Tennessee Government News

Nashville-based HCA Holdings Inc. has bought out the 32.7 percent ownership stake of Tennessee Oncology physicians to become the sole owner of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute , The Tennessean reports .

Hold on, hippie Democrat tree-huggers. Stop assuming a Republican-ruled Tennessee General Assembly doesn't want to "promote North American energy independence and to conserve limited natural resources."

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty joined officials of U.S. Solutions Group, Inc., a Teleperformance company, in announcing the company will expand its operations at 2536 West State Street in Bristol, Tenn.

So she called her pastor at Hamilton United Methodist Church in Nashville. Liverman didn't know it, but the church had recently begun participating in a pilot program that provides attorneys to needy members at no cost.

Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay, left, and Chappy's on Church owner and chef John "Chappy" Chapman and his wife, Starr.

Expansion is only cheaper if states refuse to allow private insurance companies to operate.

Welcome to the 36 contestants and to everyone who traveled here, whether as part of the pageant or as fans.

The first known instance of the more aggressive bees - sometimes called "killer bees" - in Tennessee came last year.

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has come to a close and the Tennessee Highway Patrol has released numbers on its enforcement efforts around the site.

Nashville - The Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs, Many-Bears Grinder and the Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman will be presenting a high school diploma to Korean War Veteran, William Milton Duncan this Wednesday, June 19th at 10:30 a.m. in the Senate Library in the State Capitol.

LAWYERS, as we know, are all shark-eyed monsters. Another thing we all know is that judges are worse.

Certified Financial Planner John Fawaz says he is frequently asked about how individuals and businesses will be affected by the Health Care Reform Act.

As of July 1, workers in Tennessee can legally store their guns in their vehicles while parked in their employers' lots.

They say timing is everything. Such is the case with the attention recently focused on evaluating teacher quality and the teacher education programs at our Tennessee Board of Regents universities.

More than $300,000 in state funding for a riverfront bike and pedestrian system has been withdrawn due to inactivity.

A crash has shut down northbound Interstate 65 at the Briley Parkway exit. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the crash occurred around 4:50 p.m. and involved multiple vehicles at Exit 90. They don't expect the crash to be cleared until at least 5:50 p.m.

State Representative John Ragan, Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, City of Oak Ridge Public Works Employee Pat Fallon, Governor Haslam, State Senator Randy McNally, and State Representative Kent Calfee.

Business leaders and school officials met to discuss the state of technology in Sumner County Schools and ways to address areas of need at a panel discussion hosted by COMPASS and the Hendersonville Young Professional Council at Volunteer State Community College.

As immigration reform is debated in Washington, D.C., polling finds a majority in Tennessee wants something done, including a path to citizenship.

When asked by Cleveland Lions Club program chairman George Martin to speak on the theme "What's Right With America?" state Rep. Kevin Brooks took a gentle sidestep by paring it down to a subject he knows best: Tennessee.