Governor Lee’s Administration Works With Biden Team On Covid Strategies

Lee said he hopes the Biden administration will help provide COVID-19 relief to Tennesseans stating that Tennessee faces a limited supply of vaccines and high positivity rate for new cases.

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Report Finds State Unemployment Compensation Trust Funds Continue To Struggle

States Entered 2020 With Aggregate Trust Fund Balances Of $75 Billion, Which On Net, Now Stand At $25 Billion. Now, 17 States And The Virgin Islands Are In The Red.

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18 States Join With Texas In Challenge Of Swing State Election Results

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia all have filed briefs in support of lawsuit.

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Southern Governors Promise COVID-19 Vaccine Rapid Deployment

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards say their States are ready to put “needles in arms” as soon as COVID-19 vaccines are available and emphasis the need for a return to normalcy.

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Biden’s Plan To ‘Transition Away’ From Oil Industry Hurts New Mexico, Texas The Most

Both Republicans and Democrats are pushing back on comments Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made about “transitioning away” from the oil industry.

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