Bill Haslam News

Today, no fewer than five transit agencies operate in the Kansas City area: the recently created Kansas City streetcar authority and four bus systems run by Independence, Johnson County and both Kansas Citys.

The possibility of Salmonella outbeak prompts a pet food recall. Natura pet products says six different brnads of dog and cat food are included.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Governor Bill Haslam said chief deputy Claude Ramsey is retiring at the end of August to spend more time with his family in Chattanooga.

Move over "Gangnam Style," a trio of Kansas brothers are taking the web by storm with their viral music video " Farmer Style ."

The Tennessee Department of Education launched the state's largest ever teacher training focused on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in math and English.

Perhaps it is a little early to declare Bill Haslam vulnerable in his bid for re-election in 2014, but the governor seems to have a few problems with business connections and ideology on which an opponent might try to capitalize.

Detroit's Big Three could become the Big Two. According to an AP report in The Detroit News , state officials have been lobbying for Fiat - Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne to select Tennessee as the location for Fiat's joint headquarters with Chrysler Group LLC. This weekend, Marchionne met with Tennessee governor Bill Haslam at a ceremony ... (more)

A Wichita, Kan., teacher who was arrested for bringing a concealed weapon to school , says that he merely wanted to be able to protect his students in the case of a shooting, local outlet KWCH-TV reports.

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.