Protective equipment shortage reaches pitch statewide as governor avoids stay-at-home order
In Memphis, hospitals are searching for new vendors, buying outside their purchasing organization lists.
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In Memphis, hospitals are searching for new vendors, buying outside their purchasing organization lists.
Gov. Bill Lee worked with the state attorney general and comptroller on an executive order to put electronic government meetings rules in place after legislation failed Thursday in the final hours of the General Assembly session
With COVID-19 spreading statewide, the governor signed an executive order Thursday to expand the state’s health care capacity and give people more time to renew driver’s licenses and car tags. It even allows the Parole Board to hold closed meetings.
Gov. Bill Lee issued a disaster declaration Wednesday, enabling small businesses to seek federal loans as coronavirus cases are expected to rise amid increased testing.
Gov. Bill Lee introduced a “no-growth” budget for the next fiscal year, reducing a 3.1% revenue growth projection to zero and eliminating dozens of spending proposals while spending hundreds of millions to respond to the COVID-19 emergency.
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Gov. Bill Lee outlined an assistance plan Tuesday to help people survive the crisis financially and is expected to declare a small business emergency so companies can obtain federal loans to stay afloat.
House and Senate leaders reached an agreement Monday for the Legislature’s schedule, likely entailing an early, temporary adjournment for 60 days out of concern for COVID-19, according to sources.
Reacting to the national coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Bill Lee will present an “adjusted” budget by Wednesday containing funds to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and mid-state tornado victims as lawmakers hoped to take a recess of at least two months.
Gov. Bill Lee called Monday for all school districts to close as soon possible to stop the spread of coronavirus, drawing a response from the TEA for TNReady testing to be canceled.
Memphis is home to one of Tennessee's safety net hospitals, which will serve low-income residents in need of health care should they contract the COVID-19 virus.
Tennessee’s political leaders are speeding up work on Gov. Bill Lee’s $40.9 billion budget proposal, which is expected to contain extra funding to deal with COVID-19 and tornadoes that struck the state amid a state of emergency.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton is turning down a Nashville lawmaker’s request for temporary adjournment of the House and passage of a short-term budget until state and federal health officials get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Bill Lee is forming a Coronavirus Task Force to bolster the state’s efforts to prevent and treat cases of COVID-19, a viral scare sweeping the nation.
A “massive act of nature” killed 23 people and destroyed buildings and homes from Benton County to downtown Nashville, Mt. Juliet and Cookeville early Tuesday, leaving people’s lives shattered as emergency workers searched for more missing people, officials said.
Tennessee's voucher program is facing a second legal challenge, with a group of Shelby and Davidson County parents saying it violates the Constitution and state law by diverting taxpayer funds to private schools.
Gov. Bill Lee proposed legislation Thursday to allow “constitutional carry,” watering down the state’s handgun permit system, if not almost eliminating it.
Gov. Bill Lee is expected to make major announcement related to handguns Thursday.
Facing pressure from legislative leaders, Gov. Bill Lee is reversing course on his executive order for family leave, and sending the plan through the Legislature.
State Sen. Joey Hensley calls for a negative vote on state Sen. Sara Kyle's feminine hygiene products sales tax holiday bill.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper is asking for a timeline audit of a no-bid education savings account contract to answer questions for legislators puzzled about the Education Department's method for expediting the program in time for the 2021-22 school year.
Governor pushed back against word earlier this month that the 4,100-acre Memphis Regional Megasite in Haywood County is not on the administration’s front burner.
A bid to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol stalled Tuesday, with some legislators saying they weren't sure the Confederate general had done anything wrong.
A year after making charter schools and vouchers key education initiatives, Gov. Bill Lee could be putting more emphasis on traditional public education in his State of the State address.
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway says he will ask the Comptroller's Office to review the Education Department budget amid questions about a transfer of Career Ladder funds to hire a Florida contractor to run the new Education Savings Account program.