NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on legislation that will gut Tennessee’s community oversight boards and instead replace the panels with review committees that have no power to investigate police misconduct allegations. Lee, a Republican, quietly…
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Army corporal who was killed in Germany during World War II have been identified and will be buried in his Tennessee hometown, officials said Thursday. Joe A. Vinyard, 23, was assigned…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee commission that enforces standards for police has recommended that proceedings to bar an officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols from serving in law enforcement in the state be suspended until his…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A historic bill will bring changes to teachers' pay in the State of Tennessee. On Thursday, Governor Bill Lee signed the Teacher Paycheck Protection Act. A news release states the landmark bill "will give teachers the largest…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings. Lawmakers recently removed the power from locally elected prosecutors who have stated their opposition…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee parents whose children attend The Covenant School, where a deadly shooting in March took the lives of three 9-year-olds and three adults, filed a motion Wednesday seeking to keep the shooter's writings…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The state's attorney general is warning of a scam targeting medical professionals. According to the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, scammers are impersonating agents from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and then attempt to extort…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The State of Tennessee is making advancements to help families financially. Some changes to the state's Medicaid program, TennCare, could save Tennesseans a lot of money. TennCare will soon…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday declined to let a former Tennessee state senator withdraw his guilty plea on federal campaign finance charges. FILE - Former Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey, left, arrives at federal…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A new law taking effect July 1 is changing the state's bail procedures. House Bill 0830 will "anyone who is charged with a Class A or B felony, that they would not be able to be released…
