Gov. Bill Haslam says he signed the state’s $31.5 billion spending plan Tuesday, putting into action a state budget that is $627 million less than this year’s.
In an interview with TNReport Tuesday afternoon, Haslam said he’s proud of the …
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State officials have officially changed the way schools are held accountable this week by doing away with the legal strings that tied Tennessee to the federal No Child Left Behind program.
Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law provisions that allow …
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People are right to condemn Vanderbilt University for concocting an anti-discrimination policy that seems prejudiced against students seeking to assemble with others who share their religious beliefs, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters Thursday.
But Haslam said he still plans …
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The thrust of sex education classes taught in Tennessee schools will stay the same under a controversial bill awaiting the governor’s signature, according to the Department of Education.
The so-called “gateway sexual activity” bill seeks to punish teachers and third-party …
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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story gave the impression that Gov. Bill Haslam had already vetoed the legislation described below. In fact, as of this story’s initial posting, the governor had only announced his intention to veto the …
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Tennessee held steady at #4 in a ranking of the states for their business climate by Chief Executive magazine, which conducts the annual survey of business leaders.
Texas, Florida and North Carolina bested the Volunteer State.
The magazine singled out …
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A bill that would have required all public universities — and Vanderbilt University because of the level of government money it accepts – to allow student campus organizations to control their own membership qualifications has prompted Gov. Bill Haslam to …
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Customers who roll their own cigarettes would get hit with higher taxes under a bill approved by both the state House and Senate. Lawmakers still have to settle on an implementation date.
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Tennessee farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Obama administration retreated from a proposal to restrict the kinds of agriculture-related jobs people under the age of 18 can legally perform in America.
Rhedona Rose, executive vice president for …
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A bill to change the way the state’s attorney general is selected failed to garner enough support in the Senate this week.
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Legislative bickering over special “pork barrel spending” amendments to Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposed $31 million-plus budget brought progress on Tennessee’s state government spending plan to a temporary standstill Wednesday.
Budget talks in the House ground to a crawl when Democrats …
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