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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Public Safety
A prominent Knoxville criminal court judge’s drug-fueled ethical meltdown and subsequent professional downfall could send political and policy aftershocks beyond East Tennessee.
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Press Release from the Beacon Center of Tennessee, Dec. 12, 2011:
Liquor Lobby Receives Lump of Coal Award for Thwarting Wine in Grocery Stores
NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee (formerly the Tennessee…
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Despite the prevailing perception that sex trafficking refers to minors or young adults bought from other countries and smuggled into the United States, officials stressed Wednesday that many trafficking victims are from right here in Tennessee.
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Tennessee’s Bureau of Investigation hopes to pull $3 million from handgun permit fees to upgrade the state’s fingerprinting database next year and says otherwise more crimes will go unsolved.
Although that practice is legal…
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The Mississippi governor said companies had told him that the climate for “lawsuit abuse” in different states was a factor in their decisions on relocation and plant closures. “It was killing us on getting companies to come to our state,” Barbour said at a National Governors Association regional summit in Nashville Monday.
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Hours before the Haslam administration announced it would ask District Attorney Torry Johnson to dismiss charges against the Occupy Nashville protesters at War Memorial Plaza, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey expressed a get-tough stand.
“I…
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Outside the Hermitage Hotel, about a dozen demonstrators chanted, “People over profits,” and “We are the 99 percent.” Inside, a campaign spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn confirmed that Rice was speaking at a fundraiser for the congresswoman, but no media were allowed.
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Occupy Nashville Press Release, Nov. 4, 2011:
Tennessee General Services Commissioner Steven Cates announced Friday, that the state has spent thousands of dollars in attending to wear and tear on Legislative Plaza, and has…
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Letter from Occupy Nashville Demonstrators to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Nov. 3, 2011:
Dear Governor Haslam,
Can we start anew? Please allow us to introduce ourselves properly: We are Occupy Nashville, a citizen-led movement…
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Legislators don’t seem especially caught up in debate over the state’s new curfew policy the Haslam administration used to arrest protesters late last week, but the matter did stir some broad opinions.
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TNGOP Chairman’s Statement in Response to Democrat Leaders Aligning Themselves with “Occupy Nashville” Protestors, Oct. 31, 2011:
NASHVILLE, TN – Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney issued the following statement in response to Democrat…
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