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Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker are to testify Monday in Murfreesboro at a Republican dominated Congressional field hearing. U.S. Reps. Scott Desjarlais, Diane Black and Marsha Blackburn, all Republicans like the other three, also are scheduled to attend. The subject is "Tennessee Job Creation: Do Federal Government Regulations Help or Hinder Tennessee's Economic Development?" The hearing will be conducted by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said the federal government has yet to grasp the effects of what he called burdensome regulations that obstruct job growth and economic recovery. The hearing will be at the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/congressional-field-hearingmonday-in/
applications was June 6, but the Haslam administration in response to a request made a day later did not provide a full list of applicants until Friday. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/field-of-18-applicantsseeking-appointment-as/
share meals, they must avoid deliberating about official matters, which has been defined to mean to examine and consult in order to form an opinion, or to weigh arguments for and against a proposed course of action. The Tennessee County Commissioners Association during this years legislative session sought to have the states open meetings law changed to allow private meetings among officials as long as a quorum isnt present. http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120618/NEWS21/306180024/Attorney-general-s-view-allays-concernover-open-meetings?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|News (SUBSCRIPTION)
Officials
welcome
voter files
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settlement (Chattanooga
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Press/Sher)
A spokesman for Tennessee Secretary of State Tr Hargett and state Election Coordinator Mark Goins said Sunday both welcome a settlement reached last week in a legal dispute involving state voter files. Tennessee Democratic Party officials say their data experts found full or partial voter histories missing for about 11,000 state-maintained voter files they obtained last month. The assertions were introduced in federal court Friday in a lawsuit filed by Democrats and former Democratic U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, who was turned away from the polls in the March primary. "We're actually very happy with this settlement," spokesman Blake Fontenay said in a telephone message on behalf of Hargett and Goins, both Republicans. "Just like we offered to let you look at voter files to verify they're not missing, we're happy to let a special master come in to do that and we welcome the opportunity. ... We want to be transparent." Judges sometimes appoint special masters in complex civil cases where their expertise would assist the court. The Times Free Press reported Sunday that U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp requested both sides agree to a proposed consent decree. They did so Friday night, and it will be submitted to the court this week. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/tennessee-officials-welcome-voter-files-case/?local
budget committee meeting earlier this month, the Philadelphia fire department was criticized for poor response to mutual aid calls. Committee members also said they were concerned about the financial health of the community. The committee recommended that the county no longer provide $23,000 in funding for the fire department. With one convenience store, one motel, a couple of used car dealerships and the flagship Sweetwater Farms Dairy, the 1.6-square-mile town doesnt have much of a tax base, admits Mayor Paul Stallings. http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120618/NEWS21/306180029/Tennessee-s-tiny-Philadelphia-endangered (SUBSCRIPTION)
system in more than one area. He said preliminary air samples taken inside the building were clean though more testing is being done. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/NEWS21/306180018/Asbestos-shuts-Oak-Ridge-federal-site? odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CNews&nclick_check=1 (SUBSCRIPTION)
OPINION Free-Press Editorial: Fleeing the 'blue model' (Chattanooga Times Free-Press)
Tennessee's governors and state legislators over the last 10 years have made a deliberate decision to operate the state in a manner that encourages the growth of the economy through the expansion of business, an influx of residents whose money moves in our state and holding government expenses in check. The state's standards of operation have yielded an unemployment rating lower than the national average, a tax status that is deemed 6
"business-friendly," and a government that serves its citizenry with an eye toward limited spending and budgets. In contrast, many state and local governments of decades past have tended to operate within a model that was supported and written about by Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith, a Keynesian economist who served in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. This model of operation theorized that a powerful government, strong unions and large corporations would exert "countervailing power" and were the essential ingredients to a successful, fair economy. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/fleeing-the-blue-model/?opinionfreepress
Gail Kerr: Lamar Alexander takes a stand for air quality (Tennessean)
A refreshing breeze is wafting through Tennessee politics. One of the states favorite sons is bucking his own party to stand up for something he feels passionately. Good for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. Of course, gentle breezes can be followed by storms, and this is no exception. Hes catching hell for saying what he thinks. Alexander, for the second time in a year, is backing a clean-air rule written by the Obama administration. The first time forces coal-fired power plants to clean up their act and stop blowing their nasty smoke across Tennessee borders. This time, it is about requiring they slash emissions of mercury. The change is adamantly opposed by the Republican party, of which Alexander is a member. The result? Blow back. Tennesseans are seeing their favorite senator and former governor attacked by a group called American Commitment in mudslinging commercials that say Alexander and Obama are waging a war on coal. The change would produce billions in new costs, higher electricity prices, and fewer jobs for Tennessee workers, the commercials say. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/COLUMNIST0101/306180015/Gail-Kerr-Lamar-Alexander-takesstand-air-quality?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CNews%7Cp&nclick_check=1 (SUBSCRIPTION)
highly susceptible to the long-term repercussions of having to breathe dirty air growing up, which science tells us can prevent lungs from maturing properly. We desperately need Sen. Alexander and Sen. Bob Corker to ensure receive protection from these toxic pollutants now, not years from now. Protecting them is the recently adopted Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, as required under the Clean Air Act. Astonishingly, a campaign is under way to block these public-health protections. Until these standards take effect, coal-fired power plants have no national limits on the amount of mercury or acid gases they may pump out of their smokestacks and into the air we breathe. These standards will prevent 370 premature deaths every year just in Tennessee and will provide $3 billion in annual health benefits by 2016. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/OPINION03/306180005/Air-rule-will-literally-save-lives? odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7COpinion%7Cp&nclick_check=1 (SUBSCRIPTION)
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