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5 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Candidates failed to report 181 PAC, corporate contributions

Some of the Legislature's top leaders were among more than 50 candidates who failed to report 181 political contributions totaling $145,875 when the Registry of Election Finance conducted an annual "crosscheck" review mandated by a current state law.

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Related Topix: US News, US Governors, Sports

9 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Jack McElroy: Shield laws protect independence

In vetoing the "Ag Gag" bill last week, Gov. Bill Haslam said it appeared to repeal parts of the Tennessee Shield Law.

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Related Topix: US Governors, White House, TN, Journalism, Knox County, TN, Sports

14 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Tom Humphrey: State's business is the media's business, despite Haslam's ire

Things haven't been go ing all that well for Gov. Bill Haslam 's administration lately on the media attention front, so maybe it was understandable that he expressed irritation last week when asked about ties to an East Tennessee developer who benefited from recently passed legislation.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Gatlinburg, TN, Sports

18 hrs ago | Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Baylen Linnekin on the Uncertain Future of Awful "Ag Gag" Laws

So-called "ag gag" laws unconstitutionally target farm whistleblowers. Two recent decisions have dealt a serious blow to these laws.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Animal Rights, Agriculture, Science, Sundance Film Festival, US Governors

Sat May 18, 2013

The Daily News

Fisher Tapped for Economic Development Post

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has tapped Gwyn Fisher to be the Greater Memphis regional director of economic and community development.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN, US Governors, Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, 9

WMC-TV Memphis

Bobo family starts petition for more TBI resources

The last time anyone in Holly Bobo's family saw her the 21-year-old nursing student was walking into the woods behind their Darden, Tennessee home with a man wearing camouflage.

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Related Topix: Darden, TN, US Governors, Education Etc.

WMC-TV Memphis

Mixed reactions from Mid-South on new school security bill

At the Memphis Education Association, Union president Keith Williams said he is unnerved by the thought of guns on a school campus.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., US Governors, Tennessee

Knoxville News Sentinel

Chris Devaney: Haslam leading state to a better future

On a chilly evening in January 2012, Gov. Bill Haslam took the dais in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: Tennessee, Tennessee Government, US Governors

Fri May 17, 2013

WMC-TV Memphis

Man accused of attempting to kidnap 74-year-old woman appears in court

It is possible teachers could be packing heat in some Mid-South school districts after Governor Bill Haslam signed a new school security bill into law Thursday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., US Governors

New York Daily News

The terrible price of ag-gag laws

When the "pink slime" scandal exploded online last March, Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad called a press conference.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, US Governors, Pennsylvania, Agriculture, Science, Opinion

WTVF Nashville

Capitol View Commentary: Friday, May 17, 2013

GAG VETO; GONE FISHING; TAG TEAM; PILOT FLYING J UPDATE; NIXONIAN; A SPECIAL INSIDE POLITICS; PERSONAL REFLECTIONS; FOLLOW UPS; BEING CONSISTENT For only the second time in his two-plus years as Governor, Bill Haslam has vetoed a bill passed by the Tennessee General Assembly.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Animal Rights, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Nashville, TN

WATE-TV Knoxville

SUV trailing Gov. Haslam's vehicle damaged by gate

According to the Knoxville Police Department, the Wendy's on Kingston Pike near Gallaher View Road was robbed around 9:30 p.m. According to the Knoxville Police Department, the Wendy's on Kingston Pike near Gallaher View Road was robbed around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Governors

Nooga.com

Gov. Bill Haslam signs bills geared at school security, tax reduction

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill into law that will allow teachers with law enforcement training to carry weapons in classrooms.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Newtown, CT

WKRN

SUV trailing governor's vehicle damaged by gate

Surveillance video obtained by The Tennessean shows the vehicle carrying Gov. Bill Haslam passing safely through the gate, but a GMC Denali trailing the governor's car didn't make it.

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Related Topix: Tennessee, US Governors

Thu May 16, 2013

WATE-TV Knoxville

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Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. The Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church congregation speaks ... (more)

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Scott County, TN, Nashville, TN, US Governors

WBKO-TV Bowling Green

Tennessee Governor Signs School Security Bill

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Education Etc.

The Elizabethton Star

Governor signs school security bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.

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Nooga.com

This Day in #CHA: Whiskey raid on the river

The Walnut Street Bridge as seen from Hill City , taken between 1891 and 1912. Also visible are Cameron Hill, Lookout Mountain and part of downtown Chattanooga.

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Related Topix: Drink, Whiskey, Liquor, Chattanooga, TN, Lookout Mountain, TN, US Governors

Wed May 15, 2013

The Miami Herald

Plaintiffs in Pilot lawsuit hire ex-FBI head Freeh

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Pilot Flying J over allegations that the nation's largest diesel fuel retailer bilked customers out of rebates.

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Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, US Governors

Chattanoogan.com

Construction Work Begins On Old Mill Road In Catoosa County

Work will begin on Old Mill Road between Battlefield Parkway and Pine Grove Road on Wednesday, and is expected to continue through Friday.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Chattanooga, TN, Red Bank, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Signal Mountain, TN, US Governors