Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Contractor Settles with Sickened Tenn. Workers Who Cleaned up Coal Ash Spill
May 25 2023 // Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses, including fatal cancers, have reached a settlement with the contractor who organized the...
Tenn. Governor Signs Off on Additional Legal Shield for Gun and Ammo Dealers, Makers
May 17 2023 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that lawmakers passed after a deadly school shooting in March. The...
Tenn. Company Refuses Request to Recall Millions of Air Bag Inflators
May 15 2023 // A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing a request that millions of potentially dangerous air bag inflators be recalled. The National Highway Traffic Safety...
Tennessee Governor Signs School Safety Bill; Gun-Maker Protection Bill Pending
May 12 2023 // Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday signed into law legislation designed to place more school resource officers in Tennessee public and private schools, funnel additional money into school security upgrades, and require every...
Tennessee Lawmakers Approve PTSD Workers’ Comp Presumption for Firefighters
May 4 2023 // The Tennessee General Assembly has approved a workers’ compensation presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related for firefighters, joining several other states that have adopted mental health...
Tennessee Special Session on Gun Laws Won’t Come Until After July 4
May 2 2023 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday that a special lawmaking session dedicated to possible changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of a deadly school shooting last month would likely have to take place after July...
TN Volkswagen Plant Shut Down After Three Workers Hit by Vehicle Outside
May 1 2023 // Management shut down production Saturday at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee after three workers were struck by a vehicle on a walkway just outside the plant, authorities said. One person was killed, a second was critically...
Tennessee Lawmakers Move to Shield Gun Makers From Lawsuits After Shooting
Apr 20 2023 // In the wake of a deadly school shooting last month, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee awarded final passage Tuesday to a proposal that would further protect gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against...
Nine People Killed in Tennessee in Powerful Tornado System that Hit Region
Apr 3 2023 // Nine people died in Tennessee’s McNairy County, east of Memphis, in the same deadly storm system that pounded parts of Arkansas and Illinois, according to Patrick Sheehan, director the Tennessee Emergency Management...
Erwin to Keystone VP; Jones to Tennessee PBM Compliance Role
Mar 21 2023 // Keystone Names Erwin VP for Kentucky, Ohio Keystone Insurers Group, one of the largest participant-owned agency networks in the United States, has named Brian Erwin as state vice president for Kentucky and Ohio. Erwin...
Tool & Die Workers at Tenn. Nissan Plant Vote Down Union Effort
Mar 17 2023 // Tool and die workers at a Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly against unionization Thursday, another loss for organized labor in the deep South. The workers voted 62-9 against joining the machinists...
Another State, Tennessee, Moves to Authorize Family Leave Insurance for Employers
Mar 10 2023 // A Tennessee lawmaker wants insurance carriers to offer paid family leave insurance as a way to make time off more affordable for employers. House Bill 609, sponsored by state Rep. David Hawk, R-Greenville, would establish...
$1 Million Settlement in Class Action over Immigration Raid at Tenn. Meat Plant
Mar 2 2023 // A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a federal immigration raid at an eastern Tennessee meatpacking plant where about 100 people were arrested. The...
Latino Workers at Tennessee Meat Plant Reach $1.2M Settlement in Immigration Raid
Feb 28 2023 // Latino workers at a Tennessee meat processing plant have reached a $1.2 million settlement in a lawsuit over a 2018 immigration raid in which they were “targeted by federal agents” because of their ethnicity,...
Fire at Tennessee Uranium Processing Complex Contained
Feb 24 2023 // A fire that broke out Wednesday at the Y-12 National Security Complex in a building where uranium is processed has been contained, officials said. The fire at the facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was reported shortly...
Tennessee Names Wiedeman Head of Captive Insurance Section
Feb 14 2023 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has named Mark Wiedeman, a Utah native, as director of the department’s captive insurance section. Wiedeman, a graduate of Brigham Young University, joined the Utah...
NOAA Says Tennessee Drought Management Plan Lacks Specifics
Feb 7 2023 // Drought affects everything from water quality and public health to ecosystems and infrastructure. But when does a drought become severe enough to warrant water restrictions? Tennessee state agencies do not have that...
NLRB Allows Union Vote at Nissan Plant in Tennessee
Feb 6 2023 // Fewer than 100 employees out of the thousands who work at Nissan’s auto assembly plant in Tennessee can hold a vote on whether to form a small union, the federal labor board has decided. The ruling last week by the...
Tennessee Department Obtains $11.5M for Policyholders in Insurance Claims Disputes
Feb 1 2023 // The Tenneesse Department of Commerce and Insurance secured a record $11.5 million for policyholders in 2022, after mediating complaints about insurers. The department’s insurance services team mediated 3,249...
Texas Plane Crash Kills 4 Members of Tennessee Church
Jan 19 2023 // YOAKUM, Texas (AP) – A small plane crashed Tuesday while approaching a Texas airport, killing four members of a Tennessee church and leaving the lead pastor injured, authorities and the church said. The single-engine...
