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Tennessee Editor
Joey Garrison puts a rumor to rest:
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke says he is not interested in becoming the next Metro Parks director when the position opens Dec. 31.
[...]Students at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities could be facing a 5 percent tuition increase.
Tennessee Higher Education Commission executive director Richard Rhoda told Gov. Phil Bredesen at budget hearings Thursday that the tuition recommendation has been passed along to the administrators of the University of Tennessee system [...]
From the AP:
Law enforcement officers in Tennessee are targeting rural areas for motorists and passengers not wearing seat belts.
Of the 776 people killed in Tennessee car crashes in 2008, 62 percent were in rural areas. More than half of all traffic fatalities were people not wearing seat belts.
From a presser:
Tennessee’s Division of Elections has identified at least 9,800 deceased voters who should be removed from voter registration rolls across the state.
Tennessee drew unwanted national publicity in 2005 when it was discovered someone had illegally voted in a state Senate race by using names of the deceased.
"New Moon" Sells-out Screens Across Tennessee Valley
Here's the Knoxville premire.
Local 'Twilight' Fans Turn Out For 'New Moon'
New Moon Mania Reaches the Ozarks
Video of the Day: "New Moon" review
Spain's audience stays home for premiere of 'New Moon'
Big business for a 'New Moon' [...]
Jeff Woods thinks if the governor doesn’t like having to cut state services maybe he should reform the Tennessee tax code:
Families earning less than $17,000 a year are paying 12 percent of it in state and local taxes, compared with a paltry 3 percent paid by families earning $400,000 [...]
More and more soldiers returning from war are finding themselves in a battle for civilian jobs.
New numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor show unemployment stayed at a consistent 10.5% from September to October, though it continues to exceed the national average of 10.2%.
More than 100,000 [...]
In what could be considered the biggest recruiting pickup in the history of Tennessee Basketball, 6'8" power forward Tobias Harris - Rivals' #1 power forward and #5 overall player in the 2010 class - has signed with Bruce Pearl and the Vols. Harris revealed his choice tonight on ESPNU." [...]
Middle Tennessee State University has done a great job analyzing the housing market in Tennessee for the 3th quarter, 2009. In the link below they give data on employment, permits, repeat sales, mortgage tax collections, transfer tax collections, foreclosures, and inventory.
Economic activity contracted again for Tennessee’s economy in [...]
Gov. Phil Bredesen says another tax hike to shore up Tennessee’s unemployment trust fund appears unavoidable.
Asked after budget hearings with the state Labor and Workforce Development Department on Wednesday whether the increase will be necessary, the governor said: “I don’t think there’s any question.”
Seasonally Adjusted Rate Unchanged from September
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate of 10.5 percent.
“While the national unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent, Tennessee’s unemployment rate held steady at [...]
From the Knoxville News Sentinel:
Tennessee Valley Authority’s top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in electricity sales due to the poor economy and the massive coal ash spill at the Kingston plant in Tennessee.
Justin Owen don’t like statist corporations:
UPS has recently teamed up with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to force unionization on FedEx employees. The costs could mean the loss of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue for the state of Tennessee.
“Rather than compete in the marketplace, [...]
From a Jim Kyle email blast:
I’m proud to announce that the Memphis Police Association - a group that represents over 2,000 police officers across the city – has endorsed me as their choice for Tennessee’s next governor.
I couldn’t be more honored to have their support. Public safety is one [...]
This needed to happen years ago.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in electricity sales due to the poor economy and the massive coal ash spill at the' [...]
From the Cook Political Report:
TN-04 Lincoln Davis Solid D to Likely D
EXCERPT: “Davis may be the most conservative Democrat in the Tennessee delegation, but he also represents a more rural and more Republican district than any other Democrat from the state. In 2000, favorite son Al Gore managed 49 [...]
From the State of Tennessee:
Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate of 10.5 percent.
[...]From an email blast:
I’m Steve Cohen, Congressman for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. I served for many years in the Tennessee State Senate, and I’ve seen firsthand the qualities of a good Senator. That’s why I’m supporting Adrienne Pakis-Gillon in the December 1st Special Election for Senate District 31.
Adrienne is [...]
Dr. Bill Stacy, the former Chancellor the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, endorses Zach Wamp.
[...]From Charles Maldonado’s excellent piece on the Haslam campaign in Middle Tennessee:
“Listen, no one is going to out-conservative us,” Ingram says. “Mayor Haslam supports the Second Amendment, he’s pro-life, he is pro-small-government. He’s against raising taxes. The other campaigns simply can’t out-conservative us.”
Ingram says the perception that Haslam [...]
From Sam Jones:
The McWherter campaign’s poll had a sample size of 602 Democratic primary voters. I wanted to find out if that number is adequate to generalize about Democrats in Tennessee. So, enter a general population size of 298,466 (the number of people who voted in the gubernatorial primary [...]
