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Tennessee Governor
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Prince Edward presents Edinburgh's awards at Tennessee governor's mansionAward is self-development program for those ages 14 through 25 that aims to instill confidence and skills More
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Prince Edward in US to present Duke of Edinburgh's award for youth leadership and characterNASHVILLE, Tenn. - Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, has visited the U.S. to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of...
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Governor's SchoolFive Memphis University School underclassmen will attend Tennessee Governor’s School, a challenging and intensive summer program for gifted and talented high school students.
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Tennessee leaders discuss coal importance at annual conferenceTennessee Governor Bill Haslam was the featured speaker at the 34th annual Coal Conference in Kingsport.
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Gov. Haslam signs food tax reduction billTennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed the last step in a two-year effort to reduce the state's portion of groceries sales tax from 5.25 percent to...
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Kane Challenges Tennessee Lt. Governor To Debate, Remembering Macho Man- Brian "Road Dogg" James turns 44 years old today. - Today marks two years since the unfortunate death of wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy...
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Tennessee Governor Signs School Security BillGov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.
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Tennessee Governor Signs Ignition Interlock BillTennessee's ignition interlock law will apply to more drunken drivers under legislation signed by Gov. Bill Haslam.
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Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam vetoing ‘ag gag’ billTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said he is vetoing the controversial “ag gag” bill.
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Tennessee governor signs workers' comp legislationGov. Bill Haslam has signed a measure to change the way the state considers injured workers' claims. The Republican governor held a ceremonial signing at...
Tennessee Senator
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U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais fined for sex with 2 patientsWASHINGTON — Tennessee's top medical disciplinary panel fined licensed physician and U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais $500 for sexual relationships he had with two female patients,...
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TN senators have differing views on potential TVA saleUS Senator Bob Corker says he's open to the idea of changing the ownership model for TVA, including cutting ties with the federal government.
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Tennessee senator among those demanding answers concerning IRS controversyU.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today joined a group of 45 senators in a letter to President Obama concerning the IRS's admitted targeting of conservative groups.
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Tennessee Senator: Sale Idea Cost TVA $500 MillionSenator Lamar Alexander said President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars -- even...
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Tenn. senator: Sale idea cost TVA $500 millionSen. Lamar Alexander says President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even...
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Political Notebook: Will Nancy Pelosi be next to laud Sen. Alexander?News and notes on Tennessee's politics and politicians.
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HomeGrown: Senator Bob CorkerSenator Bob Corker is a businessman by trade. He worked his way up from the construction site to owner of two of Chattanooga's largest real...
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Sen. Alexander Fights for Chickamauga Lock FundingBy Drew Bollea Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander was in the Scenic City this morning, rallying support for Chickamauga Lock funding. "The Chickamauga Lock is important...
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Tennessee Senator Refuses to Apologize for Pressure Cooker JokeState Sen. Stacey Campfield Is Refusing to Apologize for His Blog Post
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Tennessee Sen. Won't Apologize for Pressure Cooker JokeA Tennessee senator is refusing to apologize for what many are calling a "tasteless" joke about pressure cookers in his blog in the wake of...
Tennessee Congressional District
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Rep. Bonner resigns for position with UA SystemU.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced on Thursday his resignation from Congress, stating he would be taking a new position with the University of Alabama System.
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Veteran strategist signs on with State Rep. Joe CarrWASHINGTON — State Rep. Joe Carr announced this week that veteran political strategist Chip Saltsman is joining his 4th District bid to unseat Republican Rep....
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Veteran strategist signs on with DesJarlais opponentWASHINGTON — State Rep. Joe Carr announced Tuesday that veteran political strategist Chip Saltsman is joining his 4th District bid to unseat Republican Rep. Scott...
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Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breaking local newsLascassas, TN– Rep. Joe Carr announced Tuesday that veteran GOP strategist Chip Saltsman has joined his team in his bid to win the GOP primary...
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Republican strategist Chip Saltsman joining Joe Carr's campaignNASHVILLE - State Rep. Joe Carr, R-Lascassas, said today that veteran Republican strategist Chip Saltsman is joining his 4th Congressional District campaign.
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Tennessee Congressmen struggling with internet sales tax decisionWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. is getting a lot of opinions from a lot of people as he weighs the pros and...
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Tennessee GOP leaders McCormick, Casada back Rep. Joe Carr for CongressNASHVILLE — State House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, and another top chamber leader, GOP Caucus Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin, are encouraging fellow House...
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Economic Study finds positive and negative aspects of local economyThe King Institute for Regional Economic Studies has released its eighth report. In a press release, the university says the newly released paper reports that...
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Virginia Is Much More Important Than South CarolinaRepublican Mark Sanford’s victory Tuesday in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District tells us only one thing about the 2014 midterm elections—that Democrats still need to...
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Congressman Fincher accepting applications for service academy nominationsJACKSON, Tenn. -- U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is accepting applications from students in Tennessee's 8th Congressional District between the ages of 17-23, are unmarried and...
Tennessee State Government
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Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patientsRep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was...
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Shelby Co. jobless rate eases in April to 9.2%Jobless rate inches lower in Shelby County.
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Sen. Bob Corker would be open to some TVA changesCHATTANOOGA — Eighty years after it was birthed by the federal government as a part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority...
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Camilla P. Benbow: Common Core will help provide boost to studentsThere seems to be a lot of confusion as well as some concern about the new Common Core State Standards that Tennessee adopted in 2010...
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Sen. Bob Corker open to TVA changesEighty years after it was birthed by the federal government as a part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority might be...
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Poll: Tennesseans favor Haslam, Medicaid expansion, against Internet tax, 'Obamacare'NASHVILLE — A growing majority of Tennesseans support expansion of Medicaid within the state though most at the same time have an unfavorable impression of...
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Hawaii Governor Abercrombie Welcomes NCPERS Meeting Attendees, Says Critics “Miss the Boat” on Scenic But...Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie welcomed more than 600 attendees to the 2013 Annual Conference of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems yesterday – an
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Knoxville grant to help manage archivesA grant from the Tennessee Secretary of State's office will help the City of Knoxville with the organization of local government records.
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TN labor development dept. rewarded despite overspending $73MPayments sent to dead people, $73 million wasted and long waits for unemployment checks probably doesn't sound like "exemplary performance" in state government.
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Enterprise Deal Raises Questions About Outsourcing EffortNewsChannel 5 has uncovered serious questions about how parts of Tennessee's state government -- in this case, the state's motor pool -- are being outsourced...
Tennessee Politics
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U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais fined for sex with 2 patientsWASHINGTON — Tennessee's top medical disciplinary panel fined licensed physician and U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais $500 for sexual relationships he had with two female patients,...
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Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breaking local newsDavid Fowler, president of The Family Action Council of Tennessee, hit the decision of the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay...
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Help NLRB protect workers' rightsMost people in Tennessee don’t even know what the National Labor Relations Board is. Well, why should they? Here’s why. For decades, American labor law...
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Memphis, Tennessee to continue series after allMemphis, Tennessee to continue series after all
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Democratic Party leader Roy Herron blasts GOP 'nonsense'CHATTANOOGA — Roy Herron is tired of seeing Tennessee politics as the go-to joke for late-night TV hosts.
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Democratic leader Roy Herron is tired of Tennessee politics being the go-to joke on TVRoy Herron is tired of seeing Tennessee politics as the go-to joke for late-night TV hosts.
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Political Notebook: Will Nancy Pelosi be next to laud Sen. Alexander?News and notes on Tennessee's politics and politicians.
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Political Notebook: News and notes on politics and politicians in Nashville and TennesseeNews and notes on Tennessee's politics and politicians.
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Demolishing the Ben West Building was a bad idea — but moving Nashville School of...Go West, Young Nashvillians by Christine Kreyling In what's becoming a rare occurrence in Tennessee politics, a pig-in-a-poke looming on Metro's docket may have stopped...
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Haslams try to halt fallout from FBI raid on PilotTennessee's Haslam family is furiously trying to control the damage following a federal investigation into the family business that could threaten to unravel decades of...
Tennessee Republican
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Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a doctor, reprimanded for sex with patientsNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with...
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Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee fined, reprimanded for sex with patientsNASHVILLE, Tenn. - Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, has been reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with...
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Rep. DesJarlais Reprimanded for Sex With PatientsRepublican Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee fined, reprimanded for sex with patients
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Rep. Scott DesJarlais pays $500 fine on complaints against himWASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais said this morning that the Tennessee State Board of Medical Examiners has largely absolved him of complaints made in...
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IRS Hearings Show Lawmakers’ Outrage With Little RevealedThe first round of congressional hearings on the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of small- government groups didn’t reveal the people who started that practice or...
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Farm Subsidy Recipient Backs Food Stamp CutsRepresentative Stephen Fincher, Republican of Tennessee, collected nearly $3.5 million in subsidies from 1999 to 2012, an environment group found.
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Sebelius fundraising for Obamacare may be illegal, Alexander saysNASHVILLE — Tennessee Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said today that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may be breaking federal law by raising...
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Sen. Lamar Alexander courts support on Web sales taxWASHINGTON — Speaking on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander boils down the debate as he argues for online sales tax collection.
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Obama golfs with GOP senatorsWASHINGTON -- On the first green, President Obama put his arm around Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican.
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Tennessee, Georgia Republican lawmakers disagree over legal path in Boston bombing caseWASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers from Tennessee and Georgia are at odds over the degree of legal protections owed a controversial American citizen — the Boston...
Tennessee Democrat
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Dick Barry, former TN House speaker, dies at 87House Speaker William L. Barry, who led the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967, has died. Mr. Barry, 87, died Wednesday. A Democrat,...
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Dick Barry, former House speaker, diesHouse Speaker William L. Barry, who led the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967, has died. Barry passed away Wednesday at the age...
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Lawmakers grill former IRS officialsWASHINGTON — Several Tennessee and Georgia lawmakers grilled former Internal Revenue Service officials this week.
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GOP Congressman Stephen Fincher On A Mission From God-Starve The Poor While Personally Pocketing Millions...Tennessee GOP Congressman Stephen Fincher, swept into office in the Tea Party wave of 2010, is on a mission from God.
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Local briefs: Inline speed skaters qualify for nationalsDemocrat staff reports -- Last weekend, the best inline speed skaters from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississsippi, South Carolina and Tennessee converged in Port Richey...
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Georgiana Vines: Pamela Reeves, federal court nominee, draws praiseKnoxville lawyer Pamela Reeves faces more intensive investigation by federal agencies and a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee since being nominated Thursday by President...
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Democratic leader Roy Herron is tired of Tennessee politics being the go-to joke on TVRoy Herron is tired of seeing Tennessee politics as the go-to joke for late-night TV hosts.
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Political Notebook: Will Nancy Pelosi be next to laud Sen. Alexander?News and notes on Tennessee's politics and politicians.
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Political Notebook: News and notes on politics and politicians in Nashville and TennesseeNews and notes on Tennessee's politics and politicians.
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Tennessee Official Has World’s Worst Defense for Accusation That He Is Prejudiced Against Muslims“I’m prejudiced against anyone who’s trying to tear down this country, Muslims, Mexicans, anybody.” — Democrat Barry West, a county commissioner in Coffee County, Tennessee,...
Tennessee Tea Party
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Haslam's afternoon: British royalty to Tipton County RepublicansNASHVILLE — It was tea, crumpets and canapes to be followed by hamburgers and hot dogs for Gov. Bill Haslam Thursday evening.
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GOP Congressman Stephen Fincher On A Mission From God-Starve The Poor While Personally Pocketing Millions...Tennessee GOP Congressman Stephen Fincher, swept into office in the Tea Party wave of 2010, is on a mission from God.
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Tea Party demonstrators protest outside IRS offices in KnoxvilleTea Party members and supporters gathered in downtown Knoxville Tuesday to protest the IRS.
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Roane County Tea Party joins lawsuit against IRSThe co-chairman of the Roane County Tea Party said the group has joined at least 17 other conservative groups in a lawsuit against the IRS...
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Tea Party Victims Detail Intimidation, Claim VindicationTea party groups across the country from Pennsylvania to Texas say they've spent thousands of hours over the past couple of years trying to comply...
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Reinvigorated Tea Party Bands Together Against IRSTea party leaders banded together Thursday morning to sound a rallying cry for the first time since news broke last week that the IRS disproportionately...
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Roane Tea Party group says it was targeted by IRSAn East Tennessee Tea Party member will head to Washington D.C. Wednesday to speak about his dealings with the IRS.
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Lawmakers Set to Dig Into IRS Tea Party ScandalSeveral Tennessee and Georgia Republicans in Congress will be digging as two House committees investigate the Internal Revenue Service's alleged targeting of right-leaning political groups,...
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Tennessee tea party groups targeted in IRS probeTea party members across the country are outraged with the Internal Revenue Service, as the agency is now under federal investigation for targeting conservative groups.
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Tea Party Groups Want Congress to Investigate IRS for Targeting ThemGroups may tap Rep. Darrell Issa to investigate.
