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With three months to go before Tennessee's Republican primary for governor, none of the big four candidates seems ready to throw in the towel. If the well-financed quartet of U.S. Rep. Diane Black, businessman Randy Boyd, state House Speaker Beth Harwell and businessman Bill Lee hang in until Aug. 2 in the hopes of replacing term-limited Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, the eventual winner may have as little as 25 percent of the vote before taking on the Democrat primary winner - who will have had to spend considerably less time and money - in November.
The 110th Tennessee General Assembly Thursday filed an appeal in its lawsuit attempting to block refugee resettlement in the state. Last March a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit on multiple grounds, including the Tennessee General Assembly's lack of standing to bring the lawsuit and the state's failure to show that refugee resettlement in Tennessee violates the U.S. Constitution.
Hatcher Yoest, 4, drinks fresh milk made on his family's farm, Hatcher Family Dairy, with gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee. Yoest preferred chocolate milk.
After Sen. Bob Corker said he was retiring, former Gov. Phil Bredesen -- a top Democratic recruit -- jumped into the race. Retiring Sen. Bob Corker could muster up only lukewarm praise for his party's leading contender to replace him in November's election, and again offered kind words for the main Democratic candidate.
Outgoing Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker on Sunday defended his praise of the Democrat running in the race to replace him, but said he still plans to support the Republican nominee. "He is my friend," Corker said of the candidate, former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen,to CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
Retiring Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee on Sunday said that former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat running to replace him, is "my friend" but that he will vote for fellow Republican Marsha Blackburn this fall. Yet Mr. Corker, a Republican, had little to say in support of Ms.
Republican Sen. Bob Corker heaped lots of praise Wednesday on one of the candidates looking to succeed him when he leaves office at the end of the year. Unfortunately for Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the likely GOP nominee for the Tennessee seat, it was Democrat Phil Bredesen who was the beneficiary of Corker's remarks.
TBI seeks man wanted on felony forgery, lien charges Wanted by TBI, FBI on charges of unlawfully filing liens and making false entries into records Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public's assistance in locating a man wanted on numerous felony charges related to filing false liens and forgery. Mark Anthony McConnell, 61, of Knoxville, is wanted by the TBI and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of unlawfully filing liens and making false entries into records.
The state is ranked #24 out of 50 states in terms of gun law strength but sits at #14 when it comes to the number of gun-related deaths per capita, according to a Giffords Law Center gun law scorecard. According to Gabrielle Giffords' Law Center, Tennessee isn't making the grade on gun safety laws.
Gov. Bill Haslam is joining several other Tennessee officials voicing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday he's concerned about additional costs to manufacturers, particularly the state's car industry.
Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen says in his U.S. Senate campaign's second TV ad that he's "not running against Donald Trump." Bredesen is running as a moderate Democrat who will work across party lines for a red state that strongly supported Trump in 2016.
The East Tennessee Political Items Collectors will sponsor its fourth political memorabilia show and sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 24 at Maryville First Baptist Church Family Life Center in conjunction with the Alcoa Kiwanis Antiques Appraisal Fair. The ETPIC is a local affiliate of the American Political Items Collectors organization, a nonprofit group established in 1945 to promote and encourage the study of the history of American political campaigns, and the collection and preservation of political memorabilia.
In Tennessee's U.S. Senate race, Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and ex-Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen are concerned about President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. On Thursday, Bredesen compared broad tariffs to taking a big ax to a problem that needs a scalpel.
The overflow happened when the Stiles Treatment Facility--a 41-year-old water treatment plant next to the airport--lost power and several mechanical redundancies failed because of high water. Those failures caused pumps to stop working, which then sent the wastewater out of the pipes and up to the surface.
On March 3, 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution. In 1791, Congress passed a measure taxing distilled spirits; it was the first internal revenue act in U.S. history.
Republican lawmakers have advanced a proposal to expand the number of Tennessee teachers who can carry guns in schools, drawing a divide with Democrats just hours after lawmakers found bipartisan common ground on possibly using off-duty officers to fill school security gaps. The legislation, which passed a House subcommittee Wednesday, would let all school districts decide whether to allow teachers to undergo training by certified private instructors to carry guns in schools, with one armed teacher allowed per 75 students.
RNC started paying Trump campaign's rent at Trump Tower after it stopped covering Trump's legal bills for Russia probe - The Republican National Committee has for months been quietly paying expenses previously covered by the Trump campaign in an arrangement that experts say is bizarre, but legal. Rick Gates, Trump Campaign Aide, to Plead Guilty in Mueller Inquiry and Cooperate - WASHINGTON - A former top adviser to Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign indicted by the special counsel was expected to plead guilty as soon as Friday afternoon, according to two people familiar Former Trump aide tells loved ones of plans to plead guilty, cooperate with Mueller - This was a "gut-wrenching decision" for the ex-campaign official, a source said.
Two Republican U.S. Senators from Tennessee have introduced a resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of the sanitation workers strike that brought civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker were joined by Democrats Ben Cardin of Maryland and Doug Jones of Alabama when they introduced the resolution on Tuesday in the Senate.