Gov. Bill Haslam says he signed the state’s $31.5 billion spending plan Tuesday, putting into action a state budget that is $627 million less than this year’s.
In an interview with TNReport Tuesday afternoon, Haslam said he’s proud of the …
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Jobs4TN Online Brings Self-Service Functions to Job Seekers, Employers
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Karla Davis today announced a new jobs …
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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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NASHVILLE – Senate Democrats ended the legislative session Tuesday having achieved several jobs initiatives while stopping bad ideas that threatened Tennessee families and workers.
“The differences in priorities between …
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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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Rate Decreases in 89 Counties, Increases in Five, and Remains the Same in One
NASHVILLE – County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for March 2012, released today, …
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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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GOP lawmakers set aside their disagreements and struck accord on a list of spending projects to cut and keep. The deal they achieved put the competing versions of the budget in line with one another and on track for final passage in both chambers Monday.
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State workers will be evaluated based on how well they do their jobs, with less emphasis placed on seniority, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam Tuesday. Haslam made the new standards for the state workforce a central piece of his legislative agenda this year.
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NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development Karla Davis announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for March fell to 7.9 percent, down from the February …
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Tennessee Citizen Action Asks the Haslam Administration and Their Department of Commerce and Insurance Why They Support a Bill That Will Erode Consumer Protections
Nashville, Tenn. (April 20, 2012) …
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Democrats in the House of Representatives are looking to dish up a bigger slice of tax cut for Tennesseans who purchase their groceries in the state.
During a Legislative Plaza press conference Thursday, Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh, caucus chairman Mike …
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