The upper chamber voted 28-0 to ban elected and appointed public officeholders from using a get out of jail free card for misconduct performed on the taxpayers’ time. Three lawmakers abstained, including one who says the state should look at removing diversion for other crimes, too.
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Lawmakers spent much of last year riding a political roller coaster to define Amazon.com’s role in collecting sales taxes from online shoppers. This week they made their first move to approve a deal reached…
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The Legislature is considering proposals for a new judicial ethics panel, either made up mostly of judges or laypeople.
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The governor wants to pump $70 million into the Fast Track grant program which is used to entice companies like Amazon to locate in Tennessee in addition to tax incentives and tax credits. Under a bill that gained committee approval Tuesday, the state would collect more information from applying businesses but share none of it with taxpayers.
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The governor’s second budget plan calls for wiping more than 1,000 jobs off the books, offers raises to teachers and state employees and hands out hundreds of thousands for capital projects.
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Gov. Bill Haslam will announce his proposed budget on Capitol Hill Monday. The state anticipates collecting about $300 million more in tax revenues next fiscal year than this year as the economy continues to recover.
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The state’s chief ethics guru wants lawmakers to complete required ethics trainings online instead of listening to him lecture yearly about rules on accepting gifts and reporting donations.
Drew Rawlins says the move would give…
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Lawmakers say they’re hearing concerns about the governor’s plan to authorize more local control on class size and teacher pay, but they predict the outcry will not be as heated as last year’s.
“We’re…
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Some top Tennessee officials say they don’t expect the Legislature to address state employee pension reform at all this year — although retirement plans for some 483 local government groups might get a look.…
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Gov. Bill Haslam, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and Speaker Beth Harwell have all said they are opposed to the popular election of judges and they now appear to be leaning toward amending the constitution to cement the current practice.
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Dolly Parton is planning to build the nation’s first snow and water park in Nashville, and taxpayers are going to help foot the bill — an unknown amount about which officials hemmed…
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Tennessee’s finances may not be perfect, but they’re in “good, sound fiscal condition,” according to the state’s top auditor.
“Let’s not mess it up,” Comptroller Justin Wilson told members of the House…
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