Nashville homeowners affected by this month’s floods can now apply for, receive and print building permits online, without having to visit the Metro Codes Department.

The state senate voted today to override a veto on a bill allowing handgun carry-permit holders to bring their weapons anywhere alcohol is served. Now the house sponsor says that chamber will follow suit on the veto override next week.

April marked the first time in almost two years sales taxes brought in more money than expected. Now legislators may dip deeper into the state’s one-time reserves than Bredesen would like as they patch together next year’s budget.

Tennessee lawmakers, unable to agree on a state budget for the coming year, are taking the weekend off.

Twenty of Tennessee’s service-members gave up their lives this past year, including for the first time a female from the National Guard.

Governor Phil Bredesen says he’s worried the legislature may not raise taxes or make deep enough cuts to the state budget.

Tennessee’s Education Commissioner is detailing plans to take control of low-performing schools. The effort is a major piece of the state’s Race to the Top program.

Nissan broke ground Wedesday on its new battery plant in Smyrna. CEO Carlos Ghosn says the facility represents more than just a source of power for Nissan’s new electric vehicle.

Private First Class Christopher Barton was from Concord, North Carolina. He was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire.

The two political parties in the General Assembly have proposed alternative state budgets, but neither moved off first base Tuesday.