Tori Gessner

2 days ago | wate.com | Tori Gessner

Our Properties use cookies for the performance and functionality of our sites, to personalize content and advertisements, to provide social media features, for analytics, and to provide you with a better experience. By clicking “Accept” or by continuing to use our Properties, you accept the use of cookies. Where state privacy laws include a right for residents to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data, residents of such states can exercise their right by clicking here.

2 days ago | wkrn.com | Tori Gessner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Governor Bill Lee recently signed legislation to regulate the hemp industry, which some retailers say will force them out of the state or put them out of business. The bill, which passed last legislative session, essentially bans smokable hemp flower in Tennessee, the majority of what Ben Whitelaw, owner of The Flower Shop in Chattanooga, sells. “They’ve banned CBD hemp. That’s what they’ve done. All of it. THCA and CBD hemp. It’s all going to be gone,” Whitelaw said.

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Tori Gessner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Governor Bill Lee recently signed legislation to regulate the hemp industry, which some retailers say will force them out of the state or put them out of business. The bill, which passed last legislative session, essentially bans smokable hemp flower in Tennessee, the majority of what Ben Whitelaw, owner of The Flower Shop in Chattanooga, sells. “They’ve banned CBD hemp. That’s what they’ve done. All of it. THCA and CBD hemp. It’s all going to be gone,” Whitelaw said.

3 days ago | wkrn.com | Tori Gessner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Patient advocacy groups and anti-hunger organizations urged Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to vote against a provision in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that could reduce federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP benefits by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. Organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, and the Tennessee Caregiver Coalition, stood in front of Sen. Blackburn and Sen.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Tori Gessner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Patient advocacy groups and anti-hunger organizations urged Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to vote against a provision in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that could reduce federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP benefits by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. Organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, and the Tennessee Caregiver Coalition, stood in front of Sen. Blackburn and Sen.