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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

SBA Disaster Loans Now Available to Businesses Impacted by U.S. 64 Rock Slide

by TN Press Release Center| Feb. 17, 2010

State of Tennessee Press Release, Feb. 17, 2010:

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today announced the Small Business Administration is making Economic Injury Disaster Loans available in Polk County and three adjacent Tennessee…

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Haslam Responds to One-Year Anniversary of Federal Stimulus

by TN Press Release Center| Feb. 17, 2010

Press Release from Bill Haslam Campaign for Governor, Feb. 17, 2010:

“Don’t paper over real problems with Tennessee taxpayer dollars”

KNOXVILLE – On the one-year anniversary of the federal economic stimulus,…

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Anti-Insurance Mandate Bill Thus Far Encountering Little Resistance

by Andrea Zelinski| Feb. 17, 2010

Coined “The Tennessee Health Freedom Act,” the bill would require the state attorney general to defend residents who find themselves in trouble with the IRS, or some other federal agency, for disobeying an order from the United States government to purchase health insurance.

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Wamp Launches Campaign — And More Barbs at Haslam

by Mike Morrow| Feb. 17, 2010

The Volunteer State’s 3rd Congressional District representative says he’s not criticizing the Knoxville mayor’s family-business success. Wamp just wants “full disclosure” of Haslam’s financial ties to Pilot Corp. For Haslam, Tennessee’s 2010 GOP primary feels thus far like he’s “running against a bunch of California liberals attacking capitalism.”

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