Bill Haslam News

Governor Bill Haslam on Tuesday announced Debra Payne as the new commissioner of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as Jim Henry becomes the permanent commissioner at the Department of Children's Services .

Governor Bill Haslam will visit Fairfield Glade at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 to publicly sign new legislation involving Tennessee's Hall Income Tax.

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a measure making the first major revisions in more than a decade to the state law governing the process of placing state residents under the control of a court-appointed conservator.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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