Both boards have experienced disputes over leadership when past governors sought to oust their executive directors. Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in 2003 fired Darrel Tongate, then the head of the Board of Accountancy, over a dispute over...

Republican represented the 4th Congressional District for eight years before losing a close race for the Tennessee governors office to Phil Bredesen in 2002. Went to work as a lobbyist in 2004, lost the Republican Senate primary to Alexander in 2006,...

Try to find a celebrity. That's one tack the Tennessee Democratic Party is taking as it casts about for a viable candidate to take on Bob Corker , the Republican who has held the Senate seat for more than five years. With former Gov. Phil Bredesen...

He said that this system will greatly improve the efficiency of the 4,160-panel solar array. The panels are expected to generate enough power to provide electricity to about 200 homes. Silicon Ranch, which is owned by former Tennessee Gov. Phil...

President John Charles Wilson told The Commercial Appeal. He said that this system will greatly improve the efficiency of the 4,160-panel solar array. The panels are expected to generate enough power to provide electricity to about 200 homes. Silicon...

That’s one tack the Tennessee Democratic Party is taking as it casts about for a viable candidate to take on Bob Corker, the Republican who has held the Senate seat for more than five years. With former Gov. Phil Bredesen enjoying his business interests...