Tennessee Government News

Some of the findings in this month's Vanderbilt University poll suggest that the Republican supermajority Legislature may be a bit out of sync with the overall Tennessee electorate - at least in comparison with Gov.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.

Officials in western Kentucky are taking a cue from Tennessee in their effort to make Owensboro synonymous with bluegrass music.

Road construction won't slow motorists as they travel Tennessee's highways this Memorial Day weekend, Tennessee Department of Transportation officials said in a news release.

Meagan Frazier is a principal at the government relations firm Smith Harris & Carr and is president of the Board of Directors of the ALS Association Tennessee Chapter.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry "Max" Haston of the Tennessee Military Department to pay tribute to three Tennesseans killed in action, including a soldier previously missing in action for 62 years.

On May 22, 2013, the Tennessee General Assembly's joint committee on government operations approved Tennessee's first rules regulating the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from wells.

Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Between a bombing in Massachusetts, an explosion in Texas, and, most recently, a devastating tornado in Oklahoma, the past two months have shown Americans disaster can strike at any time.

Work was halted on May 11 when a mixture of bentonite clay and water spilled from a drill into Otter Creek at the Radnor Lake State Natural Area.

In supporting billions of dollars in cuts to federal food assistance, a U.S. House Republican from Tennessee and a fellow GOP member from California insist the government has no business feeding the hungry but themselves receive tens of thousands of dollars annually in farm subsidies.

BEAN STATION, Tenn. An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded.

Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, has visited Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

Rep. Scott DesJarlais , a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress , according to documents released Thursday.

Dr. Bill Snyder, a former UT administrator, turned his passion for piano and the Wurlitzer at the Tennessee Theatre into a campaign to save one of Knoxville's landmarks.

Two men have been charged with capital murder in the deaths of six people, including an unborn child, in Tennessee.

A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman tells the Knoxville News Sentinel that one person is in custody.

Community Health Alliance , Tennessee's Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan for health insurance, has received its Certificate of Authority from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and is now officially licensed as a health insurance company.

The signs of growth are hard to miss. New housing developments are under construction in Franklin and across Middle Tennessee.

Wednesday, McCrory sat down for a one-on-one interview with WFMY News 2's Morgan Hightowe r to recap and lay out his legislative priorities.