All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2015 // A school nutrition director in Tennessee has been suspended after serving 4- to 6-year-old pork to students. The Times News reports Mandy Kenner has been suspended for three days without pay after students at schools in...
May 4 2015 // Legislation seeking to provide Tennessee employers with an option to the current workers’ compensation system has been amended and deferred to the next legislative session.State Sen. Mark Green, who authored the...
May 4 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has chosen the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new plan administrator for the residual market, the Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance...
Apr 28 2015 // Local governments in Tennessee can no longer bar people with handgun carry permits from bringing firearms to parks, playgrounds and sports fields under legislation signed last week by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.In a...
Apr 20 2015 // A Nashville judge has found a state law that limits the amount of workers’ compensation benefits laborers living in the U.S. illegally can receive is unconstitutional.The ruling stems from the case of a Guatemalan...
Apr 17 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has chosen the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new plan administrator for the Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan...
Apr 16 2015 // Two environmental groups claim toxic pollution from a Gallatin, Tenn., power plant is seeping into the Cumberland River and state regulators are not doing enough to stop it.The allegations are part of a lawsuit filed in...
Apr 13 2015 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has added five new employees to its team: Beth McKay, has been named new benefits administration supervisor; Jeff Corvin, has been named account...
Apr 13 2015 // Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation that allows workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots.Both chambers overwhelmingly passed the measure despite opposition from...
Apr 6 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has created a new business court pilot project aimed at making complex commercial litigation more efficient.The new pilot court will be located in Nashville and be overseen by Davidson County...
Apr 2 2015 // A Nashville judge has found to be unconstitutional a state law that limits the amount of workers’ compensation benefits laborers living in the country illegally can receive.The ruling stems from the case of a...
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...