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Updated: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:39 PM
The Senate sponsor of a bill to allow student IDs to vote says he plans to press ahead with the matter even through the House version approved Monday would not allow the practice.
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Updated: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:13 AM
Student identification cards issued by public universities could not be used to vote under legislation scheduled to be heard on the House floor Monday evening.
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Updated: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:05 PM
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander announced Saturday the Senate passed the budget resolution amendment he sponsored with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senators Bob Corker and Rand Paul that would allow Congress to pass legislation prohibiting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing proposed fishing restriction on the Cumberland River.
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Updated: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:47 PM
Which side of the digital divide are you on? Still, in this age of the Internet, 62 million Americans don't go online at all. That's one out of every five people.
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Updated: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:34 PM
Tennessee's unemployment rate for February was 7.8 percent, a slight increase from the previous month.
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Updated: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:41 AM
A proposal that would require schools and other organizations with youth athletic programs to adopt concussion policies is headed to the governor for his consideration.
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Updated: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:11 PM
Tennessee lawmakers delayed a vote on a measure that seeks to restrict police agencies in the state from using unmanned drone aircraft.
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Updated: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:32 PM
The sponsor of legislation competing with Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to create a school voucher program has withdrawn her bill.
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Updated: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:17 PM
A ranking released Wednesday shows how counties across America stack up when it comes to health.
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Updated: Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:35 AM
Tennessee lawmakers are preparing to take up a measure that seeks to restrict police agencies in the state from using unmanned drone aircraft, and the sponsor is someone with experience piloting drones.
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Updated: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:45 PM
Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to create a school voucher program in Tennessee has advanced out of the House Government Operations Committee.
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Updated: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:23 PM
Legislation that would require incoming students at public higher education institutions to show proof of immunization against meningitis is advancing in the House.
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Updated: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:47 AM
Sen. Bill Ketron has delayed a final committee vote on supermarket wine so he can rewrite the bill to keep cigarettes from being sold in liquor stores.
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Updated: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:38 PM
The House has passed a bill to bar public universities and colleges from implementing nondiscrimination policies for student groups.
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Updated: Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:44 PM
House Speaker Beth Harwell says she doesn't plan to press fellow Republican Rep. Matthew Hill to call for another vote on bill to hold local referendums on grocery store wine sales.
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Updated: Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:58 PM
A wildfire burning in a resort area outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee has damaged or destroyed nearly 60 large rental cabins and is threatening additional homes.
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Updated: Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:31 PM
A proposal to bar local governments from renaming parks or monuments honoring Tennessee's military figures is headed to the governor for his consideration.
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Updated: Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:26 PM
Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says he wants a supermarket wine bill to clear his chamber's committees even though the companion bill has fallen short in a House panel.
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Updated: Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:24 PM
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond want the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Mississippi River deep enough so it can handle the huge cargo ships expected to use the Panama Canal once its expansion is completed next year.
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Updated: Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:47 AM
Legislation that would allow student identification from the state's higher education institutions to be used for voting has passed the Senate.
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