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“It is voluntary; it is not a death panel. I don’t understand why responsible members of your party do not refute them and make it clear. One thing that is clear is that this is frightening elderly people, and there’s nothing fair about that. And I want to know if you would refute that today and say, ‘There is no such thing as death panels in the health care legislation.’”

- Lady A. Bird to Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) at the Downtown Nashville Rotary Club on Monday. Wamp refused to refute that death panels were part of the health care legislation being considered by Congress.

Tennessee News Clips

Education

Memphis a stop on Secretary of Education's listening tour
August 31, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
In Tennessee, about 81,000 high school freshmen start school every fall. Four years later, 62,000 graduate, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told the community Monday.

Williamson County Schools director search nears end
September 1, 2009 Tennessean
By all accounts, will have a new leader by the end of this week.

Politics

Democrats set gubernatorial straw poll
September 1, 2009 Tennessean
Democrats hope to get an early indicator of whom the party will support in the 2010 gubernatorial election with an upcoming straw poll.

Next gun battle is about local control
September 1, 2009 Tennessean
Handguns may now be permitted in hundreds of parks across the state, but the battle over the issue might not be over.

Healthcare

Health-Care Anger Has Deeper Roots
September 1, 2009 Wall Street Journal
Recent town-hall uproars weren't just about health care.

Report maps out solutions to child obesity
August 31, 2009 USA Today
To make it easier for children to eat healthfully and move more, local governments in towns and cities across the country need to help create a better environment, a new report says.

Criminal Justice

New approach aimed at reducing recidivism
September 1, 2009 Chattanooga Times Free Press
Repeat offenders continue to trouble local and state law enforcement officials, who say a new approach is needed to prevent criminals from repeatedly cycling through the prison system.

Economy

Cities Brace for a Prolonged Bout of Declining Tax Revenues
September 1, 2009 Wall Street Journal
The recession is finally hitting city budgets, with overall city revenues inching down in fiscal 2009 for the first time since 2002, according to a report to be released Tuesday by the National League of Cities.

Energy

Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins
August 31, 2009 New York Times
Restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs begin going into effect across most of Europe on Tuesday in the continent’s latest effort to get people to save energy and combat global warming.

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