It’s time for Gov. Haslam to come clean on his income from Pilot and release his tax returns.
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Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Roy Herron called April 15, 2013 the “sickest tax day in Tennessee history” on Monday.
Herron said Governor Bill Haslam and Republicans rejected $1.4 billion — of our tax dollars — when they decided against Medicaid expansion, a move that would have expanded access to reliable health care to 300,000 working [...]
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House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh released a video statement Thursday in response to Governor Haslam’s decision to reject a federally-funded Medicaid expansion. The expansion would provide more than 300,000 Tennesseans from working families access to reliable, quality care.
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‘Tennessee Plan’ leaves uninsured, rural hospitals with no solution
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Halsam promised a decision on expanding Medicaid today, but instead delivered a “no” dressed up as a year of delayed action and indecision.
“We expected clarity today on Medicaid, but all we got was confusion,” Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Sen. [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Roy Herron issued a statement Wednesday in response to Governor Bill Haslam’s rejection of federal funding to expand Medicaid.
“Deuteronomy 30 urges us to ‘choose life,’ but self-proclaimed ‘pro-life’ Republicans applauded the governor denying health insurance to 300,000 Tennesseans in working families, even though that means each [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – House Democrats joined with workers from across the state at a rally to oppose Governor Bill Haslam’s radical changes to the workers’ compensation system in Tennessee.
“Working people in this state are getting rolled over like a freight train by the wealthy special interests who want to use the Republican super-majority to [...]
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Tenn. Taxpayers Paid $10 Million for Property Valued at $4.4 Million
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Democrats are calling for state auditors to investigate a $10 million purchase of a property county officials valued at $4.4 million.
In a letter to the Comptroller of the Treasury’s Division of Investigations, Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester [...]
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State Sen. Lowe Finney, the Democratic caucus chairman in the upper chamber, penned an editorial for The Tennessean laying out the case for implementing patient-centered health reform in Tennessee.
A new Tennessee General Assembly is just a few weeks from convening. Among the many challenges awaiting it have been whether [...]
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