Bill Haslam News

There has been good news for the unemployed in Northeast Tennessee recently with the announcement of new jobs at a few area businesses.

A third employee of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns owner and Tennessee's governor has pleaded guilty in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates.

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

While these is no suspicion that Haslam has done anything inappropriate, it is a matter of due diligence on the part of the legislature to remove any suspicions and clear the record.

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.

Three educators who have led schools inside and outside the conventional public school system locally say consistency at the school level will be important in a school year that will see a lot of change.

An attorney for the state of Tennessee defended Haslam and several agencies against a lawsuit by the Tennessee State Employees Association, which claims it prevented approximately 200 laid-off workers from finding new positions with the state by taking down a job-placement website.

State officials are making the case to Fiat head Sergio Marchionne to select Tennessee for the Italian automaker's joint headquarters with Chrysler Group LLC. Marchionne met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and others on Sunday at a ceremony to mark the expansion of Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli's components plant in Pulaski.

The Tennessee Consultation on Criminal Justice is beginning to find support among lawmakers to address overcrowding in the state's prisons, The City Paper reports .

State officials say that call center company U.S. Solutions Group Inc. is expanding its operations in Bristol, adding 128 jobs in the process.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called misguided predictions that the new Republican supermajority in state government would devolve into infighting.

Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper has emerged as a secret weapon for Gov. Bill Haslam and state lawmakers seeking to douse some of the fiery legislation put out this year.

The group that helps pick the judges who sit on Tennessee's appeals courts is facing an end-of-the-month deadline to fill three vacancies, a rush that could further complicate an already intense debate over how judges are selected.

Nashville, TN - In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day , Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has issued a proclamation acknowledging WEAAD and reminding Tennesseans that "seniors are valued members of society, and it is our collective responsibility to ensure they live safely and with dignity."

Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Shannon Sumrall said no one was injured in the incident, which happened at 10:50 a.m. Thursday.

According to Sherry Butler, Cocke County Partnership Vice-President of Operations, the governor will be at the Cocke County Courthouse at 1:00 p.m. to officially announce the awarding of an ARC grant for the Grassy Fork waterline.

On Thursday, June 27 from noon until 3 p.m., Racheff House & Gardens will be filled with flower designs that will be featured at this year's Tennessee Valley Fair in September.

Starting Jan. 1, 2015, it shall be illegal to put aluminum cans and or plastic bottles in your garbage can.

Eastman Chemical Co. is embarking on a seven-year, $1.6 billion expansion of its headquarters site in Kingsport, Tenn.

A federal judge's sternly worded finding that Tennessee officials violated the First Amendment rights of Occupy Nashville protesters arrested near the state Capitol raised new questions even as it answered one big one.