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 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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Sen. Alexander, Gov. Haslam Voice Support as Businesses Gather in Six Cities, Including Nashville
Nashville, TN – Businesses across…
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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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Local prosecutor’s inquiry into the legislative affairs and political tactics of two east Tennessee state representatives revealed nothing to warrant formal charges.
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(January 4, 2011, NASHVILLE) — Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey today announced the release of the Senate’s first-ever Republican-drawn redistricting map. The plan was put…
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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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Gov. Bill Haslam promised during his campaign to conduct in-depth evaluations of every agency in state government. A year into his term, just two of 23 agencies surveyed by TNReport said they have completed and published their ‘top-to-bottom’ reviews.
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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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Former Gov. Phil Bredesen said a report critical of the tax variances awarded by former Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr was motivated by politics. Bredesen made the comments following a discussion Tuesday with students at the University of the South in Sewanee.
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Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday the best reaction to a comptroller’s report widely seen as critical of former Department of Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr is to establish clearly defined procedures…
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A state association of trial judges voted this week to hire a lobbyist, as lawmakers consider reforms to the panel that disciplines judges. Circuit Court Judge Randy Kennedy of Nashville said judges are being targeted by “a misinformed, malevolent, agenda-driven bunch of folks.”
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