SSG-TN News Clips

Tennessee News Clips

Energy

Grants sought for grid
August 7, 2009 Chattanooga Times Free Press
EPB and other TVA distributors are asking Uncle Sam for help to make their electric systems smarter.

Politics

Sotomayor vote divides Tenn. Senators
August 7, 2009 Gannett Washington Bureau
Tennessee's Republican senators split their votes Thursday on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, with Sen. Lamar Alexander voting for her, while Sen. Bob Corker voted against her appointment to the high court.

Senate Stuff
August 6, 2009 Memphis Flyer
It will soon be official, on Tuesday of next week, in fact. State senator Jim Kyle of Memphis, who in recent years has been serving as the Democrats' leader in the Senate, will officially declare his candidacy for governor in the course of a combination announcement/rally at the McWherter Library at the University of Memphis.

Education

Added classes cut into Memphis City Schools teachers' time for planning, grading
August 7, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
High school teachers in Memphis City Schools will teach seven classes a week this year instead of five.

Stimulus

Economists See a Limited Boost From Stimulus
August 6, 2009 New York Times
Even as the Obama administration braces for another grim report about job losses on Friday, economists say that the president’s $787 billion stimulus package has helped blunt the downturn in limited but discernible ways.

Healthcare

Senators Hear Concerns Over Costs of Health Proposal
August 6, 2009 New York Times
Senior members of the Senate Finance Committee, trying to put together a bipartisan bill to guarantee health insurance for all Americans, were told Thursday that their proposals might be unaffordable to states and to many low-income people.

Blackburn urges transparency in health care
August 6, 2009 Nashville Business Journal
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn told members of the technology and health industry on Thursday that she wants to microtarget areas of health care that need reform like information technology and dealing with those who have pre-existing conditions.

Criminal Justice

Tennessee to cut prison population by 3,000
August 7, 2009 Tennessean
The Tennessee Department of Correction will reduce the state's prison population by 3,000 over the next two years, focusing on keeping low-risk offenders from going back to jail, as a way to cope with an ongoing budget crunch.

Business

Clunkers plan saps dealers of popular models
August 7, 2009 Associated Press
Under normal circumstances, it would take Ford Motor Co. about a month to replace a Focus sold at one of Richard Bazzy's two Pittsburgh-area dealerships.

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