The Tennessee Senate on Monday easily approved a bill sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, allowing legislators to decline being named to serve on local business improvement district boards as ex-officio members.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday announced he has named Stephen Smith as the new director of the $12.1 billion TennCare Medicaid program, which provides health coverage to 1.4 million low-income residents.
Overall numbers of Hamilton County voters who cast early ballots in the upcoming Super Tuesday presidential primary dropped slightly from 2016, but local Democrats' turnout soared nearly 50% and actually topped the total number of GOP voters in the Republican county, state figures show.
The effort to end mandatory vehicle emissions testing programs in Hamilton County and four Middle Tennessee counties took a major step this week after state officials submitted scientific documents to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in hopes of winning approval.
Flanked by fellow Republicans, Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday announced he will push legislation to allow most adult Tennesseans to carry handguns without having to undergo training or criminal background checks.
A proposed Tennessee constitutional amendment sponsored by Rep. Patsy Hazlewood that gives crime victims a greater role in the judicial process is drawing concerns from the American Civil Liberties Union-Tennessee.
A coalition of Tennessee prosecutors suing national opioid manufacturers says its case is again moving forward after the state Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear companies' appeal in the Interstate 75 corridor opioid lawsuit.
Hamilton County's state legislators on Monday presented a resolution honoring the late Bill Bennett, who served 22 years as the county's property assessor and before that as a county commissioner.
Tennessee Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Bill Hagerty on Monday stressed his close ties to President Donald Trump during a speech to a Hamilton County GOP group.
Chattanooga State Community College is among four colleges from across the country to earn nationally prestigious "Leader College" status in recognition of reforms fueling steady improvements in student success.
