Posted: 5:42 AM Corker will be in Johnson City on Thursday morning at East Tennessee State University and will talk with students, faculty and local business leaders.

Posted: 5:38 AM When the Legislature failed to extend the life of the Judicial Nominating Commission, it effectively ended merit-based selection of judges in Tennessee.

Posted: 9:20 AM Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions.

Posted: 9:13 AM Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford can't seem to escape attacks on the extramarital affair that derailed his political career, which he hopes to revive in a special congressional election that is now a week away.

Posted: 8:55 AM A woman whose mother was killed in last year's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte Tuesday during the senator's first public appearance in New Hampshire since voting against gun control legislation.

Posted: 8:53 AM In Markey, the race pits a longtime liberal politician known for environmental advocacy against Gomez, a fresh-faced social moderate with a distinguished biography and untested political skills.

Posted: 6:18 AM U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was in Nashville with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper Tuesday to drum up support for Internet sales tax collection and an immigration overhaul.

Posted: 5:57 AM In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and will let it be sold over the counter.

Updated: 10:34 AM Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will unveil a budget proposal Wednesday morning.

Posted: 1:21 PM Goodman Global Group, Inc. was acquired by Daikin Industries Ltd, based in Osaka, Japan. The parent corporation now has more than 49,000 employees worldwide.

Posted: 6:39 AM The first draft was as mind-numbing and complex as tax forms. Now the Obama administration is unveiling a simplified application for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul.

Posted: 6:37 AM Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case has Republicans and Democrats joining forces on ambitious legislation to change the military justice system.

Posted: 6:35 AM Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that he's not talking about running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 and he's not waiting to see if Hillary Clinton runs.

Posted: 6:34 AM Republican Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch planned to hit the campaign trail a day after a spirited debate in their race for a vacant congressional seat along the South Carolina coast.

Posted: 5:37 AM State officials say a program that aims to revitalize downtown commercial districts in communities across Tennessee generated more than $82 million in private and public investment last year.

Posted: 1:48 PM The White House is commending NBA veteran Jason Collins for becoming the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay.

Posted: 9:32 AM The statute gives the Department of Human Services until July 1, 2014, to begin screening people receiving welfare for illicit drug use.

Posted: 7:19 AM The two meet Monday evening at The Citadel in a debate sponsored by the Patch news service, the South Carolina Radio Network and Charleston television station WCBD.

Posted: 7:18 AM President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said.

Posted: 7:16 AM State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday.

Posted: 7:12 AM Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday said he would re-introduce a measure that would require criminal and mental health background checks for gun buyers at shows and online.

Posted: 7:10 AM Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned.

Posted: 5:48 AM The student at West End Middle School wrote a five-page letter to U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper to support a renewable energy bill as part of an English assignment and didn't actually expect a reply.

Posted: 5:46 AM Celebrities are joining the opposition to an animal abuse bill in Tennessee that is waiting for the governor's signature.

Posted: 1:32 PM A state review of election problems in Davidson County has concluded the outcomes of two 2012 primary elections could have been influenced by voting technology bungling.