Haslam: Medicaid Expansion Talks Didn’t Get Down-and-Dirty with New HHS Top
Governor spoke with Obamacare chief recently, but conversation lacked policy specifics
Legal Uncertainty, Political Disagreement Surrounds New Drug-Dependent Babies Law
Question may arise as to whether methamphetamine is a 'narcotic drug' under new statute used for fist time since taking effect July 1
Critics of Huffman Want Decision from Haslam
Governor has resisted calls to can the controversial education department head, and says he won't decide what he's doing long-term until after November
Volkswagen Announces New SUV Line for Chattanooga
Decision gets widespread notice both here in Tennessee and nationally
Comptroller: TN Ranking Among Most Corrupt States Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
Wilson says more public-money malfeasance gets reported here, but that doesn't mean more is going on

Video Archive

Haslam on ‘Growing Income Inequality’ and ‘What It Is Gov’t Should Look Like’

Press Conference: Bell Announces ‘Judicial Accountability’ Probe

Haslam on Signing Electric Chair ‘Backup’ Bill

TN Chief Justice Wade Talks Election, Ethics

Haslam Talks TN Education at National Journalist’s Conference

Campaign Kicks Off to Convince Voters to Amend Constitution on Judicial Selection

Haslam: Bill Targeting Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women had Administration Input

Haslam on UAW Retreat

Industrial Hemp Bill Passes TN Senate

Huffman: Getting a Voucher Program Going by Next Year ‘Challenging’ But Doable

Sen. Alexander: Teachers Should Champion Charter Schools

Bush Sidesteps Chance to Take Sides in TN Voucher Debate

Ramsey on The Amp

Ramsey Not Happy with UT Sex Week

Haslam: Turner a ‘Legitimately Good Guy’

Turner Won’t Run for House Seat Again

Democrats’ Minimum Wage Bill Dies in House Subcommittee

Haslam at RGA in DC

Kent Williams Spikes the Mic

Haslam: Guns-in-Parks Has Local-Govt ‘Property Rights’ Element

Mothers of Victims in Christian-Newsom Slayings Speak in Senate Committee

McCormick: UAW Bad for Business

Harwell, Ramsey on Haslam’s ‘Tennessee Promise’

Sean Hannity…Come On Down!

Faison, Lynn Denounce Obamacare

Fitzhugh: Bredesen Supports Medicaid Expansion

Bickering in TN House Over Medicad Expansion

Former Speaker Naifeh Weighs in on Medicaid Expansion

TN House Leadership Pre-Session Press Conference

Haslam Talks State Transportation Spending

Huffman: State Education Reforms on Right Track

TN ‘Fastest Improving State’ on NAEP

Haslam on Exchanges

Holt: Hemp Legalization Bill Coming

Davis: Just Give Obamacare a Chance

Haslam on Federal Shutdown, Day 1

Ramsey Discusses 9/11 Tweet About Obama, Syria

BEAT LAMAR ‘Vetting’ Sessions Explained

Maggart Behind Enemy Lines

TN Farm Bureau: Foreign Workers Needed

U.S. Chamber Pushing Congress on Immigration Bill

Conversation with ‘Kane’

Haslam: No Interest in Changes to Guns in Lots

Haslam, Dean Discuss ‘nashvilleAchieves’ with Reporters

Haslam Discusses Health Initiative with Reporters

Ramsey Lauds GOP Education Reforms

Haslam Praises TN Republican Supermajorities

Haslam Interviewed on GA-TN Boundary Spat

Haslam: Gov’t Must Balance Privacy, Safety

Haslam on TVA Privatization

Faison Not Rushing New DUI Legislation

Roe Holding Back on Internet Sales Tax

Haslam Surprised By Level of School-Choice Support Among Tennesseans

Fleischmann on Internet Sales Tax

Alexander Outlines Energy Policy Ideas

Corker Talks TVA

Matheny: TN House Could Use More Conservatives

No Accountability in U.S. Senate: Niceley

Carr Gearing Up for Congress Run

Dems: A Dearth of Deliberation in 2013

Gov. Haslam’s End-of-Session Press Conference

TN House-Senate Tension a Good Sign: McCormick

Lt. Gov. Ramsey’s Post-Session Comments

Not the End for Education Reform: Norris

White: More Good Charters Wanted

Watson Opposes Locals Opting Out of Annexation

Bell: Preemption Clause ‘Most Important’ Part of Knives Bill

Kyle: Creating More School Districts “Does Not Bode Well” for Public Ed.

Stewart: State Income Tax Constitutional — Keep It That Way

Parkinson Wants Parental-Involvement Conversation Campfield Started to Keep Going

House Dems Oppose Tying TANF Benefits to Grades

Legislators, TBI on Eliminating Statute of Limitation with DNA Evidence

McCormick: Dems Should Defend Income Tax

Powell to Georgia: Keep Grubby Mitts Off TN’s Clean Water

Ramsey: Tying Welfare to Grades Could Boost Parental Involvement

Ramsey: Most Republican Senators Didn’t Want Student ID’s at the Ballot Box

McCormick: Flexibility Needed for Gov’t Officials Negotiating Deals With Private Companies

Kelsey to Blame on Vouchers Failure, Ramsey Says

TNCA’s Mancini: Haslam Shouldn’t Rush to Add Responsibilities to Troubled Dept. of Labor

Ramsey Gets a Call From U.S. Sen. Corker

Leader Norris: Some in Senate GOP Tried to ‘Hijack’ Haslam’s Voucher Bill

Ketron Still Undecided on Voucher Money for Religious Schools

Kelsey: Niceley’s U.S. Senate Nominations Bill ‘Smells of Elitism, Cronyism’

Niceley ‘Trying to Save America’ with U.S. Senate Nominations Bill

Ramsey Supports Legislature Nominating U.S. Senate Candidates

McCormick: Voter Fraud Is Real

Parkinson, Armstrong Denounce Latest GOP-Backed Voter ID Restrictions

Ramsey Defends Quick Pace of Legislative Session

Gov. Haslam, TennCare Director Darin Gordon Discuss State-Fed Medicaid Issues

House Subcommittee Discussion on Drones in TN

Dunn: School Choice About Children; Backs Haslam’s More Limited Voucher Plan

Argo: Haslam Supports Banning Public University ‘All-Comers’ Policies

Rep. Love: Kids’ Interests Often Lost in Politically Charged Education Debates

Huffman: Disrupting Bad Schools a Good Thing

Johnson vs. Holt: Mountaintop Removal

No Love from Reps. Dunn, Lynn for UT’s ‘Sex Week’

Hill on Voting Down Wine-Sales Bill in Local Gov’t Committee

Kelsey Moving Forward on Bill Barring Medicaid Expansion

Rep. Sherry Jones Still Undecided on Wine-in-Supermarkets

House Floor Debate: Local Gov’t Control vs Economic Freedom

McCormick: Dems Abusing Local Control

Gov. Haslam Still Studying Medicaid Expansion Impacts, Outcomes

Casada on Mandating Local Gov’ts Not to Put Wage Mandates on Businesses

Rep. Johnnie Turner Opposes Heritage Protection Mandate

Fitzhugh: Session Moving Too Fast — Committee Scheduling Conflicts Arising

Rep. J. DeBerry Supports School Choice

Fitzhugh Opposes Vouchers, Charter Authorizer

Dems Don’t Like Per Diem Cuts

Gonzales on U.S. Military Killing Americans

Rep. Johnnie Turner: Government-Run Schools Should Always Take Priority

Rep. Floyd Pines for Alcohol Prohibition

Finney on School Choice Issues in General Assembly

Kyle’s iPad Takes Licking, Keeps Ticking

Fitzhugh: GOP’s Gun Bill Violates ‘Right to Exclude Others’ from Private Property

Haslam: Sequester Cuts ‘a Horrible Way to Do Government’

States’ Rights Advocate: AG Cooper Delivered ‘Wrong Answer’ in Nullification Opinion

Beavers Quizzes Kelsey on Constitutional Amendment to Repeal Judicial Elections

Fitzhugh: TN Would Do Better Job Running Exchange Than Feds

Ramsey: Time to Get Moving on Wine in Grocery Stores

Ford Sponsoring Alternative Judicial Selection Amendment

GOP’s Gun Bill Protects from Criminal Prosecution Only

States vs. Feds; Supremacy Clause vs 2nd & 10th Amdts; Beavers vs. Kelsey

Rich Pol, Poor Pol: Shaw, Womick Debate Per Diem

Faison: Firearm in Car Could Still Get You Fired

State Laws Assumed Constitutional Until Proven Otherwise, says Ramsey

Guns-in-Lots Debated on Senate Floor

Sens. Burks & Johnson on Guns & Businesses

DCS Has Chronic Problems: Haslam

Haslam Talks Guns-in-Lots, Background Checks

Ketron Keyed on Wine-in-Groceries

Kelsey Outlines His New Judicial Selection Proposal

Interim Commissioner Jim Henry on His Priorities at DCS

Jones Wanted O’Day to Testify

Casada: GOP Supports Gov’t-Shrinking Bills

Emkes: Haslam Budget ‘Good for the Citizens of Tennessee

Miller Troubled by Haslam Plan to Vacate State Buildings

Armstrong Taking Wait-and-See on Haslam’s School Choice Legislation

Rep. Mike Harrison Opposes Vouchers for Now

Rep. Camper: Haslam’s MInd Seems Open on Medicaid Expansion

West Tennessee Democrats Discuss Haslam’s Budget Address

Rep. Jones: Governor Must Be Getting Bad Advice on DCS

Casada: Haslam ‘a Methodical, Well-Thought-Out Individual’

Rep. Mike Stewart: Vouchers Never Proven Successful

Campfield: Haslam’s Budget Heavy on Spending

Haslam: $32.7 Billion 2013-2014 Budget Proposal Shows ‘Wise Fiscal Restraint’

Hensley Sees Both Sides of Medicaid Expansion Debate

Campfield: Tie Student Achievement to Parents’ Welfare

‘Job 1: the Budget,’ says Senate Majority Leader

Winters on Teacher Retirement, ‘Collaborative Conferencing’

Johnson Assesses GOP’s 2011 Anti-TEA Push

Niceley: Locally Buying, Selling Ag Products Keeps Money Circulating in TN

Lundberg Optimistic on Wine in Groceries

What Does an ‘Adequate Guest-Worker Program’ Look Like to the American Farm Bureau?

Tate on Discord in Senate Democratic Caucus

Towns: 15-Bill Limit is ‘Straight Draconian’

Ramsey on Why He Didn’t Re-Appoint Beavers to Chair Judiciary Committee

Jones: GOP Took Away DCS Oversight

Kyle Wonders If New TN Capitol Security Upgrades Violate State Constitution

Comptroller Wilson: TN a National Example of Sound Financial Management

Sen. Doug Henry: Balancing Books, Protecting Retirement System Most Important Legislative Matters

Campfield on Armed Teachers

Johnson, Norris: House Bill-Limit Would Affect Senate

Stewart: Stop Directing Taxpayer Dollars to K12 Inc.

Haslam: People Treat You Much Differently When You Are Governor

Tracy: Character Makes a Difference

House Majority Leader Not Ruling Out Medicaid Expansion

Fitzhugh: Expanding Medicaid Makes Fiscal, Moral Sense

Haslam on Arming Teachers

Wilson: Still Many Budget Unknowns

Tennessee House Democrats Keep Top Leadership in Place

Shaw: “You can’t curse the guy out that’s holding the gun on you.”

Haslam: Politics No Factor in Healthcare Exchange Decision

Durham: Expanding Medicaid Too Costly

Tea Party: ‘Just Say No’ to Obamacare Exchanges

Ketron: Let Feds Fail on Exchanges

Carr: Reject Health Exchanges on Principle

Marrero: Opposition to Obamacare About Freedom

Fed-Modeled Judicial Selection Plan Advancing

Senate May Reshuffle Committee Assignments

Haslam Responds to TNInvestco Audit

Haslam on ACA, Health Exchange Dilemma

TNDP Upwardly Mobile, says Outbound State Party Chair

Harwell: Charter Students May take Money, Scores with Them

Dems Rip GOP on DesJarlais; Forrester Calls Congressman ‘Unethical Monster’

Free-Market Health Reform Advocate Talks Alternatives to Obamacare

State Election Finance Officials Toss Burchett Complaint

Stewart: DesJarlais Should Resign

Schofield: Probation, Parole Supervision a Work In Progress

Traughber: Unrealistic to Fix DOC, Parole Board Problems in One Year

Vouchers on the Table, Not a Done Deal: Haslam

Voucher Update: TEA Says State Moving Too Fast, Ed Officials Say Why Wait

Turner on GOP, Dems’ Relationship with Big Government

Judges Have Personal Opinions, Say Haslam, Ramsey

Haslam: State Should Tighten Up Rules for Welfare Benefits

Haslam On Why Japan is Important to TN

RAW: Haslam Says MNPS Gave Him No Choice But to Levy Fine

Haslam on Romney’s 47% Remark: Government Should ‘Care About Everyone’

Haslam, Huffman Defend $3.4M Fine to MNPS

Harwell on Guns: No Mandate to Settle Guns-in-Lots Right Away

Casada: No Need to Challenge Harwell Now

Lege Will Talk Charter Schools in 2013: Harwell

Fitzhugh: Dems Need to Focus on Facts to Regain Influence

Marrero Discusses Hat Collection

HASLAM: Now’s the Time to Mull Pre-K Expansion

No Copeland Cap Changes Recommended in State’s Review

Still, fiscally conservative TN think tank suggests certain revisions could save taxpayers money [...]

22 Jan 2014

Tag budget, copeland cap, fiscal responsibility, spending, state budget

Amid Looming Budget Issues, Haslam Doubles Down on Tax Cut Rhetoric

06 Dec 20130 Comment

Anticipated Federal Funding Shortfall Makes for Bumpy Ride at TDOT

26 Nov 20130 Comment

Haslam Brushes Off Criticism of State Contracting

15 Nov 20130 Comment

‘Tennessee Promise’ Passes House, Senate

Haslam initiative designed to make post-secondary learning more accessible to graduating TN seniors[...]

16 Apr 2014

Haslam Plan For Community College Prompts Questions

17 Feb 20140 Comment

Measure to Grant In-State Tuition to Children of Undocumented Immigrants Moves in Senate

13 Feb 20140 Comment

Student Demand for Online Courses in TN Rising: Report

29 Jan 20140 Comment

Legislative Session a Mixed Bag for Most

18 Apr 20140 Comment

Legislature Sends Hemp Legalization Bill to Haslam

16 Apr 20141 Comment

Industrial Hemp Legalization Push No Joke in TN, Passes House 88-5

01 Apr 20140 Comment

Measure Ensuring TN Legislature Controls Medicaid Expansion Decision Headed to Haslam’s Desk

29 Mar 20140 Comment

Obamacare Medicaid Expansion in TN a Tough Sell Among Republicans

09 Mar 20140 Comment

House: No Medicaid Expansion Without Legislative OK

25 Feb 20141 Comment

Senate Hearing on Chief Justice Wade Ethics Investigation to Commence

23 Jun 20141 Comment

Senate Hearing Set to Probe ‘Judicial Accountability,’ Justice Wade Complaint

09 Jun 20140 Comment

Handling of Ethics Complaint Against TN Chief Justice May Undergo Legislative Scrutiny

31 May 20140 Comment

Veto-Override Session May be in Works

21 Mar 20140 Comment

Amendment for Popular Election of State Attorney General Falls Short in Senate

05 Feb 20140 Comment

No Competitive Bids for $34K in Van Buren Co.: State Audit

10 Jan 20140 Comment