Nashville Mayor Karl Dean had a very important message for Tennessee’s Republican legislators last week: When drawing up congressional districts, keep Nashville intact. In the next few months, Republicans will redraw Tennessee congressional districts, as required after the 2010 Census, which recorded significant population growth in Middle Tennessee surburbs. In a meeting with The Tennessean [...]
Friday Night LiveThe final installment of MainStreet Murfreesboro’s Friday Night Live concert series is set for Friday, Sept. 2 with the father and son duo of The O’Donnells. Influenced by classic country artists such as Merle Haggard and Ronnie Milsap among others, Darryl O’Donnell’s blood has been pumping with music as long as he can [...]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A forensic sciences company owned by U.S. Rep. Diane Black’s husband has reached a settlement with the firm that created campaign ads at the center of a defamation lawsuit. The Daily News Journal reports that Aegis Sciences Corp. settled a lawsuit against Bright Media Inc., which it contends falsely asserted that [...]
Tom Humphrey’s blog on politics and legislative news in Tennessee NASHVILLE — State election officials are planning an intensive effort to educate voters about a new law mandating they have a proper photo identification card to cast ballots in next year’s elections. So is the Tennessee Democratic Party, hoping to counter what state Chairman Chip [...]
Staff and Wire reports Tennesseans who use payday loans to get cash quickly now can borrow up to $500 from a single lender, but could pay higher fees under a law passed this year by the General Assembly. The law increased the limit a person can borrow, but now payday loan businesses can charge up [...]
MURFREESBORO — The forensic sciences company owned by U.S. Rep. Diane Black’s husband reached a settlement Tuesday with the firm that created an ad at the center of a defamation lawsuit during the 2010 race for Congress. Aegis Sciences Corp., which is owned by Dr. David Black, settled the lawsuit against Bright Media Inc., which [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennesseans who use payday loans to get cash quickly can now borrow up to $500 from a single lender, but could pay higher fees under a new law passed this year by the General Assembly. The law increased the limit a person can borrow, but now payday loan businesses can now charge [...]
Progressive groups wrapped up a series of protests aimed at Republican lawmakers with a rush-hour picket at the Nashville office of U.S. Sen. Bob Corker. About 30 people, most of them affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, lined West End Avenue near the intersection with Murphy Road to protest planned cuts to the federal [...]
MURFREESBORO — The Rutherford County Commission Redistricting Committee decided Wednesday to remain flexible on whether to retain 21 district seats on the County Commission. “I think this group needs to be as flexible as possible,” Commissioner Rhonda Allen said in urging the majority of the committee in a 6-5 vote to reject a proposal to [...]
The Marshall County Republican Party has named two men as “Legislators of the Year,” according to an announcement from county GOP Chairman Billy Spivey and Vice-Chair Janet Heckle. Sen. Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Rep. Judd Matheny (R-Tullahoma) “are grounded in the conservative principles that made our nation the greatest nation on earth – limited government, [...]
MURFREESBORO — Since the Republican Party took control of state and local offices two years ago, the so-called party of less government is becoming the party of who controls government. The removal of Hooper Penuel as elections administrator and ensuing ruckus over his replacement was a clear sign of dysfunction, along with wailing and gnashing [...]
The Republican Party is standing behind U.S. Rep. Diane Black’s decision to vote in support of the debt ceiling compromise, despite the onslaught of criticism from some members of the Tea Party. “We stand behind our Republican delegation,” said Adam Nickas, executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party. “We know they are up there holding [...]
Some dreams are personal. For the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, helping to create a monument honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was something they had to do. King was an Alpha man. But more than that, it was the commitment to his dream of equality that drove them to begin laying the groundwork [...]
CAIRO – A local screening of an anti-Islam movie by far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders in Tennessee has sparked Americans protests, deploring the hatred message it conveys. “We’re here to voice another side,” Pat Handlson, minister of Cookeville First Presbyterian Church and event organizer, told Herald-Citizen Newspapers on Saturday, August 20. Wilders movie, A Warning [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 3–> MURFREESBORO — The Rutherford County Republican Party Executive Committee this week decided to hold a caucus in 2012 to choose nominees for road superintendent and property assessor, an official confirmed. “That’s the decision that was made during a regular meeting,” local GOP Chairman Austin Maxwell said. “At our next meeting (Sept. [...]
