The number of Americans not in the labor force last month totaled 94,103,000 — a slight improvement from the 94,446,000 not in the labor force in November–and the labor force participation rate increased a tenth of a point, with 62.6…
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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…
Read MoreLongtime 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…
Read MoreObama to Use Military Bases to House Illegals
The new surge of illegal immigrant youths has forced the federal government to look at an emergency plan to house them at six military bases at at least two federal worker centers, according to the administration. The Pentagon is beginning…
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