Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$2 Million Now Available for Tennessee Rescue Squad Safety and Response Gear
Jan 10 2023 // Rescue squads in Tennessee can now apply for state grants for equipment used in emergency response and for equipment used to protect rescue workers. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced this week...
Tennessee Power Outages Amplify Calls for TVA to Rethink Fossil Fuels
Jan 2 2023 // A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority’s...
Tennessee Pauses Highway Lane Closures, Some Construction During Holidays
Dec 22 2022 // Tennessee officials are halting nearly all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state highways for Christmas and New Year’s holiday travelers. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says the...
Tenn. Chalks 10% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Marking a Decade of Reductions
Dec 21 2022 // Tennessee’s insurance commissioner has approved a 10.2% average decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs for the voluntary market, marking the 10th-straight reduction for the state. The Dec. 14 order from...
Starting Jan. 1, Security Guards at Tenn. Bars Need Extra Training After Fatal Incident
Nov 28 2022 // Starting Jan. 1, security guards in Tennessee will need new training to de-escalate violence, and bars that employ untrained guards could lose their liquor licenses. It’s all part of Dallas’ Law, passed by...
NTSB Again Calls for Seat Belts on School Buses After Deadly Tennessee Crash
Nov 7 2022 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday renewed its call for seat belts on school buses after completing an investigation of a 2020 crash in Tennessee that killed the driver and a 7-year-old girl. The...
Marsh Acquires Bradley Agency in Tennessee; Wright Flood Adds IAT Book of Business
Nov 2 2022 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of the global insurance broker Marsh, has acquired Bradley Insurance Agency, a commercial brokerage in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Bradley agency was founded in 1972 by Steve Bradley and...
Skydiver Dies in Hard Landing at Tennessee High School Pregame Jump
Oct 25 2022 // A skydiver has died after his hard landing from a pregame jump at a Tennessee high school football stadium on Friday, officials said. In a statement, Washington County Schools Superintendent Jerry Boyd said the diver...
Sentence Upheld for Tenn. Trial Lawyer Who Said Football Brain Injuries Led to Misdeeds
Oct 25 2022 // A Memphis plaintiffs’ attorney who made his living suing auto insurance carriers must spend two-and-a-half years behind bars for forging clients’ names on multiple settlement checks and depositing them into his...
Tennessee Tech Develops Low-cost Sensors to Help Detect Flooding
Oct 24 2022 // Extreme rainfall events, and the dangerous floods that follow them, are happening more often in Tennessee. This risk grows as the climate warms. To respond to this risk, climate scientists, engineers and emergency mangers...
Tennessee to Vote on ‘Right-to-Work’ Constitutional Amendment
Oct 18 2022 // As unions see new hope from organizing U.S. businesses ranging from Starbucks storefronts to an Amazon warehouse, Republican-led Tennessee will officially take its voters’ temperature on an organized labor issue in...
People Moves: Epic Insurance Names Rains Managing Principal in Tennessee
Sep 21 2022 // EPIC Insurance Brokers, a property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced that is has named Parker Rains as managing principal for its property/casualty practice. Rains Rains, based in...
Smart Choice Makes Tennessee Agency Its 22nd Acquisition
Sep 20 2022 // Smart Choice, a network of independent agents, has acquired Carriage Hill Insurance, an agency in Tennessee. The agency has $4 million in annual revenue, with offices in Lenoir City, Oak Ridge, Brentwood and Athens,...
Starbucks to Rehire 7 Workers Fired During Tennessee Unionization Effort
Sep 8 2022 // Coffee store giant, Starbucks Corp., will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize a Memphis store. The seven workers will get their jobs back after the Seattle-based coffee...
Rains Insurance Acquires Sunbelt Agency in Tennessee
Sep 7 2022 // Rains Insurance Inc. has acquired the operating assets of Chattanooga-based Sunbelt Group, marking the first acquisition of an independent insurance agency by Rains. Rains, also an independent agency, is a subsidiary of...
Safe TN App, Inspections Helps Schools Stay Safer from Guns, Governor Says
Sep 1 2022 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday that an executive order on school safety from June has so far produced a new mobile app, school behavioral health professionals in each county and updated law enforcement training and...
Two Law Officers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Tennessee
Aug 26 2022 // Federal and state officials are investigating after two Tennessee law enforcement officers died when their helicopter hit power lines and crashed in a wooded area near Chattanooga. Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt. Lee Russell...
Covenant Health in Tennessee Settles ADA Action by Justice Department
Aug 24 2022 // The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with Knoxville, Tennessee-based Covenant Health over claims that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The settlement comes in the case of a deaf man who...
Lockton Names 2 Execs in Tennessee
Aug 22 2022 // Lockton, a global brokerage firm that provides insurance and employee benefits, has named two new executives in its Tennessee region. Brown Jay Brown, with 25 years of experience, will be president in Lockton’s...
Tennessee Private Prison Firm Settles Lawsuit After Inmate’s Death
Aug 17 2022 // A private prison company has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit over a Tennessee inmate’s killing that gained national attention after a judge ordered the plaintiff’s attorney to stop tweeting about...
