Gov. Phil Bredesen continues to earn praise from members of the National Federation of Independent Business for sounding the alarm on the impact that proposed health-care reform will have on Tennessee.

Employers in Tennessee aren't laying off as many workers as earlier this fall - a recent trend that at least has helped level off the state's double-digit jobless rate and kept first-time claims for unemployment benefits in check.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Children's Services Commissioner Viola Miller said proposed additional cuts by Gov.

Tennessee's new law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled on Friday.

Let's get real: It is highly unlikely that Gov. Phil Bredesen will allow the release of 4,000 robbers and drug dealers from state prisons to save money.

Phil Bredesen says another tax hike to shore up Tennessee's unemployment trust fund appears unavoidable.

TennCare officials say they will be forced to cut some enrollee benefits if Gov.

Tennessee might release as many as 4,000 nonviolent felons, such as people convicted of drug dealing and robbery, under a plan outlined Monday by the Department of Correction to deal with the state's budget crisis.

Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons today asked Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration to block proposals for the early release of state inmates to help balance the state budget.

With a $1.5 billion budget shortfall becoming more and more of a possibility in Tennessee, desperate times are calling for desperate measures.

Tennessee might release as many as 4,000 non-violent felons, possibly even including people convicted of drug dealing or robbery, under a plan outlined Monday by the Department of Correction to deal with the state's budget crisis.

Governor Phil Bredesen has issued a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of a woman in Hardin County.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Phil Bredesen and other elected officials are dedicating the new underground meeting hall at the governor's mansion in Nashville.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. and Tennessee officials on Thursday broke ground on a $1.2 billion plant and renamed the road leading to the sprawling facility "Solar Way." The plant will produce polysilicon, a raw material used to make solar cells and semiconductor devices.

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Gov. Phil Bredesen says conversations between the head of a legislative panel that questioned state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol and a potential private investor has allayed the company's fears over the viability of the project.

Gov. Phil Bredesen said the influx of federal stimulus money has "concealed" the extent of Tennessee's budget woes and he is asking state departments to plan for 6 percent spending cuts when he holds budget hearings later this month.

A $60,000 state grant for Outlaw Field was announced last week, and the money will be used for mowing equipment.

Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as "ridiculous" and "outrageous" Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced "very large investment in East Tennessee." "I'm more than irritated about it, I'm mad about it," Bredesen told reporters at a news conference when asked about the Fiscal ...

Gov. Phil Bredesen has approved a $10,000 reward in the slaying of a Rutledge Pike storekeeper, bringing the total reward money to $20,000. The Knox County District Attorney Genera's office confirmed the governor's reward this morning.