Tennessee's unemployment compensation trust fund paid out a quarter billion in jobless benefit claims during April to workers idled during the coronavirus pandemic as pressures mount on a once-$1.2 billion pool that was already below federally recommended solvency levels.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday his administration intends to wrap up mass coronavirus testing of all state inmates by the end of next week and plans to start focusing on minority communities by moving on to high-density, low-income urban settings such as public housing.
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and several fellow Senate and House Republicans have introduced legislation to rename a street outside the Chinese embassy in Washington after Li Wenliang, a Wuhan-based doctor silenced by authorities for his public warnings about the new coronavirus' dangers before Chinese health authorities acknowledged the threat.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander is calling on top congressional leaders to take President Donald Trump's administration up on its offer to provide rapid COVID-19 testing to the 100 senators and 435 House representatives.
Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Tuesday that while her department brought on another 230 people last month to help with critical contact tracing of people exposed to the coronavirus, the department is looking to bring on an unspecified number of additional workers in coming days.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday that the first 300,000 cloth masks from Renfro Corp., a Mount Airy, N.C. global designer and distributor with a Cleveland-based manufacturing and distribution facility, will be delivered to county and municipal health departments this week.
NASHVILLE - At least four of Tennessee's 31 district attorney generals say they won't prosecute anyone charged with criminally violating Gov. Bill Lee's coronavirus-related executive orders impacting businesses.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Friday the state is launching mass COVID-19 testing for all prison inmates and staff in its system following test results at a privately operated state prison revealed half of 2,450 people there tested positive for the coronavirus.
Gov. Bill Lee thanked President Donald Trump for his provision of aid to Tennessee during the coronavirus pandemic during a White House event on Thursday, saying it boosted assistance for seniors.
The Tennessee General Assembly's home in a massive, 11-story office building located in downtown Nashville is scheduled to reopen Monday for the first time since March 23, when the building closed amid concerns over the growing coronavirus pandemic.
