NASHVILLE - State auditors say a Cleveland, Tennessee-based nursing home chain "improperly" submitted $1 million in unallowable home office expenses, a list that included marketing charges as well as alcohol, "parties" and overseas trips on company cost reports used to calculate Medicaid reimbursement rates.
Chattanooga Mayor Berke holds off for now, cites 'public trust'
Pop superstar Taylor Swift entered Tennessee's debate over over Confederate figures honored at the state Capitol on Friday afternoon in a 10-tweet barrage lambasting the continued presence of a bust of Confederate general and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest.
The state Senate on Thursday passed legislation to make it more difficult for Tennesseans to sue businesses, hospitals, schools, universities and nonprofit groups over COVID-19 if the entities are following public guidelines related to the disease.
Tennessee senators on Thursday approved a revised $39.4 billion budget for the fiscal year that will start July 1 which eliminates previously promised pay raises for teachers, most state workers and higher education employees.
A Tennessee legislative bill that proponents say would have blocked pharmacy benefit managers from reaping financial benefits from a federal drug-pricing discount program intended to help nonprofit hospitals and health centers serving low-income communities is dead for the year.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday the state is resuming distribution of free face masks treated with an anti-microbial chemical after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weighed in on a controversy over their safety and said the masks are safe for people to use.
NASHVILLE - Two new polls show most Tennesseans support being able to vote by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic even as state Attorney General Herbert Slatery appeals a Nashville chancellor's ruling that expands absentee voting by mail to all 4.1 million of the state's registered voters.
Bill eliminates requirement for Gov. Bill Lee to sign a proclamation, but keeps the honor in place for the Confederate general and early KKK leader
The legislation is not likely to progress, as Senate speaker's office says, 'It has not and likely will not appear on a committee calendar'
