Supreme Court Crowns New Chief Justice

Levity and mirth-making at Cornelia Clark's merry swearing-in ceremony

Supreme Court Crowns New Chief Justice Supreme Court Crowns New Chief Justice

State Takes 14 Months to Close 2008-09 Budget Books

Project was supposed to have been completed in March

State Takes 14 Months to Close 2008-09 Budget Books State Takes 14 Months to Close 2008-09 Budget Books

Bredesen Denies Pulling Strings on Morgan Appointment

And he finds a reporter's question on the matter "offensive"

Bredesen Denies Pulling Strings on Morgan Appointment Bredesen Denies Pulling Strings on Morgan Appointment

New TN ‘First to the Top’ Website Omits Ongoing Spending Details

Lacks specifics on which contractors are hired for what work, and how each school will allocate funding

New TN ‘First to the Top’ Website Omits Ongoing Spending Details New TN ‘First to the Top’ Website Omits Ongoing Spending Details

Campfield: Harper’s ‘Noose’ Comment ‘a Little Over the Top’

Harper offers no apologies

Campfield: Harper’s ‘Noose’ Comment ‘a Little Over the Top’ Campfield: Harper’s ‘Noose’ Comment ‘a Little Over the Top’
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Supreme Court Crowns New Chief Justice

by Andrea Zelinski| Sep. 2, 2010

A typically stern, austere group of high-court judges made the swearing in of Tennessee’s second female chief justice a girlie, gay affair.

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McWherter, Haslam Denounce Mosque Fire, Laud Zoning

by Mark Todd Engler| Sep. 1, 2010

Both candidates reiterated earlier statements that local officials should decide if and where controversial building occurs.

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Bipartisan Ethics Commission Could Hit Minor, Independent Candidates with Major Fines

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 30, 2010

Political hopefuls for seats in the House of Representatives, Senate and governor’s office are facing fines from the Tennessee Ethics Commission for failing to identify their conflicts of interest on time.

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State Takes 14 Months to Close 2008-09 Budget Books

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 27, 2010

Auditors this month finally wrapped up the final two accounting elements required to finish out the budget year, an exercise that was supposed to have been competed in March.

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Bredesen Denies Pulling Strings on Morgan Appointment

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 25, 2010

The outgoing Democratic governor tells reporters he finds it “offensive” to suggest he rigged the selection process to ensure his deputy governor was appointed chancellor by the Board of Regents.

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Tallies Change, Result Doesn’t: Henry Edges Yarbro

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 24, 2010

Jeff Yarbro lost the District 21 election recount to Douglas Henry, 5,734 votes to 5,717.

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Henry-Yarbro Recount Set for Today

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 24, 2010

On a voice vote — with many members attending via teleconference and about a dozen from the party’s Nashville headquarters — the 66-member committee decided overwhelmingly in favor of the recount.

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New TN ‘First to the Top’ Website Omits Ongoing Spending Details

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 23, 2010

The state’s Race to the Top budget is outlined, but lacks specifics on which contractors are hired for what work, and how each school will allocate its share of the money.

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Campfield: Harper’s ‘Noose’ Comment ‘a Little Over the Top’

by Mark Todd Engler| Aug. 21, 2010

Unhappy with a restriction on time allowed for lawmakers’ questions, Sen. Thelma Harper employed a reference to ligature strangulation to suggest Rep. Stacey Campfield was choking off inquiry into operations of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

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Ramsey Now Open to Granting Williams’ Fish Wish

by Andrea Zelinski| Aug. 19, 2010

If state revenues perk up by the next legislative session, the lieutenant governor says he’ll fully support the Carter County hatchery project, which was formerly referred to as an obvious example of “pork” by GOP lawmakers.

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