Tennessee News

Gov. Phil Bredesen says putting together next year's state budget will be the most difficult of his eight years in office.

State prison officials say two southern Middle Tennessee inmates escaped, burglarized a convenience store and then returned on their own.

A man who has won repeated delays in his trial for the 2002 dismemberment slayings of a teenage couple in East Tennessee must defend himself in the death penalty case, after the state's high court denied his application to appeal.

A package for Tennessee's governor turned out not too jolly for staffers at the Capitol.

Now that Gov. Phil Bredesen has heard a series of proposals for severe budget cuts at state agencies, he's preparing for what he calls the "painful" task of crafting a spending plan.

Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, with many opting to drive or take trains and buses instead of shelling out more money for flights amid a sour economy still hitting household budgets hard.

Now the difficult decisions begin. State officials have suggested releasing nonviolent felons and closing group homes for children.

Gov. Phil Bredesen is seeking federal farm assistance for 16 Tennessee counties hurt by excessive rain and flooding in September and last month.

A federal judge is sentencing a man who firebombed a mosque in Tennessee to 14 years in prison.

Today's Highlight in History: Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 24, 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2009. There are 37 days left in the year.

MURFREESBORO - Former Tennessee Education Commissioner Lana Seivers will become the new dean of the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University.

NEW YORK Carol Hudler has been named president and publisher of The Tennessean in Nashville.

Nashville police have arrested the man suspected of dragging an officer with his car last week.

A federal judge is sentencing a man who firebombed a mosque in central Tennessee to 14 years in prison.Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Echols sentenced 23-year-old Michael Corey Golden on Monday.

Tennessee Children's Services Commissioner Viola Miller says proposed additional cuts by Gov.

Here's Gov. Phil Bredesen complaining about those terrible unfunded federal mandates again.

Gov. Phil Bredesen kicked off budget hearings Monday for a state spending plan that the Democrat said he anticipates will be the toughest to assemble since he came into office in 2003.

In what could be a tough call for many, General Motors Co. has offered work at a plant just outside Lansing to 840 of the 2,000 workers who will lose their jobs when GM closes its factory this week in Spring Hill, Tenn., about a half hour south of Nashville.

Law enforcement officers in Tennessee are targeting rural areas for motorists and passengers not wearing seat belts.