Statement from Sen. Jim Kyle, Feb. 26, 2010:
NASHVILLE – Memphis Senator Jim Kyle (D-Memphis) announced today that he will be withdrawing from the 2010 Tennessee Gubernatorial race, and issued the following statement:
“After…
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February 2010
The lieutenant governor will start calling out Bill Haslam for being a child of privilege who didn’t really earn the job of running a national company, it was handed to him by family. Also, just who is Congressman Zach Wamp going to confront at the state line, anyway? Himself?
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Bill Haslam’s GOP opponents in the governor’s race have blistered the Knoxville mayor for not reporting income from the family chain of truck-stops. But he says his affiliation with Pilot Oil is obvious to voters, and he has no plans to divulge the actual income numbers.
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Gov. Phil Bredesen is proposing that lawmakers amputate more than $200 million from the state’s low-income medical program. But most of the cuts will only affect a sliver of the enrolled population; About 60,000 out of the 1.2 million enrollees would actually face reductions in government-funded care options, say administration officials.
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Press Release from Bill Haslam for Governor, Feb. 25, 2010:
Principles helped bring success to Knoxville; Haslam wants same for state
KNOXVILLE – Republican gubernatorial candidate Mayor Bill Haslam today released his ten…
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The mayor of Knoxville and Republican candidate for governor met on the MTSU Murfreesboro campus Wednesday with university president Sidney McPhee, school economists and local community leaders. The purpose of the visit was to ask questions, take notes and basically see if he could learn something about the state and direction of the Tennessee economy.
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Press Release from Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, Feb. 24, 2010:
“Tomorrow’s health care meeting at the Blair House in Washington is more of a pageant than a summit. You’re going to see…
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NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education and SAS Institute Inc. are partnering to provide valuable teaching resources for Tennessee’s Colleges of Education. Future educators and administrators will learn how to improve teaching…
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Press Release from Tennessee Comptroller of Treasury Justin Wilson, Feb. 24, 2010:
A former wrestling coach at Clarksville’s Kenwood High School lost or misappropriated money from fundraisers and equipment sales, an investigation…
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Her cash on hand pales in comparison to that raised by her 2010 primary campaign opponents. But Kim McMillan is confident her diverse political resume, which includes leading the state House majority and working side-by-side with Gov. Phil Bredesen, gives her a legitimate shot at capturing the Democratic nomination for governor.
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Program reductions could be mitigated somewhat by a federal decision last week to rework a formula for determining how much money the state owes the federal government in “clawback” funds — perhaps giving the state another $120 million to work with. Lawmakers say they’re still concerned the cuts are going to hit many Tennesseans hard in the midst of this prolonged recession.
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