The legislature has repeatedly voted on proposals to make the Bible a state book. A 2016 bill was vetoed by then-Gov. Bill Haslam who cited state and federal constitutional concerns. Lawmakers ...

While the legislature has repeatedly voted on proposals to make the Bible a state book, this is the first bill to be successful. In 2016, then-Gov. Bill Haslam vetoed a bill designating the Bible ...

Former Republican Gov. Bill Haslam vetoed a law that designated the Bible as the state book in 2016. An effort by lawmakers to override that veto subsequently fell short of the constitutionally ...

When former Lady Vols basketball star Candace Parker appeared at a Nashville Predators game earlier this season alongside soon-to-be majority owner Bill Haslam, not many would have guessed it was ...