Hundreds of Tennessee towns, cities and local governments will be able to apply starting April 30 for their share of the state's one-time $200 million infrastructure and COVID-19 relief emergency funding, Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday.
A statewide network of faith, community and labor organizations is urging Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to invoke his emergency powers and suspend what it is calling "overly restrictive state laws" on local government officials to give them more authority to address the coronavirus pandemic.
Glad-handing is definitely out. So are crowds, most public appearances and certainly in-person political campaign fundraisers.
While Hamilton Countians and fellow Tennesseans began curbing their movements in the days since the state's first coronavirus case appeared here on March 10, a recent jump in travel across many areas of the state helped convince Gov. Bill Lee last week to finally issue a stay-at-home order.
Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday he is signing a new executive order requiring Tennesseans to stay at home unless they are conducting "essential activities," citing data showing an increase in residents' movements across the state.
Tennessee physician and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Thursday joined the effort to persuade Gov. Bill Lee to issue a strict "stay-at-home" order to help quell the rising number of coronavirus pandemic cases here.
With Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear calling on residents in his state to avoid traveling to Tennessee because of differences in their respective COVID-19 responses, Gov. Bill Lee is pointing to what he says is the Volunteer State's more aggressive virus testing.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday afternoon the state is preparing for a "surge" of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and seeking to bring "thousands" of additional hospital beds online as well as staffing and supplies to prepare for it in the next 3 1/2 weeks.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday announced state officials will begin releasing county-specific information on the coronavirus' impacts, including the number of deaths.
NASHVILLE - A Franklin, Tennessee, physician is sharply criticizing Gov. Bill Lee's "safer at home" coronavirus executive order issued Monday, calling it "weak leadership" that is generating public confusion.
