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Black defends campaign checks, trucking emissions loophole

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rep. Diane Black is defending efforts to extend an emissions loophole benefiting a Tennessee-based trucking company whose entities, executives and family gave her gubernatorial campaign $225,000, as The New York Times reported. Campaign spokesman Chris Hartline…

Lyerly man killed in Georgia crash

CAVE SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - A crash this morning below Rome, Georgia claims the life of a Lyerly man. It happened around 8 AM on Blacks Bluff Road near Cave Spring. An SUV coming out of a curve crossed over…

GOP-led committee unanimously votes down Tennessee gun bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Republican-led House committee has unanimously voted down legislation to let Tennessee handgun permit holders bring guns most places, including hospitals and professional sports arenas. In the Civil Justice Subcommittee Wednesday, Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, the…

Flu now closing schools west of Chattanooga

ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - The flu outbreak is now shutting down school systems around the Cumberland Plateau. Grundy County will close schools for the rest of the week. Students were already scheduled off for a professional development day Friday (now…

Georgia Senate backs expanding Sunday alcohol sales

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgians would be able to purchase alcohol at restaurants and wineries on Sunday mornings, under a proposal approved by state senators. The Senate voted 38-18 on Tuesday in favor of allowing on-premise consumption to begin at 11…

Better air in Tennessee could end emissions testing

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Tennessee is now officially in compliance with federal air quality standards for particulate pollution. Some lawmakers believe that's a good enough reason to halt those required emissions tests. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has…

Trump plan would study sale of federal utility's assets

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander today released the following statement on the proposal in the president’s budget to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) transmission lines: “This looney idea of selling TVA’s transmission lines seems…

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