All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 25 2015 // The Tennessee state Legislature passed a bill this week allowing workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots.The Senate passed the measure on a 28-5 vote, and the House...
Mar 23 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services says its Office of Licensure is investigating after paperwork from a Franklin mental health facility was found in a public recycling bin.The Tennessean...
Mar 23 2015 // A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press reported that Hamilton County Circuit Judge W. Neil Thomas issued...
Mar 23 2015 // Tennessee may soon have its own alternative workers’ compensation insurance through new legislation by Republican lawmakers known as the Tennessee Employee Injury Benefit Alternative.State Sen. Mark Green and Rep....
Mar 20 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has announced the creation of a new business court pilot project that aims to make complex commercial litigation more efficient.The new pilot court will be located in Nashville and be overseen...
Mar 17 2015 // Federal prosecutors say a 51-year-old woman recently arrested in a prescription pill sting was running one of the biggest illegal drug networks east Tennessee has ever seen.Prosecutors were in federal court Friday in an...
Mar 11 2015 // A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps the amount of money someone can win in a personal injury lawsuit for noneconomic damages is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press reported that on Monday,...
Mar 6 2015 // Tennessee may soon have its own answer to an alternative workers’ compensation insurance option through new legislation by Republican lawmakers known as the Tennessee Employee Injury Benefit Alternative.Tennessee...
Mar 3 2015 // Business owners around Boone Lake worry they might be left high and dry this summer with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s sustained drawdown of the lake.The Johnson City Press reported that TVA has announced that...
Feb 4 2015 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says there were more Tennessee residents charged with driving under the influence in 2014 than 2013.The report, which must be submitted to lawmakers, says law enforcement agencies...
Jan 23 2015 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has appointed a new partner and a new director of risk management. In addition, it has also added an account executive and an account manager to its...
Jan 14 2015 // The Tennessee state agency charged with protecting the environment is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) over its coal-burning power plant in Gallatin.The lawsuit, filed January 7 by the Tennessee Dept. of...
Jan 13 2015 // The Department of Safety and Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation reported 961 traffic deaths in 2014 — 35 fewer than in 2013, when 995 fatalities were recorded. A joint statement from the agencies says...
Dec 23 2014 // Tennessee’s state fire officials are reminding Tennesseans with natural, fresh-cut Christmas trees to keep them in water because of the fire risk posed if they dry out.Gary West is deputy commissioner of the...
Dec 18 2014 // Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre has ordered a full review of all licensing documents for school bus drivers after questions arose about the qualifications of a driver involved in a fatal crash.The Knoxville...
Dec 15 2014 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has named Hilary Segura and Logan McFaddin to its state government relations team.Segura and McFaddin assume regional staff duties overseeing states in the...
Dec 4 2014 // Law enforcement and state officials recently took time to remember victims of impaired driving crashes in Tennessee.According to state officials, Tennessee lost an estimated 349 lives in impaired driving crashes last year....
Dec 4 2014 // Five utility workers were injured in a gas line explosion and fire in Memphis.Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said three Memphis Light, Gas & Water workers suffered critical wounds, and two others had less severe...
Dec 2 2014 // Fire officials in eastern Tennessee are seeing an increase in the number of fires and an uptick in the number of fatalities stemming from those blazes. Knoxville Fire Capt. D.J. Corcoran told WBIR-TV that there was a...
Nov 26 2014 // Cindy Perkins has been promoted to the position of support team supervisor for Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA)., headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn.In her new position, Perkins is supervising claims...