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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State Rep. Jason Mumpower is one step closer to being elected Tennessee's first Republican House speaker in four decades after his GOP colleagues unanimously nominated him for the chamber's top post on Monday.
IT’S BEEN LESS than a year since Jeff Gilder, a former race car driver from northeast Tennessee who now lives in Myrtle Beach, embarked on a little project. Wanting to connect today’s racing fans with drivers of old and help draw attention to the financial needs some of the old-timers face, the 53-year-old Gilder started the racersreunion.com Web site. The site contains still photos, videos plus ...
It was the summer of 1832, and President Andrew Jackson was fleeing the notorious Foggy Bottom humidity for his home in Nashville, Tenn. Somehow he misplaced an important cache of papers along Washington's Post Road; they either dropped from his saddlebag, were stolen by the livery hand or were left behind in a tavern. Writing to his private secretary, Jackson lamented that the missing papers ...
The St. Paul City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to accept community recommendations to allow the Rock-Tenn paper plant to explore building a rural biogas facility to power its operation.
State Representative Johnny Bell says he will work on legislation to change the way Kentucky apportions in lieu of tax money from the Tennessee Valley Authority if his constituents tell him it is an important issue for them.
Despite heavy GOP losses in Congress this election, Tennessee and Georgia Republican lawmakers insist the party brand remains strong.
In the aftermath of the GOP's Election Day takeover of the General Assembly, House Democrats have begun jostling for one of the top leadership posts, with an effort underway to unseat Rep. Gary Odom as the party leader in the House.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Another payday lender -- Check Into Cash -- is shutting down some of its Ohio shops in the wake of the industry's defeat at the polls in the November election, Bizjournals.com reported today.
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee has decided not to seek election as chairman of the Republican National Committee, one of his chief Tennessee associates said today.
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- State Rep. Nathan Vaughn says campaign literature mailed by Tennessee Republicans was meant to inflame racial hatred and contributed to his re-election defeat.
A state Democratic spokesperson's gallant appeal is given a review. Mark Brown , the communications/political director of the Tennessee state Senate caucus, has responded to last week's wrap-up in this space concerning his party's 2008 electoral misfortunes.
