removed from state protest crackdown bill
Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston is raising objections with local legislators over a state Republican House leader's bill to allow Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery step in if local prosecutors decline to pursue criminal charges against protesters amid civil unrest.
Tennessee legislators return to the state Capitol Monday for a special session in which Republican majority lawmakers hope to resurrect previously failed efforts to pass a measure to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits except in cases of "gross negligence or willful misconduct."
After unexpectedly winning Tennessee Democrats' contest for U.S. Senate last week, Marquita Bradshaw has already made history as the state's first Black woman nominee for statewide office.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty, a Republican from Gallatin, and Marquita Bradshaw, a Democrat from Memphis, will face off in November in a race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.
After months of listening to political candidates speak or in some instances shout, Tennesseans get their say Thursday as polls open across the state for state and federal primary contests and some county general elections.
The Hamilton County Health Department is warning people who attended last week's Lincoln Day Dinner event, whose attendees included Republican U.S. Senate rivals Bill Hagerty and Manny Sethi, that they may have been exposed to COVID-19.
Former congressman draws fire, saying Hagerty 'hires young girls to show up in short skirts'
Governor had been criticized for plan to leave data release to local districts
