A school voucher plan for Tennessee passed a key legislative hurdle Wednesday. The legislation made its way out of a House budget subcommittee for the first time, helping clear a major obstacle for the legislation. House Finance, Ways and Means…
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Governor’s Supreme Court Appointment Nudges Court Closer to Will of People
Gov. Bill Haslam on Thursday picked Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Roger A. Page to fill a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court. The pick to fill the seat vacated by the September retirement of Justice Gary Wade…
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Longtime State Bureaucrat Retires
John Morgan, chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents, announced he would resign in a scathing letter that slammed Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to dramatically restructure the state’s largest public college system. In a letter sent Thursday to Haslam and…
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Haslam Supports Meaningless Ban on Refugees
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Gov. Bill Haslam asked federal officials Monday to stop sending Syrian refugees to Tennessee. The statement from the Republican governor comes amid similar calls from other GOP lawmakers representing Tennessee at…
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Haslam’s Ridiculous $46,000 Logo Receives Trademark
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s embattled new Tennessee logo has finally received approval from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The square logo features the white letters TN on a red field above white and blue bars. It has been criticized…
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Tepid Response By Haslam to Planned Parenthood Scandal Worries GOP
Five GOP lawmakers on Monday asked Gov. Bill Haslam to step in immediately to order a series of emergency rules to govern how the state’s abortion clinics dispose of fetal remains. In a three-page letter to the governor, the senators also asked the governor to…
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