Mitt Romney appears to be taking a break from defending his record of closing factories and eliminating jobs while at Bain Capital, and has instead decided to focus on bringing that same slash and burn mentality to our classrooms. In doing so, it looks like he has decided to promote the same bad idea that [...]
This weekend the Tennessee Democratic Party held an extensive candidate training camp, bringing in over a hundred candidates, campaign managers, and activists from around the state to hear from experts in the field of messaging, media, data, field, and fundraising.
Friday kicked off with a presentation by our Executive Director Jennifer Buck Wallace giving [...]
Tennesseans and Democrats across the country lost a great friend in Dixie Taylor-Huff, who passed away last night at the age of 71. Dixie was President and CEO of Quality Health Care, former Treasurer to the Tennessee Democratic Party, and Past President of the Nashville Women’s Political Caucus, among numerous other boards and organizations [...]
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After having had their claims dismissed by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, two former employees of the Rutherford County Property Assessor’s office have won an appeal for unemployment insurance after the State Appeals Tribunal found they were fired by Republican Bill Boner as a result of retaliation after the two complained [...]
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Despite warnings from Governor Bredesen that further cuts in an already bare-bones state government could have negative consequences, Gov. Haslam has pushed through with plans to further and sometimes unnecessarily layoff workers in order to burnish his “conservative” credentials.
Chas Sisk with the Tennessean reports that the Director of MTSU’s Business and Economic [...]
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NASHVILLE – Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester released the following statement today after Senate Republicans, including Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, voted to block the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012, which would prevent federal student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1.
“Senator Bob Corker not only failed [...]
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Like the bat signal going up over Gotham City, Republicans in Congress got wind that someone might not be tolerating discrimination, and have jumped into action.
36 members of Congress, including Tennessee’s own Reps. Marsha Blackburn, Diane Black, Stephen Fincher and Chuck Fleischmann signed yet another letter addressed to Vanderbilt complaining about their [...]
Continue Reading →This weekend Sen. Bob Corker delivered the GOP’s Weekly Address, in which, he called for “pro-growth tax reform” that eliminates tax loopholes. Yet just five weeks ago, Corker voted against a bill that would have eliminated tax loopholes for the Oil & Gas Industry. Corker has a thousand excuses for why he voted to [...]
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