Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard goes on trial Tuesday. He is accused of using his political positions to make money and obtain financial favors from lobbyists and companies with business before the Alabama Legislature. Hubbard says he is innocent.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore faces removal from the bench over his effort to block same-sex marriage from coming to Alabama despite the U.S. Supreme Court that effectively legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

Georgia's Republican governor rejected the two top priorities of a legislature controlled by his own party this year, defying election year politics in a deep red state.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama legislature on Wednesday voted to decriminalize medicinal marijuana oil possession.

Eight Southeast Tennessee counties are getting targeted federal grants for technical assistance, training and other help for small and emerging rural businesses.

The Republican Primary for a state representative seat is back to a one-person race.

A state senator on Tuesday questioned fellow Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to earmark $30 million for an undisclosed economic development project in Tennessee.

A new chapter opens today on a controversial bill that designates the Bible as Tennessee's official state book.

Six Georgia lawmakers want to create high stakes for businesses now mobilizing against a bill intended to protect same-sex marriage opponents.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley admitted on Wednesday that he made inappropriate remarks to a top female staffer, but he denied accusations that he had a physical affair.

NASHVILLE - A state House panel killed legislation today that would have made it a crime for adults to have unlocked loaded guns accessible to children.

A Tennessee state representative is telling the president of the United States to "shove it" over today's...

Tennessee and Georgia's 2016 political campaign season begins with an early rush with voters here and other Southern states hoping to play key roles in deciding the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.

NASHVILLE -- Saying "enough is enough," a Tennessee lawmaker long critical of Islam is calling gunman Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, whose shooting rampage last week left five U.S. military servicemen dead in Chattanooga, a "jihadi" and charging top state officials with having "skirted around the issues of security from terrorism in Tennessee."

NASHVILLE -- Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Tennessee and across the country is coming under fire from former Sen. David Fowler, who as a Republican lawmaker from Signal Mountain spearheaded the movement to pass a 2006 amendment to the state constitution banning such recognition.

MURFREESBORO U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais learned recently that he's cancer-free, he said during a Monday phone interview.

NASHVILLE — One week after his campaign announcement, Republican Grant Starrett's 4th Congressional District effort is sitting on "over $504,000," including $250,000 the Murfreesboro attorney kicked in, according to Starrett's finance consultant.

He still takes issue with Volkswagen's neutrality toward labor unions, but Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, said Thursday he will back Gov. Bill Haslam's proposed $165.8 million incentive package for the auto manufacturer's Chattanooga plant expansion.

NASHVILLE - Dozens of abortion rights protesters entered the state Capitol this afternoon shouting "My body. My choice!" as Tennessee lawmakers convened for the 109th General Assembly.

Watch Saxby Chambliss deliver his goodbye speech to the U.S. Senate.

Voters in Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District will get to see their congressional candidates debate after all.

U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., today announced he has been diagnosed with early stage cancer in his neck. He said in a news release he will undergo radiation and chemotherapy and is expected to make a full recovery.