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.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State Parks are celebrating Mother’s Day with special meals at four locations. Cumberland Mountain State Park in Crossville, Montgomery Bell State Park in Burns, David Crockett State Park in Lawrenceburg, and Natchez Trace State Park…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three watershed and flood prevention projects in Tennessee are receiving $2.9 million from the federal government. The National Resources Conservation Service in Tennessee says the funds are part of a $420 million investment in 132 infrastructure…
The average gas prices in Tennessee have risen 6.5 cents in the last week, averaging $3.89 per gallon on Monday. That's according to the latest report from GasBuddy in a survey of over 3,800 gas stations across the state. That…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee will pause executions and conduct an independent review of a lethal injection testing oversight that forced him to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was…
