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The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Chief Justice William Barker will leave his post on the first of September. He sent a letter to Governor Bredesen today announcing his retirement after serving three years as chief justice on the state’s high court.

Tennesseans now have a new way to register as an organ or tissue donor. An online registry launched today, two years after the General Assembly approved its creation

Bug experts are noticing an unusually high number of crane flies in Middle Tennessee this year. They look like wispy, oversized mosquitoes, but they don’t bite.

Senator Bob Corker told Tennessee mortgage brokers (today/yesterday) that help for their industry is being – quote – “held hostage.”

A statewide summit in Knoxville today will focus on sustainable tourism. State officials are making an effort to help communities find a way to pad their tax base while staying true to their heritage.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean proposed a measure today to appease small businesses negatively impacted by water capacity fees in recent months.

Today the Tennessee Board of Regents unanimously approved honorary doctorate degrees for 14 students expelled during the civil rights era.

The annual ‘Pork Report’ from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research names the state’s boll weevil eradication program as the biggest waste of tax-payer money in 2008.

Governor Phil Bredesen says state economists have revised revenue estimates for next year and taken 130-million dollars out of an already downsized budget.

The number of Tennessee families enrolled for food stamps is at an all-time high.