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Tennessee: Streamlined sales tax aims to rope in online retailers
Tax-free purchases from online retailers soon may be a thing of the past, and Tennessee is one of 22 states trying to make it happen.
August 25, 2008
Tennessee: Session to explain private-duty nursing cuts
Advocates for TennCare enrollees are holding an information session today to help those insured by the state’s managed Medicaid program understand how to appeal impending cuts to private-duty nursing benefits.
August 16, 2008
Tennessee: Wamp 'extremely interested' in run for governor
Sixty miles outside Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, a billboard dominated by the grinning face of the district’s incumbent, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., went up last week.
August 14, 2008
Tennessee: Tuke takes on Alexander’s voting record; faces tough odds
Though most political observers don’t give him much of a chance against Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Nashville attorney Bob Tuke said he plans an aggressive campaign centered on his experience as a Vietnam War veteran and legal background in health care, finance and energy.
August 13, 2008
Tennessee: State accepts 1,521 workers for buyouts
Bredesen administration officials said they hope most of the 1,521 state employees who have been approved for voluntary buyouts will be notified by today.
August 12, 2008
Nashville: Area contests could be key in state Senate control
At least one and possibly two area state Senate seats will become major election battlegrounds this fall with control of the 33-member Senate coming down to a handful of contested seats, according to legislative leaders.
August 11, 2008
Senate Democratic Primary precinct report
August 8, 2008
Tennessee: Tuke will face Alexander in November
Robert Tuke has won the Democratic primary over five other challengers.
August 7, 2008
Tennessee: Voter turnout low for Tenn. primary races
Lackluster turnout at the polls marked Tennessee’s primary Thursday, as voters narrowed their pick for the Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander this fall.
August 7, 2008
Tennessee: Roe leads in 1st District; no trend yet in 9th
After a racially charged Democratic primary campaign that turned particularly ugly in its final days, voters cast ballots Thursday between a Jewish incumbent congressman and a black opponent who ran a television ad juxtaposing photos of him and a hooded Ku Klux Klan member.
August 7, 2008
Tennessee: Roe, Davis running close in 1st District primary
Early voting returns show congressman David Davis and challenger Phil Roe running close in the Republican primary for the Tennessee’s 1st District seat.
August 7, 2008
Tennessee: Kurita running even in early voting results
Early voting results show state Sen. Rosalind Kurita running about even with her challenger in the Democratic primary.
August 7, 2008
Georgia: Chambliss prepared to battle Martin
His Democratic rival chosen, Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss on Wednesday moved quickly to brand him a liberal hand-picked by a Washington elite out of touch with mainstream Georgia voters.
August 7, 2008
Georgia: Martin wins Democratic Senate runoff
The two Senate Democratic candidates competing for their party’s nomination have long said the results of Tuesday’s runoff will hinge on turnout — even if it was abysmally low.
August 6, 2008
Tennessee: Democrats vie for shot at Alexander
With just a day to go before Thursday’s Tennessee primary, the leading Democratic contenders for U.S. Senate say they are up to the challenge of taking on well-entrenched incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
August 6, 2008
Highlights

Local Politics

Chattanooga: Local blacks speak about the possibility of Obama winning the presidency
August 29, 2008
Forty-five years ago, James Mapp was one of the estimated 200,000 people present when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Regional Politics

Davis honored by anti-abortion Democrats at convention
August 29, 2008
For the first time in years, anti-abortion Democrats have been given a voice in the party’s national platform, says Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn.

State Politics

Tennessee: Streamlined sales tax aims to rope in online retailers
August 25, 2008
Tax-free purchases from online retailers soon may be a thing of the past, and Tennessee is one of 22 states trying to make it happen.

National Politics

Tennessee: Gang of 10 bill gains cosponsors, but prospects for this year not bright
August 28, 2008
Even though a bipartisan energy proposal by the “Gang of 10” senators appears to be gaining some traction, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., acknowledges that, just months before a presidential election, the package faces long odds of passing.

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