In fundraising pleas on Twitter, a hopeful in the Tennessee 4th Congressional District's Democratic primary is raking up years-old controversies involving Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais while also asserting that COVID-19 endorses the congressman.
NASHVILLE - As Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee deliberates privacy concerns about identifying COVID-19 patients for law enforcement, the head of the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association weighed in last week with a letter to Lee calling the information "vital to our first responders."
As he continues relaxing Tennessee's COVID-19 restrictions, Gov. Bill Lee announced Friday that the state beginning late next week will remove capacity caps on restaurants and stores as well as allow movie theaters and even "large attractions" to reopen.
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission members on Friday named Bobby Wilson as the new head of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the state agency overseeing fish and wildlife as well as habitats and enforcement of game laws.
State officials on Friday will launch their latest venture into wide-scale COVID-19 testing of vulnerable Tennesseans with a focus on an estimated 12,500 people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities served through state programs.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has named Brandon Gibson as his administration's new chief operating officer, replacing Butch Eley who recently became Lee's finance commissioner.
Gov. Bill Lee says that while Tennessee is making progress on the coronavirus health front, the economic outlook here remains "disastrous" and he wants more flexibility from Washing
NASHVILLE - Hamilton County's COVID-19 testing will be expanded as a result of a half-million-dollar federal grant, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, announced Tuesday.
The coronavirus dealt Tennessee revenues a major blow in March and April, but the worst is yet to come and additional budget cuts are coming, state officials warned Tuesday.
Gov. Bill Lee's administration on Monday said that Tennesseans who refuse to heed bosses' orders to return to work at now-reopening businesses risk losing unemployment insurance benefits they have been receiving during the coronavirus pandemic.
