NASHVILLE, Tenn. -(AP) By Bruce Schreiner --Vice President Kamala Harris has urged graduates of Tennessee State University to apply their leadership skills to help tackle the many challenges posed by an unsettled world. Harris gave the undergraduate commencement speech Saturday…
By Kimberlee Kruesi Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will strictly regulate the dispensing of abortion pills, including imposing harsh penalties on doctors who violate them. The measure will go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.…
(AP)--Authorities in Tennessee say they have located an abandoned vehicle used by a man wanted in Alabama for murder and the jail official who disappeared with him. Williamson County Sheriff said via Twitter on Friday that a vehicle used by…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged with assault and other counts during the January 2021 Capitol insurrection. News outlets cited a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office that says 33-year-old Edward Kelley was arrested Thursday in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee and South Carolina are joining five other states in extending health care coverage to women with low-to-modest incomes for a full year after childbirth. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Friday the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has declined to sign off on a proposal criminalizing camping by homeless people and others in parks and on other local public property. But the Republican governor on Tuesday let the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The small town of Mason has announced it has reached a deal halting the threat of a takeover of its finances by the state of Tennessee. Emmit Gooden, right, mayor of Mason,…
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — The head of Tennessee’s wildlife agency says he is retiring. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Executive Director Bobby Wilson announced during a meeting Friday that he is retiring effective Sept. 1. The state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennnessee Department of Agriculture is hosting a contest to give away $200 in local meats from a Tennessee farm chosen by the winner. According to the Agriculture Department, there are two ways to enter the…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed into law an overhaul he proposed for the formula for funding the state’s multibillion-dollar K-12 education system. The Republican signed the law at Franklin High School, where he attended school.…
