Gov. Lee: Abortions included in Tennessee ban on non-emergency surgeries amid COVID-19 outbreak
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday his COVID-19 executive order barring "non-essential" medical procedures would also apply to elective abortions.
Tennessee Gov. Lee says COVID-19 impacts ‘not going to be over by Easter’
While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. economy to "open" back up by Easter Sunday, Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday that with the potentially deadly COVID-19 virus continuing to spread here "the impacts in Tennessee are not going to be over by Easter and we're planning for a long runway in both the economic impacts and the medical impacts."
Tennessee Lottery temporarily closes in-person prize claim centers, offers alternatives due to COVID-19
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Lottery is temporarily closing its in-person prize claim centers at its Nashville headquarters as well as its district offices across the state amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Tennessee health centers, local governments to receive $2 million for COVID-19 response
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday it is awarding $2.02 million in coronavirus-related grants to 29 health centers across Tennessee.
TVA donating 50,000 masks to health care professionals due to COVID-19 outbreak
NASHVILLE -- The nation's largest government-owned electric utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced today it is donating 50,000 N95 masks to help state agencies and health professionals cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tennessee Gov. Lee creates COVID-19 Unified Command to address health, economic responses to pandemic
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Monday he is establishing a "COVID-19 Unified Command" to streamline coordination among health and emergency officials to combat what he called "not only a health crisis but an economic crisis."
Minnesota lieutenant governor’s brother is second in Tennessee to die of COVID-19
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan says her older brother, Ron, died Saturday in Tennessee from COVID-19 complications, Minneapolis television station WCCO reported Monday morning.
Tennessee Gov. Lee issues new order banning social gatherings of more than 10; restaurants and bars limited to take-out service
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a new executive order Sunday banning social gatherings of 10 people or more, while also prohibiting on-site consumption of food or drinks at restaurants, bars or similar establishments.
2,000 physicians sign Tennessee petitition asking Gov. Lee to issue ‘stay in place’ order to slow COVID-19 spread
More than 5,200 physicians so far have signed a Tennessee Medical Association-organized online petition asking Gov. Bill Lee to strongly consider issuing a mandatory shelter-in-place order as five other states, including Texas, have done.
Retired Tennessee Court of Appeals Chief Judge Herschel Franks dies
Retired Tennessee Court of Appeals Chief Judge Herschel P. Franks, a Signal Mountain attorney whose 42-year tenure on the bench was one of the longest in state history and whose landmark 1976 decision opened the way for ministers to serve in the state Legislature, died Thursday.
