With major outbreaks of coronavirus erupting now at an Athens nursing home as well as an earlier, even deadlier wave sweeping a Gallatin facility in late March, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced plans Wednesday to start mass testing all 700 or so long-term care facilities in Tennessee.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he plans to allow barbershops as well as hair and nail salons to reopen starting in a week.
One of my favorite sayings from a politician comes from the late Tennessee House Speaker Pro Tem Lois DeBerry.
State Department of Correction officials announced Tuesday that mass coronavirus testing is underway for all state inmates housed at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, with 93 inmates testing positive so far for COVID-19 at the privately-run Middle Tennessee prison.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration has implemented a general hiring freeze on vacant positions except for "mission critical areas" as the state braces for the economic fallout of the coronavirus on state revenues.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee attended and spoke at a mass drive-in church service on Sunday near his home in Franklin, a Nashville television station reported over the weekend.
NASHVILLE - President Donald Trump on Friday issued a Tennessee disaster declaration freeing up federal assistance for Hamilton, Bradley and six other counties slammed April 12 and April 13 by heavy storms and tornadoes that killed four Southeast Tennesseans.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he plans to allow restaurants in 89 of Tennessee's 95 counties to open at 50% capacity on Monday, with retail businesses able to open up at half capacity on Wednesday.
Tennessee is expected to receive some $3.66 billion in federal funding under the massive congressional responses to the nation's coronavirus pandemic and economic woes, according to Gov. Bill Lee's administration.
Gov. Bill Lee has signed a letter formally asking President Donald Trump to issue major disaster declarations for Hamilton, Bradley, Marion and six other Tennessee counties struck by Easter Sunday's deadly tornadoes.
