The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) today announced their endorsement of Jim Kyle for Governor of Tennessee.
“Our Union decided to support Jim’s campaign because of his commitment to working families, improving public education, and making healthcare more affordable and accessible to all Tennesseans,” says Doug Collier, President [...]
Brentwood’s Dolphin Club on market for $2.6 million
By Bonnie Burch
The Tennessean
BRENTWOOD — The Dolphin Club property is back on the market.
"http://www.calvarybrentwood.org/">Calvary Chapel, the 130-member church that bought the former swim and tennis club property from Mark and Sheila Cleveland in early [...]
From the desk of Chris Devaney:
“Like John Tanner, Bart Gordon can see the writing on the wall in 2010 and has chosen to step aside,” said Devaney. “Tennesseans are struggling with 10.5 percent unemployment and are looking to their elected leaders for common-sense solutions that will put help [...]
Safer than at home?--The Tennessean provides lots of inches to push Schools Under Surveillance: Cultures of Control in Public Education by Vanderbilt Professor Torin Monahan. A lot of 'duh' statements in this overview such as:The Knoxville News Sentinel thinks its time to take stock of our revenue situation:
One recent story in The (Nashville) Tennessean noted that many companies have shifted their profits over state lines to avoid tax payments. Sen. Tim Burchett, a Knoxville Republican, has sponsored legislation that would require a different [...]
A bill passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives would allow Tennesseans to continue to deduct state and local sales taxes on their federal income taxes for 2009.
[...]From a presser:
Sen. Roy Herron, Democratic candidate for Tennessee’s 8th District in the U.S. Congress, today announced endorsements from Sen. Tim Barnes (D-Clarksville), Sen. Doug Jackson (D-Dickson), Rep. Joe Pitts (D-Clarksville), and Rep. John Tidwell (D-New Johnsonville), all prominent legislators who represent Tennesseans living in the congressional district.
“I’ve had the [...]
TNGOP takes on Obama’s economic plan:
Spend, spend, spend – that’s the only plan Washington Democrats can come up with to fix our ailing economy. And if the spending doesn’t work – spend some more. Tennesseans want to see the spending stop and the job creation start. Families across the [...]
Approximately 25,000 Tennesseans Eligible for Additional Benefits
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is on schedule to complete the online applications for the latest federal extension of unemployment benefits. The application will be available on the Tennessee Department of Labor’s Internet site on December 11, and the [...]
The News editor Sandy Campbell has submitted his resignation effective Dec. 15 to take a political reporting job at The Lebanon Democrat beginning the following day.
Campbell, perhaps best known for being The Tennessean’s editorial cartoonist for several decades — from 1975-2002 — said he wanted to get [...]
Tom Humphrey reports:
Leaders of Tennesseans for Fair Taxation accused the state Department of Revenue Tuesday of stonewalling requests for information about “a corporate tax loophole that benefits large corporations.”
Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr said the accusation was “insulting” and “very misleading.”
“We are not withholding information from this group. They have [...]
From Andy Sere, National Republican Campaign Committee spokesman:
“Lawyer-politician-professor Roy Herron’s 23-year Nashville record is a veritable smorgasbord of Obama-style liberalism. Herron has championed a state income tax, a disastrous government healthcare system, card check and the ‘stimulus’ that failed struggling Tennesseans. With his gubernatorial bid circling the drain, he’s [...]
Tom Humphrey on how Herron’s switch from the governor’s race to the congressional race is District 8 is a boon to McWherter:
His exit from the Democratic gubernatorial primary clearly boosts the prospects of fellow West Tennessean Mike McWherter, who was already the frontrunner according to a recent McWherter-commissioned poll. [...]
From the party blog:
“As many of us gather with family to enjoy the Thanksgiving Day feast, remember there are Tennesseans who struggle daily to make ends meet, especially during these tough economic times. That’s why it is vital we participate in this democracy to ensure we elect leaders who [...]
Not what you might be thinking:
If saving money and eliminating unnecessary State bureaucracy are Governor Bredesen’s real objectives, this can be done very easily by eliminating every State position or piece of government makework having to do with concealed carry permits. Simply eliminate those permits and allow every Tennessean [...]
The word from the radio talker via Matt Hurtt:
After two years in the Sunday Issues section of The Tennessean the paper has decided to discontinue Phil Valentine’s weekly column.
“I have appreciated the opportunity,” Valentine said. “Ultimately, it’s their paper and their decision. I enjoyed being the token [...]
From Trading Markets:
U.S. Community Publishing division has named Carol Hudler president and publisher of The Tennessean in Nashville. Hudler, who has been the president and publisher of The News-Press in Fort Myers, FL, since 2000 succeeds Ellen Leifeld, president and publisher of The Tennessean, who is retiring.
Hudler will remain [...]
