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Tennessee daily news roundup

Bredesen calls biofuel criticism 'outrageous'



Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as "ridiculous" and "outrageous" Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced "very large investment in East Tennessee."
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Judge declines paper-ballot push



A Nashville judge Thursday turned down a motion to force state election officials to move faster toward installing paper-ballot voting systems across Tennessee in time for the 2010 general election as required by the legislature.
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Tennessee offers entrepreneurs a boost


Five Nashville venture capital firms were selected to take part in a $120 million state program to invest in start-up, early and mid-stage companies, and, in the process, perhaps discover a business that will become the next FedEx or HCA.   Read More
Groups want to preserve more plateau land


Cumberland Plateau groups are looking to expand efforts to preserve and connect large tracts of plateau land -- a minimum of 1.7 million acres and perhaps about 2 million acres.   Read More
Colleges brace for flu wave


Colleges in Tennessee and North Georgia are bracing for a second wave of "influenzalike illnesses" just as campuses are recovering from a fall surge in the flu.   Read More
I-40 rock slide gets a second blast Thursday


HARMON DEN, N.C. -- Contractors decided Thursday to start clearing the rock slide blocking Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line from the bottom edges instead of from the top down, the N.C. Department of Transportation said.   Read More
Ethics panel clears NC Rep. Shuler in TVA probe


Congressional ethics investigators have concluded that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately while a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the Tennessee Valley Authority.   Read More
Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.   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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