Andy Sher

Voters in parts of Hamilton County go to the polls Tuesday, where local officials project low turnout in the Tennessee House District 29 special primary election - with neither Republican Greg Vital nor Democrat DeAngelo Jelks facing opposition in their respective party primaries.

Republican businessman Greg Vital of Georgetown received $77,400 in political contributions during the first 17 days of July in his special election bid for the Hamilton County-based state House District 29 seat, according to the latest filings with the state.

A bronze bust of Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed from the Tennessee Capitol building on Friday.

The nonprofit group that operated a Chattanooga shelter for unaccompanied migrant children is suing the state of Tennessee to get its license reinstated.

The bust of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a 43-year fixture in Tennessee's Capitol that has spurred anger and protests since its 1978 arrival, is leaving the building.

After successfully pressuring Republican Gov. Bill Lee's administration and state health officials to back away from encouraging minors to seek coronavirus vaccines without parental permission, two top GOP lawmakers on Wednesday redirected their focus to Tennessee schools and universities.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has tapped businessman and longtime Republican activist Oscar Brock for a newly created role as the city's director of intergovernmental relations.

This week could mark Confederate cavalry general Nathan Bedford Forrest's final charge with a state panel scheduled to vote on whether to give final approval to removing the long-controversial 44-inch bust of the untutored military genius, former slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan leader from its perch of honor inside Tennessee's Capitol.

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a heart-and-lung transplant surgeon who represented Tennessee for a dozen years in Washington, is calling on state government leaders to "unambiguously lead" and combat the state's low vaccination rates for the coronavirus, as well as to "stand by" science — or risk losing public trust.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is reporting he hauled in $684,900 in campaign cash during the first half of this year for his 2022 re-election effort.

Tennessee Health Department officials on Thursday released a memo outlining their justifications for firing the state's top vaccination official, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, who was fired Monday after lawmakers objected to a state policy of encouraging teens to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Legislative Democrats on Wednesday criticized Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee over the firing of the state's immunization director over outreach to youth to get coronavirus vaccines.

Republican businessman and entrepreneur Greg Vital of Georgetown has reported raising $21,000 so far in the special Tennessee House District 29 race, while Democrat DeAngelo Jelks of Ooltewah has raised $10,700.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is calling the surge in migrants attempting to cross the U.S. southern border an overwhelming crisis and security risk following the Republican's weekend trip to visit 300 Tennessee National Guard members engaged in supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations in Texas.

Legislative Democrats called Friday for the immediate removal of the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest - Confederate general and first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan - from the Tennessee Capitol building after a required waiting period for the action expired earlier in the day.

Gov. Bill Lee is defending his new $2.82 million "Tennessee On Me" tourism promotion effort against criticisms, predicting the program will generate a "great return on investment."

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and 36 other attorneys general have filed an antitrust suit against Google's app store, alleging the global tech giant maintains an illegal monopoly on distributing apps for its Android operating system used by most smartphones.

A state administrative law judge on Tuesday closed to the public and news organizations access to an informal hearing on the Tennessee Department of Children's Services' summary suspension of a Chattanooga shelter for unaccompanied migrant children.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's $2.8 million plan to provide thousands of $250 travel vouchers to attract visitors from other states is finding a rocky landing with critics of his policies on unemployment and other issues.

Likely Tennessee Republican primary voters are nearly as supportive of Republican Gov. Bill Lee as they are of former President Donald Trump, according to a new political survey released last week by an independent polling firm.