August 2011

Press Release from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Aug. 31, 2011:

New policy brief outlines plan to more accurately determine the cost of legislation

NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released a policy brief …

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Gov. Bill Haslam has spoken to University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt about her illness, but the governor did not allow much detail about that conversation when asked.

Summitt, 59, announced on Aug. 23 that she has dementia, …

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Haslam has also met with business executives in Atlanta and Chicago, and has held meetings with business leaders across the state, most recently on Tuesday in Kingsport and today in Memphis.

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Press Release from the Office of Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Aug. 31, 2011:

Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper and 45 other attorneys general are urging Backpage.com to do more to stop online classified ads promoting human sex …

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Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday that a government-backed program to develop ethanol from switchgrass has been “a great venture” but that he would now like to see the program stand on its own. Haslam and Sen. Lamar Alexander toured experimental facilities in Monroe County.

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CORRECTION: This post originally misreported the dollar-amount in proposed cuts to the TennCare budget. The correct figure is $2,253,687,900. TNReport regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion it may have caused.

Tennessee government officials are prepared to cut up …

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This is a compilation of Tennessee news and political stories assembled daily by staffers in Gov. Bill Haslam’s office.

Haslam, Alexander tour East Tenn. biorefinery (Associated Press/Schelzig)

Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander are touting the potential of …

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Press Release from the State of Tennessee, Aug. 30, 2011:

Manufacturing Facility to Create 400 Jobs Over Five Years

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty today joined with officials from Perry County …

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Press Release from the State of Tennessee, Aug. 24, 2011:

Applications for Nine Regional Accelerators Accepted Through Sept. 30th

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty today announced that the department is accepting applications for …

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Charter school advocates say they would like to bypass local school board authority when setting up new charters, but Gov. Bill Haslam said he’s comfortable with the recently passed reforms and wants to see how that works before doing anything else.

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This is a compilation of Tennessee news and political stories assembled daily by staffers in Gov. Bill Haslam’s office.

Camden gets $352K grant (Jackson Sun)

Funds to be used for downtown sidewalks, lighting, landscaping Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department …

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Press Release from the Republican Party of Tennessee, Aug. 29, 2011:

Democrat State Representative Gary Moore was recently elected as President of the Tennessee AFL-CIO and it is causing quite the stir. Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney has …

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