MTSU applauds Haslam’s decision to include Science Building in budget
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University applauded Gov. Bill Haslam’s announcement Monday night that the University’s…
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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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Attorney General Robert Cooper told lawmakers Tuesday his office lost 14 percent of its lawyer workforce to other offices and firms last year, in part because the state’s salaries for experienced lawyers are
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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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The 2012 Legislative session starts in about a month and Gov. Bill Haslam said he’s nearing completion of next year’s estimated $30 billion state spending plan.
The budget, which he will hand off to…
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The governor say’s he’s interested exploring ways for government to attract and keep high quality professionals. Meanwhile the Department of Human Resources is looking to overhaul state worker evaluations.
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Gov. Bill Haslam says he hopes not to have to cut a full 5 percent from each agency’s state budget, but officials at the Department of Environment and Conservation warn that reductions to their spending plan would leave “federal money on the table.”
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Tourism may be up in Tennessee, but the commissioner in charge of making sure people want to visit the Volunteer State wants the governor to commit $3.5 million to her department’s advertising.
“More and…
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Commissioner Kevin Huffman is proposing a budget plan that cuts total spending by 6.5 percent next year. An upcoming departmental restructuring will help the DOE absorb some reductions, he said, but others “give us some heartburn.”
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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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Gov. Bill Haslam is working on a plan to revamp how the state hires and pays employees, but it probably won’t be ready in time for next year’s budget.
A handful of state government…
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The administration says the state may have to close a $400 million budget gap next year, after accounting for revenue projections and increases in education, TennCare, pensions and other areas. Haslam began budget hearings Wednesday in Memphis.
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