Local News: Ashburn, VA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Bill Haslam News Editors

News Widget

Display the Bill Haslam news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Bill Haslam News

News on Bill Haslam continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

1 hr ago | WATE-TV Knoxville

Six arrested in connection with Seymour meth lab bust

Two elementary schools were directly impacted by a massive tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Seymour, TN, Fentress County, TN, Tennessee, US Governors, Drugs

1 hr ago | WATE-TV Knoxville

Officials: No charges in Gibbs High School dead animal senior prank

Two elementary schools were directly impacted by a massive tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Fentress County, TN, Tennessee, US Governors, Knox County, TN

1 hr ago | WATE-TV Knoxville

More

CARYVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam came to East Tennessee Tuesday to sign a bill into law designed to prevent people from being abandoned like one Illinois woman was in 2012.

Comment?

Related Topix: Caryville, TN, US Governors, Tennessee, Harriman, TN, Campbell County, TN

2 hrs ago | The Leaf-Chronicle

Vanderbilt poll: Tennesseans oppose online tax

A majority of Tennesseans oppose the state enforcing online sales taxes, though respondents were split on whether the current system is fair to local businesses, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Tuesday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Tennessee, Healthcare Law, Law, Vanderbilt University, Medicaid, Health, US Governors, US News

6 hrs ago | Chattanoogan.com

Governor Haslam, Rep. Watson Host Food Tax Reduction Bill Signing Ceremony

Governor Bill Haslam joined State Rep. Eric Watson for a bill signing ceremony in recognition of legislation passed by the Tennessee General Assembly that lowered the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to a flat 5.00 percent rate.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, US News

10 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Gov. Haslam signs bill lowering sales tax on food

Steve McCormick a grocery clerk, stocks the shelves at the Publix supermarket at Northshore Town Center Wednesday August, 1, 2012.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Tennessee, Monroe County, TN, Vonore, TN, Knoxville, TN

15 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville

Camp Creek tornado survivors reflect on their road to recovery

By MONA NAIR 6 News Reporter CAMP CREEK It's been two years since a deadly tornado hit the Camp Creek community in Greene County.

Comment?

Related Topix: Greene County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Crossville, TN, Spring Hill, TN, US Governors

Mon May 20, 2013

The Tennessean

Haslam signs bill expanding distillery sales

Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law last week a bill that allows distilleries to sell the alcohol they produce on premises and limits the ability of local governments to regulate the growing industry.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Gatlinburg, TN, Nashville, TN, Murfreesboro, TN

The Tennessean

Prince Edward to present award in Nashville

Prince Edward will announce the winner of a prestigious service award from a charity associated with the British royal family in a ceremony Thursday at the governor's mansion.

Comment?

Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, US Governors, Elizabeth Ii

WATE-TV Knoxville

Driver in deadly church van wreck convicted on federal gun charges

VONORE - Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation in Monroe County today to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Vonore, TN, Monroe County, TN

Chattanoogan.com

Atwood Gets 9-Year Prison Sentence In Traffic Death Of Friend

A man who police said was traveling 70 miles per hour on a side street in St. Elmo when he wrecked and killed one of his close friends was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison.

Comment?

Related Topix: Drugs, US Governors, Monroe County, TN, Vonore, TN

Chattanoogan.com

Man Sought In Murder Of Pregnant Wife On Lovell Road Commits Suicide In Gordon County Motel

Terry Lee Releford, who police were seeking in the the murder of his pregnant wife on Lovell Road on Sunday, has taken his own life.

Comment?

Related Topix: Gordon County, GA, Prison, US Governors, Federal Prisons

Monroe County Advocate

Economic summit May 23 at Hiwassee College

The Monroe County, Loudon County, Etowah and Athens Area Chambers of Commerce are sponsoring the first East Tennessee Great Region Summit to be held at Hiwassee College this Thursday, May 23.

Comment?

Related Topix: Monroe County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Etowah, TN, US Governors

Business Journal

Tennessee congressmen torn over Internet sales tax

Tennessee's congressmen are facing pressure from both camps on legislation that would grant states the power to collect sales taxes for online purchases, Knoxville News Sentinel reports.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Duncan, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Bob Corker, Tennessee, US Governors

WATE-TV Knoxville

Officers bust meth lab in Seymour

Gov. Bill Haslam will administer the oath of office Tuesday to the state's newest Court of Appeals judge, Thomas R. Frierson II.

2 comments

Related Topix: Seymour, TN, US Governors, Blount County, TN, Crossville, TN, Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood

WATE-TV Knoxville

AMEBR Alert issued for Middlesboro child

Gov. Bill Haslam will administer the oath of office Tuesday to the state's newest Court of Appeals judge, Thomas R. Frierson II.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Seymour, TN, Blount County, TN, Crossville, TN, Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood

WKRN

Newest Tenn. Court of Appeals judge being sworn in

Gov. Bill Haslam will administer the oath of office Tuesday to the state's newest Court of Appeals judge, Thomas R. Frierson II.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors

Sun May 19, 2013

Knoxville News Sentinel

Candidates failed to report 181 PAC, corporate contributions

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Governors, Sports

Knoxville News Sentinel

Jack McElroy: Shield laws protect independence

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

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, White House, TN, Journalism, Knox County, TN, Sports

Knoxville News Sentinel

Tom Humphrey: State's business is the media's business, despite Haslam's ire

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Gatlinburg, TN, Sports

Topix Spotlight