Tents and other “living quarters” would not be allowed on public spaces, under a bill advancing at the Capitol aimed at the Occupy Nashville protest – whose members have been camped on War Memorial…
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Public Safety
In the packed chambers of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Gov. Bill Haslam delivered his second State of the State address Monday night before a joint session of the state General Assembly.
Many in…
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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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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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In general, most of the state’s 46,000 employees are not subject to mandatory urine sampling, even though private employers are encouraged to drug test their employees in the name of improving safety and spurring productivity.
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The Republican state representative from Kingsport says he’ll push the House Gov-Ops committee to subpoena investigation records into the legislative activities of he and another lawmaker.
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The Haslam administration announced a plan Thursday aimed at deterring violent crime and curbing repeat offenses. The reforms will cost more than $6 million, officials estimated.
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Republicans cleaned a lot of bills off their plate in their first year controlling the General Assembly and the governor’s office, but they built up a pile of bills they were saving for later.…
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State officials predicted in 2009 law enforcement would ticket 10 people a day for typing messages while driving, but statistics show only a fraction of citations have been issued since then.
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Press Release from Tennessee Right to Life, Dec. 21, 2011:
While police continue searching for their killer, the recent murders of Brittany Caroline Eldridge and her unborn child could be the first…
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Press Release from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Dec. 21, 2011:
Hydro-geological Report Says Ash Pond Constructed With Unstable Coal Waste
New Johnsonville, Tenn. (December 21, 2011) – A number of the Tennessee…
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