The two had just left their youngest child behind. The family had gone there to watch Bill's older brother, Jimmy, play basketball. "He thought I was with my mother, and she thought I was with him, ...

With a massive surplus at his disposal — one he credits, in part, to his business savv y — Gov. Bill Haslam is spending big on education. In his State of the State address, Haslam announced ...

Bill Haslam also had a grandchildren problem. As in he can't get enough of the 10 grandchildren he and Crissy's three children − Will, Annie and Leigh − gave them.

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