Andy Sher

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Thursday she is hopeful as U.S. Senate and House leaders begin discussions on a long-stalled second COVID-19 relief package, but the Tennessee Republican warned she opposes some provisions in the $908 billion compromise proposal offered up by moderate congressional Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

Retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, used his Senate farewell address on Wednesday to urge Republican and Democratic colleagues to work across the aisle as he has and "put country before partisanship and personal politics."

Legislative Republicans want to place new restrictions on Tennessee governors' ability to extend emergency orders to address the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future health crises, saying extensions should require the General Assembly's specific approval.

Former Tennessee state Rep. John DeBerry, a socially conservative lawmaker who lost his Nov. 3 re-election bid after being barred by the state Democratic Party from running again under the party's label, has joined Republican Gov. Bill Lee's cabinet as a senior adviser.

NASHVILLE — As governor in the 1970s and 1980s, he helped birth Tennessee's now-flourishing automotive manufacturing sector while also putting public education on the nation's front burner.

NASHVILLE — State lawmakers from Hamilton County have named Rep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, as chair of the seven-member local delegation to the state Capitol, an apparent historic first for a woman.

Tennessee House Republicans chose to maintain the status quo this week as GOP Caucus members unanimously renominated House Speaker Cameron Sexton, reaffirmed William Lamberth as majority leader and retained Rep. Jeremy Faison as caucus chairman after his spirited election contest with Rep. Robin Smith of Hixson.

Before resigning his $161,000-a-year job following an investigation into alleged sexual harassment, then-Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Hodgen Mainda was supplementing his state pay with consulting fees, records show.

Retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says he expects an additional $69 million for the Chickamauga Dam Lock replacement in Chattanooga if the U.S. Senate's version of a major energy and water spending bill clears Congress with the years-long project possibly completed as early as 2023.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said Friday that while there is a "right way" to contest an election such as seeking recounts or taking vote fraud allegations before courts, he thinks President Donald Trump and his allies are crossing a line in trying to persuade election officials or lawmakers to reverse the outcome of the election.

While one lawmaker in the Tennessee House Republican Caucus race dropped his bid against a top GOP leader, Rep. Robin Smith of Hixson says she is continuing her challenge to current Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison when Republicans meet Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, has found a new target in an ongoing crusade against China, charging that ceremonial "sister city" cultural partnerships between U.S. and Chinese cities "may be Beijing's newest political weapon."

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, announced Monday that a bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee includes $189.1 million to construct a new federal courthouse to replace the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Chattanooga.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee on Monday became the third Republican senator to announce he opposes economist Judy Shelton's nomination by President Donald Trump to be a governor of the Federal Reserve Board, saying he has reservations about her willingness to maintain the board's independence.

While Tennessee's violent crime figures fell 8.4% overall during the first seven months of the coronavirus pandemic, gun-related violent crimes rose 25% and aggravated assaults with a firearm jumped more than 40%.

Three former top GOP leaders in Tennessee said Thursday it's highly unlikely President Donald Trump can win re-election and his administration should immediately begin providing Democrat Joe Biden and his team transition support and national security briefings.

A top Tennessee House Democrat on Wednesday sharply criticized Republican Gov. Bill Lee's refusal to acknowledge Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 presidential election, charging the governor's "bogus claims" about uncertainty are "undermining an entire electoral process."

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says it's "not clear" who won the presidential election, leading the state's Republican elected officials in full-throated support of President Donald Trump, whose legal battles to overturn an apparently decisive presidential victory by Democrat Joe Biden are just beginning.

Breaking with Tennessee's current elected Republican leaders, former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker on Tuesday congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on winning his presidential race against President Donald Trump.

Three Tennessee Republican congressmen are among 39 GOP representatives urging U.S. Attorney General William Barr to ensure the vote-counting process in states where Democrat Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump is run in a manner "fully consistent" with state and federal law and "completely transparent."