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1 hr ago | Examiner.com

More new jobs in Tennessee: Will they all have Obama-approved insurance?

There has been good news for the unemployed in Northeast Tennessee recently with the announcement of new jobs at a few area businesses.

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Related Topix: US Governors

6 hrs ago | MySanAntonio.com

3rd pleads guilty in probe of Pilot Flying J

A third employee of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns owner and Tennessee's governor has pleaded guilty in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates.

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Related Topix: US Governors

12 hrs ago | Lawyers.com

'Guns at Work' Laws Pit Gun Owners Against Employers

As of July 1, workers in Tennessee can legally store their guns in their vehicles while parked in their employers' lots.

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Related Topix: Guns, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, US Governors

14 hrs ago | The Jackson Sun

Our View: State contract review makes sense, can set record straight

While these is no suspicion that Haslam has done anything inappropriate, it is a matter of due diligence on the part of the legislature to remove any suspicions and clear the record.

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Related Topix: Startups, Jones Lang LaSalle, US Governors, Outsourcing

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Chattanoogan.com

Haslam Awards Clean Tennessee Energy Grant To Oak Ridge

State Representative John Ragan, Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, City of Oak Ridge Public Works Employee Pat Fallon, Governor Haslam, State Senator Randy McNally, and State Representative Kent Calfee.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Tennessee, Oak Ridge, TN, Anderson County, TN, US Governors

The Daily News

Educators Stress Consistency Amid Change

Three educators who have led schools inside and outside the conventional public school system locally say consistency at the school level will be important in a school year that will see a lot of change.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Kids, Family, US Governors

The Tennessean

Nashville judge hears arguments in civil service suit

An attorney for the state of Tennessee defended Haslam and several agencies against a lawsuit by the Tennessee State Employees Association, which claims it prevented approximately 200 laid-off workers from finding new positions with the state by taking down a job-placement website.

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, US Governors, Law, Employment / Labor Law

WBIR-TV Knoxville

TN officials hope to lure Fiat-Chrysler to state

State officials are making the case to Fiat head Sergio Marchionne to select Tennessee for the Italian automaker's joint headquarters with Chrysler Group LLC. Marchionne met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and others on Sunday at a ceremony to mark the expansion of Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli's components plant in Pulaski.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Fiat Spa, US Governors, Pulaski, TN

Business Journal

Group sets sights on Tennessee prison reform, savings

The Tennessee Consultation on Criminal Justice is beginning to find support among lawmakers to address overcrowding in the state's prisons, The City Paper reports .

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Tennessee, US Governors

WKRN

Call center company expanding in Bristol

State officials say that call center company U.S. Solutions Group Inc. is expanding its operations in Bristol, adding 128 jobs in the process.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

SFGate

Tenn. GOP supermajority struggles to find footing

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called misguided predictions that the new Republican supermajority in state government would devolve into infighting.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, US Governors, Education, School Vouchers, Vanderbilt University

The Tennessean

TN attorney general's power makes him a target

Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper has emerged as a secret weapon for Gov. Bill Haslam and state lawmakers seeking to douse some of the fiery legislation put out this year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, US Governors, Vanderbilt University, Mark Green, US House of Representatives

The Tennessean

Judicial commission rushes to find picks for TN's appeals courts

The group that helps pick the judges who sit on Tennessee's appeals courts is facing an end-of-the-month deadline to fill three vacancies, a rush that could further complicate an already intense debate over how judges are selected.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors, Nashville, TN

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Clarksville Online

Tennessee recognizes June 15th as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Nashville, TN - In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day , Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has issued a proclamation acknowledging WEAAD and reminding Tennesseans that "seniors are valued members of society, and it is our collective responsibility to ensure they live safely and with dignity."

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Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Tennessee, Nashville, TN, US Governors

Fri Jun 14, 2013

The Jackson Sun

State briefs: Plane from Nashville to Atlanta hits pole; speakers...

Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Shannon Sumrall said no one was injured in the incident, which happened at 10:50 a.m. Thursday.

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, US Governors, Startups, Jones Lang LaSalle

Newport Plain Talk

Governor Haslam coming to town

According to Sherry Butler, Cocke County Partnership Vice-President of Operations, the governor will be at the Cocke County Courthouse at 1:00 p.m. to officially announce the awarding of an ARC grant for the Grassy Fork waterline.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Cocke County, TN

Knoxville News Sentinel

Off the couch: Active options, June 14 and beyond

On Thursday, June 27 from noon until 3 p.m., Racheff House & Gardens will be filled with flower designs that will be featured at this year's Tennessee Valley Fair in September.

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Related Topix: Norris, TN, Home Gardening, Home, University of Tennessee, US Governors, Knoxville, TN

Chattanoogan.com

Silent Minority Levies Huge Fines On Tennessee Residents

Starting Jan. 1, 2015, it shall be illegal to put aluminum cans and or plastic bottles in your garbage can.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Chattanooga, TN

Plastics News

Eastman investing $1.6 billion in Tennessee headquarters

Eastman Chemical Co. is embarking on a seven-year, $1.6 billion expansion of its headquarters site in Kingsport, Tenn.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Chemicals, Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, TN, US Governors

The Tennessean

After Occupy Nashville ruling on First Amendment rights, now what?

A federal judge's sternly worded finding that Tennessee officials violated the First Amendment rights of Occupy Nashville protesters arrested near the state Capitol raised new questions even as it answered one big one.

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, US Governors