Events moved quickly Thursday morning as the state rested, George Thomas verified he would not testify, and shortly afterwards the defense rested without calling a single witness.
Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.
The measure passed the House 82-15 and was approved 27-6 in the Senate.
Sen. Lamar Alexander says President Barack Obama's plan to consider
selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of
millions of dollars -- even if the nation's largest public utility is
never sold.