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From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: NASHVILLE — Former state Sen. Jeff Miller, R-Cleveland, who sponsored Tennessee’s successful constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, has asked the state’s largest gay rights advocacy organization to consider hiring him as a lobbyist, the group’s president said Monday. [...]

From the Jackson Sun: The ceremonies are past. The "getting to know you" meetings and lunches are winding down. In a week, things get serious for freshman state Sen. Lowe Finney, D-Jackson. Finney, who unseated Republican Don McLeary by 400 votes last November, spent most of Wednesday in Nashville trying to get his [...]

WSMV investigative reporter Dagny Stuart details questions raised about state contracts held by a company owned and operated by the spouse of a prominent State senator. (Click here for video. See below for the text of the report.) According to Stuart, [...]

From The Lebanon Democrat: MT JULIET - Along with other Republicans state senators up for re-election in 2006, state Sen. Mae Beavers benefited from what may have been an attempt to circumvent campaign finance regulations from Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey [...]

WASHINGTON -- Congressman John Tanner released the following comments after President Bush’s State of the Union address last night: On Iraq “The American people have paid great costs – in terms of troop support, casualties and tax dollars – toward a goal that is increasingly impossib [...]

By Congressman Lincoln Davis: Times certainly are different on Capitol Hill these days. During the first one hundred hours of the 110th Congress, the new Democratic majority passed crucial legislation that put the needs of the American people above the desires of the special interests. Once a [...]

From The Office of the Governor: With First Lady Andrea Conte at his side, Governor Phil Bredesen took the oath of office for a second term as Tennessee’s 48th Governor today. The inauguration ceremony on War [...]

From The Daily News Journal: MURFREESBORO -- Local Republican State Sens. Bill Ketron and Jim Tracy may have benefited from questionable campaign contributions from two Republican political action committees, according to an Associated Press analysis of campaign finance records. Republican [...]

From The Associated Press: NASHVILLE -- Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey's political action committee avoided campaign contribution limits by giving money to another PAC, which then directed money to key Republican candidates, an Associated Press analysis of campaign finance records has found. Ramsey's committee, [...]

NASHVILLE -- An East Tennessee pharmaceutical company with close financials ties to newly elected Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey and the Tennessee Republican Party last week settled another lawsuit accusing [...]

As Ron Ramsey takes the helm of the Tennessee Senate, Go4Truth thought it might be helpful to its readers to reprint the following story from the Tennessean concerning questions about Ramsey's fundraising during last year's legislative session. (Sen. Diane Black, the newly elected Republican Caucus chair in [...]

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: A below-average score on the ACT college entrance exam would be high enough to earn some high school students free tuition to community college under the proposed Governor's 19-19-19 Program. Gov. Phil Bredesen introduced the program concept last year during his re-election campaign, promoting [...]

From the City Paper: NASHVILLE -- Lt. Gov. John Wilder or Sen. Joe Haynes? That's the choice for state Senate Democrats when they gather today to vote on their nominee for speaker of the Senate. Wilder (D-Mason) has held the speaker of the Senate and lieutenant governor spot since 1971. Haynes (D-Goodlettsville), [...]

From The Business Journal of Tri-Cities Tennessee: NASHVILLE, TENN. — This year, Tennessee achieved real progress in education, job creation, conservation and public safety. A look back at 2006: NISSAN CHOOSES TENNESSEE January - After automaker Carlos Ghosn joined Governor Phil Bredesen [...]

From the City Paper: The bread and butter issues of taxes, health care and education will again be major points of emphasis in state government in 2007, and according to recent rankings, the state has a lot of work to do. In health care, the United Health Foundation ranked Tennessee 47th in its health rankings released in early December. In a study [...]