WATCH: Allows state judges to deny bail under more circumstances, a practice called preventive detention. The U.S. Constitution limits preventive detention by the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause, ...

The Tennessean interviewed more than a dozen high schoolers about the book bans sweeping the state. Here's why the removals matter to them.

Tennessee approved $1.5 billion in corporate tax refunds, but the state recently backed out of $75 million federal program to feed hungry children.

Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a ban of all flags displayed on government property that aren't the stars and stripes or the state flag.The bill would follo ...

After turning down federal funding to extend a summer food assistance program last December over administrative costs, Gov.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is warning residents about a new email spoofing scam. The deceptive emails, with the ...

The Tennessee General Assembly is beginning to look at the state budget and what is going on in Washington needs to be ...

A tornado watch was in effect Saturday evening along a line of storms extending north from central Louisiana into western Tennessee ... Andy Beshear to declare a state of emergency Friday.

A proposed bill that would allow a tourism development authority to de-annex, or remove themselves from a municipality could have a major impact on the city of Townsend and the Townsend Visitors ...

President Donald Trump wants to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities ...

Tennessee has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.

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