Tennessee News Clips

Tennessee News Clips

Politics

Willie Herenton says he won't run in special election for Memphis mayor
August 24, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
He pulled a petition Aug. 13 to run for mayor, but Willie Herenton said Monday that he will not try to replace himself in the Oct. 15 special election.

Candidate touts his executive experience
August 25, 2009 Chattanooga Times Free Press
GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam said Monday he is the only candidate with the executive experience to be the next governor.

Education

Memphis City Schools Finalist for Multi-Million Dollar Grant
August 24, 2009 WPTY-TV Memphis
Memphis City School leaders are anticipating some big help to improve the education system.

Nashville State weighs satellite campus at Hickory Hollow Mall
August 25, 2009 Tennessean
Antioch's Hickory Hollow Mall, with corridors of empty shops, may experience a surge of new customers in the future — college students.

Healthcare

Swine flu could infect up to half of the U.S.
August 25, 2009 USA Today
The global flu pandemic expected to return to the United States this fall is likely to infect as much as half of the population, flooding hospitals with nearly 2 million patients and causing 30,000 to 90,000 deaths, according to the first official prediction of the scope of the coming epidemic.

GOP Tees Up Medicare Manifesto
August 25, 2009 Wall Street Journal
The Republican Party issued a new salvo in the health debate Monday with a "seniors' health care bill of rights" that opposed any moves to trim Medicare spending or limit end-of-life care to seniors.

Economy

U.S. Raises Estimate for 10-Year Deficit to $9 Trillion
August 25, 2009 New York Times
The Obama administration, citing an economic downturn that has been deeper than it had first thought, raised its estimate on Tuesday of the government’s deficit over the next decade to $9 trillion from $7.1 trillion.

Energy

Knox County energy project to pay for itself
August 25, 2009 Knoxville News Sentinel
Spend some money in order to save more money.

Energy efficiency could reduce coal plant need
August 25, 2009 Associated Press
An aggressive strategy to replace aging equipment with more energy efficient products throughout the South would reduce the need to build more coal-fired power plants in the region through 2020, according to a Georgia Tech study released Monday.