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Tag: Bill Haslam

  • Surely This isn’t the Path to More College Graduates

    There’s still a lot to assess from this years session, but since Higher Ed. came up yesterday, I thought I’d take a moment to address it. Not everything that came out of session was bad for college students, but it definitely came at a cost to them. The one thing that college students will most…

  • Here’s One Government Program Republicans Don’t Want to Privatize

    Ed. Note: Story updated below… In fact, they want to “de-privatize” it. Betsy and In Session reported yesterday on the one thing that was probably as sure to happen as the sun rising in the east, setting in the west, and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s love of Consort Hair Spray for Men. Planned Parenthood of…

  • Ethics v. Stacey Campfield #camporialaw

    It’s been a few weeks since my last post on the $1000 State Sen. Stacey Campfield tried to squeeze out of entertainer and author Del Shores for the luxury of debating Campfield on his Don’t Say Gay bill. In that time, the bill has moved through the State Senate and is scheduled for a vote…

  • Water, Water, Everywhere… UPDATED – #TNFlood

    Update: Gov. Haslam did announce a State of Emergency on April 26th, though at the time of this writing it did not appear on the main page of the TN.gov news site. The error has been noted below. In the wake of what has been called one of the most violent and deadly storms in…

  • 100 Days of Less than Little

    Yesterday, TN Gov. Bill Haslam celebrated his first 100 days in office with, what else, a snazzy press release. This first 100 has been busy folks, not so much for the Governor, who has been more than willing to sit idly by as the more firebrand members of his party run the state from the…

  • While the Cat’s Away… #Camporia Law

    “A public official should not receive anything of economic value or any compensation besides the official’s regular salary and benefits, other than as required or permitted by law or in the performance of his or her official duties, for any service which is significantly related to the duties, programs, or operations of the public official’s…