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1-2-3, Go! Redistricting Maps Advance

by Andrea Zelinski | Jan. 12, 2012

The GOP-drawn maps for state House districts were approved Thursday, with some Democratic support.

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Shipley Wants TBI to Release Records in Probe of Lawmakers

by Steven Hale | Jan. 12, 2012

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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GOP Leaders Eating Their Words? Now Say They’ll Support Food-Tax Cut

by Andrea Zelinski | Jan. 12, 2012

Leading Republicans who recently said reducing the grocery tax is a bad idea are now lining up to support Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan.

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Tax Cuts on Food, Inheritances Pushed by Haslam

by Steven Hale | Jan. 10, 2012

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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Shipley, Ford Overstepped Legislative Role, Not Law: Nashville DA

by Andrea Zelinski | Jan. 9, 2012

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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E-Verify Law Gets Mixed Reaction from Businesses

by Andrea Zelinski | Jan. 9, 2012

Under the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act that kicked in Jan. 1, businesses and governments are required to either verify their new hires’ citizenship through the federal E-Verify system or maintain records like driver’s licenses or birth certificates that show the employees are lawfully in the country.

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Violent Crimes, Prescription Drug Abuses Targeted

by Andrea Zelinski | Jan. 5, 2012

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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Speaker Harwell: House GOP-Drawn Legislative Districts ‘Less Politically Gerrymandered’

by Andrea Zelinski | Jan. 4, 2012

After spending months drawing new legislative lines behind closed doors, GOP leaders from both chambers have revealed new maps that pit sitting Democrats against each other or Republicans in the 2012 election.

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Few Fined for Texting Behind the Wheel

by Andrea Zelinski | Dec. 28, 2011

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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State Labor Dept. Typically Sides with Employers on Challenged Unemployment Claims

by Andrea Zelinski | Dec. 27, 2011

Less than 8 percent of initial unemployment claims are disputed in Tennessee. Of those that are, 68 percent are ruled in favor of the employer, a figure that contrasts sharply with assertions made recently by the state’s Republican lieutenant governor.

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SCORE to Score TN Teacher Evaluation Process

by Andrea Zelinski | Dec. 21, 2011

Gov. Bill Haslam wants an independent review of the state’s new, and controversial, system of grading teachers. “If you don’t consistently re-evaluate it, you’re not doing your job.”

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Ramsey: Food-Tax Cut Off the Table

by Andrea Zelinski | Dec. 16, 2011

Lowering the food tax might end up starving government of necessary tax-nourishment, the lieutenant governor said, and taxpayers wouldn’t notice it anyway.

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