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By Jennifer Brooks, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Higher education institutions in Tennessee are bracing for another round of budget cuts and tuition increases next year.
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By Chas Sisk, The Tennessean (Nashville)
The only state institution in Middle Tennessee for people with severe intellectual disabilities could be closed under a plan introduced Thursday to cut spending.
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TVA price increases fuel higher tax payments
By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Higher electricity prices may have squeezed recession-weary consumers in the past two years, but the higher TVA rates are helping to funnel more money into state and local government coffers.
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TVA cuts bonuses; no pay raise for top brass
By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press
For the first time since the Tennessee Valley Authority revamped its top management about three years ago, the federal utility didn't give pay raises or performance bonuses to its top managers this year.
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Water quality penalty expected next year
By Cliff Hightower, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga could be fined as early as next spring for not living up to the standards of its water quality permit, a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation official said Thursday.
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US survey -- Southern counties most obese
By Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia, with two Alabama counties -- Greene and Dallas -- having adult obesity rates that are among the highest in the nation.
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