Content Tagged 'Tennessee'

Celebrities are joining the opposition to an animal abuse bill in Tennessee that is waiting for the governor's signature.

State officials are halting work on a computer system that was supposed to modernize how the Department of Human Services handles caseloads involving food stamps and Medicaid.

Many liquor store owners in Tennessee went into the business because they knew they had an exclusive market. Now many fear their businesses won't survive if wine is offered in grocery stores. Watch Video

A proposal to loosen wine sale laws in Tennessee has failed by a single vote in a House committee after members of the panel refused to grant the sponsor a week's delay to negotiate a final version.

Tennessee liquor store owners are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an effort to convince state lawmakers keep wine sales out of grocery stores. Watch Video

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has announced that he won't pursue expanding the state's Medicaid program to help cover the uninsured as part of the federal Affordable Care Act.

The State of Tennessee will take over all emissions tests for cars in June after the City of Memphis got out of the business last year. So, that means everybody in Shelby County gets tested and we all get to pay ten bucks for the privilege. Watch Video

The State of Tennessee has declared a State of Emergency due to freezing rain and icy conditions in West and Middle Tennessee, and because of the possibility of severe flooding in East Tennessee from the rainfall that continues to move across the state.

The battle to sell wine at Tennessee grocery stores is going into its sixth year, and grocers are making a hard push in Nashville.

With about $85 billion in forced spending cuts across the board, some politicians say the president is using scare tactics to get his way; others say that’s not true. Watch Video

Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee won't participate in a partnership with the federal government in establishing a health insurance exchange.

Tennessee’s beer tax is the highest in the nation. That has prompted several local brewers and legislators to do something about it. Watch Video

Tennessee has declared a state of emergency after wide-spread damage from tornadoes and straight-line winds overnight and Wednesday morning.

Governor Bill Haslam announced Wednesday nearly $1 million in job training grants to four Memphis companies.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals issued a judgment Thursday, ordering the Shelby County Election Commission to immediately accept Memphis photo library cards as voter identification.

Commissioners will ask Tennessee legislators to give two percent more for state education mandates. Watch Video

The Tennessee Court of Appeals will hear a challenge to the new photo identification law.

Time is running out to register to vote before the November election.

Memphis made the top of another list, this time for hate crimes against gays. The FBI just released hate crime statistics for 2011 and Memphis leads the state of Tennessee with 16 cases based on sexual orientation. Watch Video

The polls were mobbed. The last day of early voting brought folks out from all over Memphis. Every one of them had to provide a legal form of identification such as a driver’s license, a state identification car, or a Memphis Library Photo ID card.

If you are looking for work, here’s something you should know. A new Tennessee law just made it tougher to receive unemployment benefits. Watch Video

A Memphis city school teacher has been named Tennessee's Teacher of the Year.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld an earlier court decision to accept Memphis library cards as acceptable voter identification, at least for the November 6 election until the case goes back to court.

A state audit of the Board of Probation and Parole found that employees were making annual arrest checks of at least 82 dead parolees. The parolees had been dead anywhere from less than six months to more than 19 years.

Federally extended unemployment benefits are about to come to an abrupt end to approximately 30,000 Tennesseans.

Gun advocates want workers in Tennessee to have the right to bring guns to work. A bill is on the table in Nashville that would make it legal for workers to pack heat, as long as the gun stays inside their cars.

A state investigation found Tennessee probation and parole officers who were supposed to be keeping tabs on convicted criminals were doing anything but. Truth is sometimes probation officers claimed to have face to face meetings with the offenders, when in reality the criminal had been dead for almost two decades. Watch Video

There's excitement in the hallways at E.E. Jeter Elementary now that the school has won the National Blue Ribbon Award. Watch Video

The state Department of Health said another Tennessee patient who contracted fungal meningitis linked to epidural steroid shots has died, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 11.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner is calling for a special meeting to investigate the Department of Children's Services' refusal to release records related to the abuse and death of children under its care.

Some of the best competitive scholastic shotgun shooters in America came together July 17-21 for the National Scholastic Clay Target Program Championships in Sparta, Ill. In the end, Tennessee teams and individual participants had earned 13 national titles in skeet, sporting clays and trap.

Proficiency levels are up in all but one of 24 of the latest assessment tests of elementary and middle students.

The Tennessee Department of Education has released a report to lawmakers that addresses educators' concerns about the way certain test scores are used to evaluate teachers.

Students at several universities, community colleges and technology centers across Tennessee will pay more for tuition this fall.

Because large metropolitan areas are cracking down on gangs, this year’s numbers show the gangs are moving out of big cities and headed out to small towns. Watch Video

Students in Tennessee are getting smarter. For the second straight year, achievement gains on the TCAP have improved. Watch Video

A former west Tennessee police officer was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing from a victim at a crime scene he was investigating.

Under a new law that takes effect next month, there’s going to be a way to keep your criminal record from getting into the hands of anybody but the police. Watch Video  |   See a List of All Eligible Offenses (135.0KB)

State Rep. Curry Todd (R-Collierville) is pleading not guilty to drunken driving and gun charges.

Tennessee's food and safety law hasn't been updated for more than three decades but it’s about to change. Watch Video

Outdoorsmen in Tennessee get a bargain Saturday: Free fishing with no license required.

Big changes to the food stamp program could leave Tennessee families without food for weeks. Watch Video

A former teacher pleaded guilty to his part in a scam where he helped aspiring teachers cheat on their certification exams.

One person was shot inside a Best Buy store in Jackson, Tennessee late Tuesday morning.

A new law that wipes out misdemeanor criminal records is clogging up the system at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center. Watch Video

The Tennessee Department of Education has announced regional finalists for the annual Principal of the Year and Supervisor of the Year awards.

The latest comparison by the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds Tennessee's kids are the healthiest in the South.

The Tennessee Division of Elections has a toll-free number for voters to call with problems or questions on the August 2 election.

City Attorney Herman Morris has a huge problem with the state law which says while expired drivers licenses from other states can be used for voter identification, a current Memphis Library Photo ID Card can’t. Watch Video

A Tennessee state agency had a change of heart after they denied potentially life-saving group therapy for a Cordova child with an unusual disorder. Watch Video