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04/08/11 NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam's administration is at odds with a key business lobby over a legislative effort to make public Department of Revenue rulings on tax issues that have been kept secret since a policy change instituted by former Gov. Phil Bredesen 's administration in 2008.
01/29/11 A prominent conservation group has named the upper Cumberland Plateau to its list of 10 most endangered regions in the South, a designation that underscores the importance of one of former Gov. Phil Bredesen 's final initiatives.
01/19/11 Gov. Bill Haslam and state lawmakers are considering ways to add to the reform measures implemented a year ago by former Gov. Phil Bredesen.
01/13/11 Now comes Governor Haslam. Huzzah! Knoxville, Knox County, East Tennessee and, heck, the whole state can celebrate tomorrow's inauguration of a pragmatic, accomplished businessman, Bill Haslam, as governor of Tennessee to replace a pragmatic, accomplished businessman, Gov. Phil Bredesen . There will be much pomp this weekend with the "All Together Now" concert tonight featuring Sara Evans ...
12/27/10 NASHVILLE -- Departing Gov. Phil Bredesen says his successor can run state government without a sales tax hike, but the record shows that, while Bredesen didn't raise the sales levy, other taxes and fees soared close to $1 billion on his watch.
12/26/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen says he will leave office next month proudest of his work in education, economic development and land conservation -- and disappointed over failing to transform TennCare into a model for health care.
12/15/10 Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen officially announced at a Memphis Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday that Electrolux has chosen Memphis as the site for a new manufacturing plant, bringing over 1,000 jobs to the area.
12/14/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen said Tuesday that a federal court decision on health care reform signifies there's still plenty to debate about the issue.
12/10/10 The First Creek Greenway and Ramsey House Plantation are the beneficiaries of two enhancement grants announced Thursday by Gov. Phil Bredesen .
12/09/10 Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has announced his first holdover Cabinet appointee from the administration of Gov. Phil Bredesen : Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales will remain in the post when Haslam takes office Jan. 15.
12/01/10 U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar promptly moved forward on outgoing Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen 's proposal to ban mountaintop coal mining in much of the upper Cumberland Plateau.
11/30/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen is requesting additional federal disaster assistance for farmers in Bedford and 27 other Tennessee counties as a result of drought and excessive heat during the growing season....
11/30/10 Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and first lady Andrea Conte lit the Capitol Christmas tree in Nashville Monday evening, putting the final touches on a massive tree donated by a Clarksville family.
11/29/10 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bredesen is requesting additional federal disaster assistance for farmers in 28 Tennessee counties as a result of drought and excessive heat during the growing season. read more
11/29/10 Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is requesting additional federal disaster assistance for farmers in 28 Tennessee counties as a result of drought and excessive heat during the growing season.
11/29/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen is requesting additional federal disaster assistance for farmers in 28 Tennessee counties as a result of drought and excessive heat during the growing season.
11/29/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen is requesting additional federal disaster assistance for farmers in 28 Tennessee counties as a result of drought and excessive heat during the growing season.
11/24/10 U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander on Wednesday welcomed word that the U.S. Department of the Interior will review Gov. Phil Bredesen's petition to ban surface mining along some state-owned or -managed ridgetops in the Northern Cumberland Plateau.
11/18/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen believes the drubbing the state's Democrats took on Election Day isn't the fault of state party Chairman Chip Forrester. The outgoing governor's reasoning is simple - what happened to Tennessee Democrats happened to Democrats everywhere, so that would mean every state Democratic Party leader nationwide should be out of a job.
11/14/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen may not like many provisions in federal health reform, but his administration hopes one part of the plan will cut health-care costs for retired state employees by up to $43.5 million.
11/11/10 Gov. Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development commissioner James Neeley have awarded $4,000 to Obion Grain Co. Inc. in Obion. | 
