When Tennessee rejected an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack
Obama's health-reform law, Gov. Bill Haslam said "expanding a broken
system doesn't work."
Gannett Co. said it will buy Belo Corp. for $2.2 billion in a deal that will make Gannett the USA's fourth largest owner of major network affiliates, reaching nearly a third of U.S. households.
A strong storm moved across parts of East Tennessee Thursday afternoon,
with tornado warnings issued for Knox, Cocke, Jefferson, Grainger, and
Sevier Counties.
Investigators believe the man behind the wheel was David Raymond Smith, 30. They say he has an extensive criminal history, and may be living in various motels in the Knoxville area.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and House Speaker Beth Harwell said Thursday that
the state should re-examine no-bid deals awarded to a real estate firm
that Gov. Bill Haslam has invested in.
Black Tennesseans are arrested on marijuana possession charges four
times as much as whites, despite both races using the drug at roughly
the same rate, according to a new study by the American Civil Liberties
Union.
