Bill Haslam News

Some of the Legislature's top leaders were among more than 50 candidates who failed to report 181 political contributions totaling $145,875 when the Registry of Election Finance conducted an annual "crosscheck" review mandated by a current state law.

In vetoing the "Ag Gag" bill last week, Gov. Bill Haslam said it appeared to repeal parts of the Tennessee Shield Law.

Things haven't been go ing all that well for Gov. Bill Haslam 's administration lately on the media attention front, so maybe it was understandable that he expressed irritation last week when asked about ties to an East Tennessee developer who benefited from recently passed legislation.

So-called "ag gag" laws unconstitutionally target farm whistleblowers. Two recent decisions have dealt a serious blow to these laws.

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has tapped Gwyn Fisher to be the Greater Memphis regional director of economic and community development.

The last time anyone in Holly Bobo's family saw her the 21-year-old nursing student was walking into the woods behind their Darden, Tennessee home with a man wearing camouflage.

At the Memphis Education Association, Union president Keith Williams said he is unnerved by the thought of guns on a school campus.

On a chilly evening in January 2012, Gov. Bill Haslam took the dais in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

It is possible teachers could be packing heat in some Mid-South school districts after Governor Bill Haslam signed a new school security bill into law Thursday.

When the "pink slime" scandal exploded online last March, Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad called a press conference.

GAG VETO; GONE FISHING; TAG TEAM; PILOT FLYING J UPDATE; NIXONIAN; A SPECIAL INSIDE POLITICS; PERSONAL REFLECTIONS; FOLLOW UPS; BEING CONSISTENT For only the second time in his two-plus years as Governor, Bill Haslam has vetoed a bill passed by the Tennessee General Assembly.

According to the Knoxville Police Department, the Wendy's on Kingston Pike near Gallaher View Road was robbed around 9:30 p.m. According to the Knoxville Police Department, the Wendy's on Kingston Pike near Gallaher View Road was robbed around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill into law that will allow teachers with law enforcement training to carry weapons in classrooms.

Surveillance video obtained by The Tennessean shows the vehicle carrying Gov. Bill Haslam passing safely through the gate, but a GMC Denali trailing the governor's car didn't make it.

Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. The Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church congregation speaks ... (more)

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.

The Walnut Street Bridge as seen from Hill City , taken between 1891 and 1912. Also visible are Cameron Hill, Lookout Mountain and part of downtown Chattanooga.

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Pilot Flying J over allegations that the nation's largest diesel fuel retailer bilked customers out of rebates.

Work will begin on Old Mill Road between Battlefield Parkway and Pine Grove Road on Wednesday, and is expected to continue through Friday.