Gov. Bill Haslam characterized the state’s revenue as “stronger than anticipated” and said he would propose a pay increase for state employees in his budget for the next year.
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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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Press Release from Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey; Jan. 27, 2012:
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey today announced the online release of Tennessee’s new state Senate district maps with “street-level” detail. The release is an unprecedented…
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Letter from Gov. Bill Haslam; Jan. 27, 2012:
A Campaign Promise Kept
Throughout the campaign and my first year as governor, I’ve been quite serious about tracking our performance and using data to measure…
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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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Press Release from the Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden; Jan. 26, 2012:
Dresden—Senator Roy Herron (D-Dresden) today announced plans not to run for office in 2012, but instead to lead the Ned McWherter Center for…
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Press Release from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education, Jan. 25, 2012:
Organization Will “Listen and Gather Feedback on Successes and Challenges”
(Nashville) – The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today announced…
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Press Release from the Tennessee Alliance for Main Street Fairness, Jan. 26, 2012:
Sen. Alexander, Gov. Haslam Voice Support as Businesses Gather in Six Cities, Including Nashville
Nashville, TN – Businesses across…
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Even though the current system has been ruled constitutional, many lawmakers have trouble getting over the nagging feeling that it really doesn’t gel with Tennessee’s governing document. And they doubt voters approve either.
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On a day when the father of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man brutally murdered in 1998, visits Nashville to lament bills seen as hostile to homosexuals, the governor says there are “better things for us to focus on this year” than legislation targeting gays.
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Statement from Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Justin P. Wilson, Jan. 24, 2012:
Section 3-7-103(d)(1), Tennessee Code Annotated, directs the Comptroller to make quarterly reports to the Fiscal Review Committee concerning the…
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Press release from Gov. Bill Haslam; Jan. 25, 2012:
Recommending constitutional amendment and extension of Judicial Nominating Commission
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Lt.Gov. Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) and House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville)…
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