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Bob Corker not in the running to be Romney's VP
Published 6/20/2012 at 10:36 a.m. 9 comments
WASHINGTON — You can take U.S. Sen. Bob Corker's name off the list of potential vice presidential candidates.
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Obama's immigration move wins support in battleground states
Published 6/18/2012 at 4:12 p.m. 10 comments
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's decision to extend administrative relief to an estimated 800,000 young illegal immigrants has won favor with Latino voters in key battleground states, according to a new poll.
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Many TN lawmakers richer than challengers
Published 6/18/2012 at 2:04 p.m. 9 comments
It’s no secret that incumbents have advantages over challengers in congressional elections, including better name recognition, established fundraising contacts and easier access to government resources.
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Political notebook: Bob Corker scales back in TV ads from 2006 race
Published 6/18/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 4 comments
NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker's re-election campaign plans to purchase $2.5 million in television advertising, a substantial decline from about $11 million spent on TV ads during his 2006 campaign.
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In redesigned 17th House race, trio touts conservative principles
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 7 comments
In electing their new state representative this summer, Republican voters in parts of Jefferson and Sevier counties will choose either an engineer, a lawyer or a retired businessman who wants to take tax money from the state and give it ...
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32nd House District: Hurley on the attack; Calfee seeks to restore 'dignity' to seat
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 38 comments
NASHVILLE — Something of an incumbent-challenger role reversal seems afoot this summer in the parts of Loudon and Roane counties where Republican voters will decide whether they want Julia Hurley or Kent Calfee to serve them in the state House ...
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Political Happenings
Published 6/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Knoxville City Councilman Daniel Brown: 6th District constituents meeting, 10:30 a.m. today, Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave.
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Shelley Breeding asks state Supreme Court to decide residency issue for state House
Updated 6/15/2012 at 6:12 p.m. 2 comments
Shelley Breeding has asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to hear the residency issue that is keeping her off a Democrat primary ballot for the new 89th House District seat.
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Appellate court rules Shelley Breeding still off ballot
Updated 6/14/2012 at 10:40 a.m. 51 comments
KNOXVILLE — Shelley Breeding cannot be a Knox County candidate for the General Assembly, a three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled this morning.
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Court decision expected today on Shelley Breeding's residency
Published 6/14/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
A Tennessee Court of Appeals panel is expected to issue a ruling today, possibly as early as 9 a.m., on the residency issue of political hopeful Shelley Breeding.
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Decision on Shelley Breeding residency expected by Thursday morning
Published 6/13/2012 at 11:24 a.m. 18 comments
KNOXVILLE — A Tennessee Court of Appeals panel is now contemplating the residency issue of political hopeful Shelley Breeding and will try to have a decision by 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Tennessee lawmakers bend rules to help each other
Published 6/10/2012 at 6:47 p.m. 4 comments
NASHVILLE -- A longtime practice in the Tennessee legislature of lawmakers voting for colleagues who are momentarily away from their desks is coming under new scrutiny after some were discovered not to be even at the statehouse.
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Political happenings
Published 6/9/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Sevier County Republican Party: Rally, local, county and state candidates, 11 a.m. today, Sevier County Fairgrounds. Keynote speaker will be Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters. For more information, call 865-238-0400 or visit www.seviercountyrepublican.com.
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Gov. Haslam looking to both pre-K funding, vouchers
Published 6/8/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 2 comments
NASHVILLE Gov. Bill Haslam is weighing both an increase in funding for the states public pre-kindergarten program and creating a school voucher system in Tennessee, though the Republican says he doesnt consider the two proposals linked.
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UT researcher: Celebrity political endorsements don't always help as intended
Published 5/31/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
In 2008, rapper Ludacris released a pro-Barack Obama song describing Hillary Clinton as "irrelevant" and saying John McCain doesn't belong in "any chair unless he's paralyzed."
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