People are right to condemn Vanderbilt University for concocting an anti-discrimination policy that seems prejudiced against students seeking to assemble with others who share their religious beliefs, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters Thursday.
But Haslam said he still plans …
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Among other changes, government check recipients will have to document that they’re looking for work, and the department will audit 1,000 of those reports each week trying to nab cheaters.
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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story gave the impression that Gov. Bill Haslam had already vetoed the legislation described below. In fact, as of this story’s initial posting, the governor had only announced his intention to veto the …
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Tennessee held steady at #4 in a ranking of the states for their business climate by Chief Executive magazine, which conducts the annual survey of business leaders.
Texas, Florida and North Carolina bested the Volunteer State.
The magazine singled out …
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Customers who roll their own cigarettes would get hit with higher taxes under a bill approved by both the state House and Senate. Lawmakers still have to settle on an implementation date.
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Tennessee farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Obama administration retreated from a proposal to restrict the kinds of agriculture-related jobs people under the age of 18 can legally perform in America.
Rhedona Rose, executive vice president for …
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today issued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of a proposed rule dealing with children who work in agricultural vocations:
“The …
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NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development joined the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) to announce today the …
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(April 26, 2012, NASHVILLE) – Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey today praised the unanimous passage of the Unemployment Insurance Accountability Act of 2012 (Senate Bill 3658) …
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House Leadership and Republican Caucus using misleading statements for cover to distract public from their true motives.
Roll Back History…
First, this bill has been pending and debated in …
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GOP members vote down move to hear bill on House, Senate floors
NASHVILLE — Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle called on House and Senate Republicans to support floor …
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Let us pause for a moment to consider where we are on the Employee Safe Commute bills as the General Assembly may be entering is last week of session.…
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