Tennessee Government News

On May 22, 2013, the Tennessee General Assembly's joint committee on government operations approved Tennessee's first rules regulating the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from wells.

Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Between a bombing in Massachusetts, an explosion in Texas, and, most recently, a devastating tornado in Oklahoma, the past two months have shown Americans disaster can strike at any time.

Work was halted on May 11 when a mixture of bentonite clay and water spilled from a drill into Otter Creek at the Radnor Lake State Natural Area.

In supporting billions of dollars in cuts to federal food assistance, a U.S. House Republican from Tennessee and a fellow GOP member from California insist the government has no business feeding the hungry but themselves receive tens of thousands of dollars annually in farm subsidies.

BEAN STATION, Tenn. An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded.

Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, has visited Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

Rep. Scott DesJarlais , a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress , according to documents released Thursday.

Dr. Bill Snyder, a former UT administrator, turned his passion for piano and the Wurlitzer at the Tennessee Theatre into a campaign to save one of Knoxville's landmarks.

Two men have been charged with capital murder in the deaths of six people, including an unborn child, in Tennessee.

A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman tells the Knoxville News Sentinel that one person is in custody.

Community Health Alliance , Tennessee's Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan for health insurance, has received its Certificate of Authority from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and is now officially licensed as a health insurance company.

The signs of growth are hard to miss. New housing developments are under construction in Franklin and across Middle Tennessee.

Wednesday, McCrory sat down for a one-on-one interview with WFMY News 2's Morgan Hightowe r to recap and lay out his legislative priorities.

A proposal to allow retail food stores to sell wine in Tennessee if approved by local voters took a huge step forward during the General Assembly's 2013 session.

A poll conducted this month for Vanderbilt University found that 49 percent of Tennesseans support gay marriage or civil unions while 46 percent are opposed to both, suggesting the state is now evenly divided on whether to extend legal recognition to same-sex couples.

CLEVELAND UTILITIES continues to make progress on the construction of a new district substation on 9th Street to replace an outdated facility across from the old Cleveland Chair Co.

Road construction won't slow motorists down as they travel Tennessee's highways this Memorial Day weekend.

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., is calling on the Obama administration to free former Alabama Gov.

I just ran across the Tennessee statute, Tenn Code Ann. 36-6-404 , that provides the factors that courts are to consider in determining physical custody as between two parents.