TN State News

  • High rejection rate for potential gun buyers in Tennessee

    Updated: Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:14 PM

    Background checks on gun buyers in Tennessee have produced a high rate of rejection in comparison to other states.

  • New drug law goes into effect Monday

    Updated: Mon Apr 1, 2013 5:26 PM

    Fighting the war on prescription drug abuse. Big changes are putting your doctor on the front line.

  • Tennessee Dems want out of bill changing Senate nominations

    Updated: Mon Apr 1, 2013 4:27 PM

    Democrats want to opt out of a bill that would give Tennessee lawmakers the power to select nominees to the U.S. Senate.

  • Police searching for pair of west Tennessee prison escapees

    Updated: Mon Apr 1, 2013 12:01 PM

    Law enforcement agencies are looking for two inmates who left a minimum security annex in west Tennessee.

  • Body of man who fell from plane found in Tenn.

    Updated: Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:01 PM

    Authorities in Tennessee have found the body of a man who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while an instructor was teaching him to fly.

  • Three-vehicle, triple fatal crash on I-24 Friday

    Updated: Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:03 PM

    A deadly day in Christian County, Kentucky Friday. A man and his two daughters died in a multi-vehicle crash.

  • Police: 2 dead in 3-vehicle Oak Grove, Kentucky Crash

    Updated: Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:54 PM

    Kentucky State Police say two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 24 near the Kentucky-Tennessee line.

  • Tennessee House GOP leader against resurrecting wine bill

    Updated: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:43 AM

    House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick says he favors a bill to allow wine to be sold in Tennessee supermarkets and convenience stores, but would oppose efforts to hold a re-vote in a committee where it narrowly failed.

  • Audit: Tennessee overpays $73m in unemployment

    Updated: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:40 PM

    A state audit has found Tennessee's Department of Labor and Workforce Development mismanaged the unemployment program, causing overpayments that exceed $73 million.

  • Neighbors don't want recycling center

    Updated: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:28 PM

    New details about a green company with a blackened reputation.

  • Bill would limit gun carry records to politicians in Tennessee

    Updated: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:13 PM

    An effort to seal Tennessee's handgun carry permit records from public scrutiny would create an exception for political operatives and lobbying groups to still obtain the entire set of names and addresses.

  • Fort Campbell soldier killed in Afghanistan

    Updated: Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:37 PM

    The Department of Defense says a Fort Campbell soldier who was a western Kentucky native has been killed in Afghanistan.

  • Block grant to help Dyersburg in flood's wake

    Updated: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:32 PM

    State officials have approved a nearly $1 million grant to help Dyersburg improve city infrastructure in the wake of 2010 flooding.

  • Tennessee has $170K available to help organic farmers

    Updated: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:24 AM

    Tennessee has $170,000 available for certified organic farmers and those transitioning to organic agriculture.

  • Haslam says no to Medicaid expansion in Tennessee

    Updated: Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:53 AM

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has announced that he won't pursue expanding the state's Medicaid program to help cover the uninsured as part of the federal Affordable Care Act.

  • AP Source: Haslam to announce Medicaid decision

    Updated: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:51 PM

    A person familiar with the plans says Republican Gov. Bill Haslam will address a joint session of the Tennessee General Assembly on Wednesday about his decision on whether to expand Medicaid to cover more uninsured people under the federal health care overhaul.

  • Bill to prohibit discussion of gay issues in Tennessee dies

    Updated: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:50 PM

    A measure that would have forced schools to tell parents if their children have talked to a teacher or counselor about being gay has failed this session.

  • Tenn. lawmakers want to decide US Senate nominees

    Updated: Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:58 PM

    The Republican and Democratic caucuses of the General Assembly would decide Tennessee's nominees to the U.S. Senate under a bill headed for a vote in the state Senate.

  • Tennessee Senate adds Sunday sales to supermarket wine bill

    Updated: Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:29 AM

    Tennessee liquor stores would be allowed to be open for business on Sundays under changes to a supermarket wine bill adopted by the Senate Finance Committee.

  • Bill to change Tennessee open meetings law withdrawn

    Updated: Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:33 AM

    A Republican lawmaker who last year backed off a bill that would have allowed local officials to hold more closed-door meetings has withdrawn a similar measure this session.

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