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Tennessee daily news roundup

Legislature says un-elected boards can't make menu rules



The state legislature has overridden Gov. Phil Bredesen's veto of a bill that would block local un-elected boards from imposing nutritional labeling requirements on restaurants.
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TN lawmakers consider new oversight of sex abuse inquiries at youth facilities



State lawmakers Monday discussed ways to improve oversight of sexual abuse claims at state juvenile detention facilities in the wake of a damning federal report that named a Nashville center as having one of the worst rates of abuse in the country.
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UT predicts 2 more years of unemployment above 10 percent


The University of Tennessee's annual report on the state's economy, released Monday, projects slow economic growth this year and bad news on the job front: unemployment above 10 percent through 2011.   Read More
Tennessee State Fair closure stirs council, citizens


Mayor Karl Dean's administration and the leadership of the Tennessee State Fair faced tough questions from Metro Council members and the public Monday over their decision to shut down the fair and redevelop the fairgrounds.   Read More
Tennessee hospitals push for tax to offset cuts to TennCare


The Tennessee Hospital Association's members will push for a temporary tax on their revenues to reduce cuts to the TennCare program proposed last week by Gov. Phil Bredesen.   Read More
Governor Photo
 
Gov. Phil Bredesen (D)
Elected: November 2002, 2006
Term expires: January 2011

 

State capital: Nashville
State nickname: The Volunteer State
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R)
Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R)
Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr. (D)
Senate Speaker: Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R)
House Speaker: Kent Williams (R)
   


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