The constitutionality of governments in Tennessee levying taxes on income has been a matter of longstanding legal and political debate. That debate is set to continue for a while — but an official and unambiguous conclusion may in fact be on the horizon.
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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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A constitutional ban on state and local government taxing income in Tennessee took another step toward the 2014 general election ballot Thursday. The House approved SJR221 73-13-3.
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Hitting on themes favorable to Tennessee’s Republican leadership, the state’s chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business has unveiled a 2012 legislative agenda aimed at trimming regulations and tightening the laws around…
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The head of the state workers’ union said Thursday he’s not likely to pursue any further challenge to a Haslam administration policy excluding problem employees from across-the-board pay raises.
The attorney general upheld the…
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NASHVILLE – Higher than expected business tax collections in December pushed Tennessee revenues past budgeted projections. Finance and Administration commissioner Mark Emkes…
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Leading Republicans who recently said reducing the grocery tax is a bad idea are now lining up to support Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan.
The governor said the state sales tax on food should be reduced to 5.3 percent, and that people inheriting up to $1.25 million should be exempt from the state’s inheritance tax. Haslam’s legislative agenda also hit on flexibility in school salaries, state hiring.
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Tennessee’s presiding state House lawmaker anticipates a fruitful legislative session for Republicans in 2012, especially for one in particular: Gov. Bill Haslam.
“We have a wonderful new governor who has a commitment to the…
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The Department of Education plans to shave about 43 positions from its administrative staff, though 17 of them are already vacant, the Haslam administration said Thursday.
The department represents the second largest chunk of…
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(NASHVILLE, TN) December 22, 2011 – State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) announced today he has introduced legislation that would reform the way…
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