Nation Dec 18 Tennessee governor says state will keep resettling refugees Tennessee won't stop resettling refugees, Republican Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday, rejecting the option offered to states by President Donald Trump's administration.
Nation Aug 24 ‘Red flag laws’ offer tool for preventing some gun violence With bipartisan support in many cases, 17 states and Washington D.C. have now passed “red flag laws” that allow the court-ordered removal of guns from people who are considered to be dangerous.
Politics Dec 17 Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander won’t seek 2020 re-election A Tennessee native, Alexander was governor from 1979 until 1987, helping to bring the auto industry to the state. He was elected to the Senate in 2002 and re-elected in 2008 and 2014. His retirement will give the red state…
Nation Jun 01 After two-day manhunt, suspect captured in slaying of Tennessee deputy Dickson County sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Baker was killed after responding to a call about a suspicious car on Wednesday, the state police agency said. Baker couldn't be contacted for some time, but the deputy's car was eventually tracked by GPS…
Politics Dec 13 Rep. Diane Black says she was sexually harassed in the Tennessee legislature U.S. Rep. Diane Black says Congress needs to expose federal lawmakers who settled cases, force them to repay any tax dollars involved and ban such taxpayer-funded settlements going forward.
Politics Feb 22 GOP members of Congress are met with boos and protests at town halls At the town halls, protesters are probing their lawmakers to see if they will veer from some of Trump's more controversial decisions.
Politics Aug 01 Flood help weighs heavily in West Virginia governor’s race CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After deadly floods washed thousands of West Virginians out of their homes last month, about 700 victims bypassed the shelter at the high school gym and got rooms at a luxury resort fit for royalty.