Wednesday, August 31, 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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