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From Thursday's Chattanooga Times Free Press: A retired Chattanooga police chief said former Mayor Bob Corker thwarted efforts to improve 911 operations by refusing to fund more communications positions. "I asked for communications officers in every budget, especially under the Corker administration, and each time it was denied," [...]

From Wednesday's Nashville Scene: If a mortar shell had hit a little closer, hit a little harder, John Mark Windle’s last meal on earth would have been served by the U.S. military. And he wouldn’t even have finished it. If a mortar shell had hit a little closer, hit a little harder, John Mark Windle’s last meal on earth would [...]

Governor Phil Bredesen unveiled his much-anticipated Cover Tennessee initiative as a blueprint for the next step in the future of health care in the Volunteer State. The strategy, which he billed as “affordable, portable health insurance for working families in Tennessee,” has three main components: 1) CoverTN, a partnership between the [...]

From Monday's City Paper: By Harold Ford, Jr. Last week, President Bush and the U.S. Senate raised the federal debt ceiling by the fourth-highest amount in U.S.history -- $781 billion -- to an unprecedented $9 trillion. To put that number in perspective, it amounts to a $30,000 birth tax on every child born in Tennessee today. At the same time, the [...]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant got back to his Washington roots Tuesday and Wednesday when he traveled around the state with former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey. The former congressional colleagues spent much of their time espousing their brand of Washington free-spending economics. "We don't need Armey [...]

From Saturday's Jackson Sun: Local attorney and teacher Lowe Finney on Friday announced his intention to run for the state senate seat held by Republican Don McLeary. Finney, 30, will run as a Democrat for the District 27 seat representing Carroll, Gibson and Madison counties, he said in a release. "Our problems [...]

An $857 bill at a posh Washington steakhouse. A $1,700 bill at the Four Seasons in Miami. A $1,000 bill at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island. A $1,890 bill at the Planters Inn in Charleston, S.C., where guests can "awaken to breakfast on silver, brought to your room." These and other lavish expenditures from the most-recent report of Volunteer PAC, operated [...]

MEMPHIS, TN — While Washington Republicans held their leadership conference in Memphis, Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke called on the potential GOP presidential candidates in 2008 to answer the many grave questions Americans have about our ports' security and our nation's overall homeland security. "The presid [...]

Despite continued support from Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senate candidate Bob Corker, Dubai Ports World appeared to begin backing away from the Bush Administration deal to sell operation of six U.S. ports to the company owned by the United Arab Emirates. CNN reports that after Frist and House Speaker De [...]

While Majority Leader Bill Frist was on the Senate floor trying to block legislation that would stop the Bush Adminstration from selling control of six major U.S. ports to an Arab company, GOP Senate candidate Bob Corker was sticking to his wait-and-see attitude on the deal. Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob T [...]

Calling for the United States to "err on the side of being cautious as it relates to our national security," Senate candidate Bob Corker announced Wednesday that he supports a wait-and-see attitude toward the Bush Administration proposal to sell control of six key U.S. ports to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates. Corker's comme [...]

From Knight Ridder Newspapers. Lexington, KY - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Saturday night that after recent briefings, he is comfortable with an Arab-owned company running port security for six American cities and backed off a pledge to pass legislation to stop the deal. But Frist, a Tennessee Repub [...]