All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows.Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Jul 3 2014 // A litigation funding firm said it is leaving Tennessee as the state now requires firms like his to register and regulates their business of loaning money to consumers bringing lawsuits.Illinois-based Oasis Legal Finance,...
Jun 19 2014 // A study has found that the number of speeding motorists increased immediately following a decision to disable traffic cameras in Oak Ridge.The study by Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. was done at the city’s request...
Jun 18 2014 // A newspaper investigation has found that Tennessee has a loophole in its drunken driving law.The Commercial Appeal reported that its analysis found that a person could potentially spend more time in jail for driving drunk...
Jun 6 2014 // The Tennessee Department of Labor has been expanding efforts to uncover employer fraud within the construction industry.The efforts, aided by recent legislation, will help identify employers who are paying workers under...
Jun 5 2014 // Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Douglas Varney this week unveiled a multi-year plan to fight prescription drug abuse in Tennessee.The state estimates that in the past year,...
Jun 5 2014 // Standard & Poor’s suffered a defeat on Tuesday in litigation accusing it of issuing misleading credit ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis, as a federal judge ruled that lawsuits by 16 U.S. states and...
Jun 4 2014 // The coordinated campaign of three incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court justices announced this week that it has raised $600,000 for the effort to keep them on the bench for eight more years.The effort called Keep Tennessee...
Jun 2 2014 // A Tennessee adjuster sued by Nationwide Insurance for alleged trademark infringement because he used the company’s slogan, On Your Side, in his firm’s name and marketing, is fighting back in court and on the...
May 21 2014 // Construction crews in Tennessee are working to fill a sinkhole that opened at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium.The Leaf-Chronicle reported the sinkhole started out small, about 3 feet by 5 feet, but...
May 15 2014 // Tennessee could be facing the costliest state Supreme Court election in its history now that conservatives have targeted three sitting justices on the state’s highest court.Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville,...
May 13 2014 // A Tennessee adjuster sued by Nationwide Insurance for alleged trademark infringement because he used the company’s slogan, On Your Side, in his firm’s name and marketing, is fighting back in court and on the...
May 12 2014 // Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy the stock of Consumers Insurance USA based in Murfreesboro, Tenn.Consumers Insurance will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorists Mutual under the agreement...
Apr 28 2014 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a medical malpractice lawsuit that had been thrown out by lower courts because the plaintiff failed to file paperwork to confirm it had met notice requirements. Richard Thurmond,...
Apr 9 2014 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says overall crime on college campuses has dropped by more than 11 percent.The Chattanooga Times Free Press cited the data in reporting that the number of assaults and thefts were...
Mar 27 2014 // The latest effort to get rid of Tennessee’s motorcycle helmet requirement has failed in a Senate committee. The Senate Finance Committee voted 6-5 against the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Bell of...
Mar 24 2014 // Officials say fire departments across Tennessee reported 18 fires involving portable oxygen tanks in the past five years, leading to a warning from the state fire marshalWBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, reports that seven...
Mar 24 2014 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., which has used the “On Your Side” slogan in its marketing and advertising since 1966, is suing a small Tennessee public adjusting firm that goes by the name On Your Side...
Mar 17 2014 // A federal judge ordered the state of Tennessee on Friday to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples while their lawsuit against the state works its way through the court system.U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger...
Mar 13 2014 // Russell Bond & Co. Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Buffalo, N.Y., announced Philip C. Wilson has joined the firm as a broker.Philip C. WilsonBased in Nashville, Tenn., Wilson will focus on providing services...