By The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
The Republican sponsor of a proposal to reduce the sales tax on groceries in Tennessee said Wednesday he's open to working with Democrats who have a similar measure if it would help the legislation's passage.
By Sara Patterson, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
Claiming they've been singled out for providing abortions to women, Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region is suing the state Department of Health to regain about $150,000 in grant contracts for HIV prevention and syphilis elimination dropped by the state in December.
New Amazon distribution centers such as the one in Chattanooga will vault Tennessee to the top three among states in terms of the Internet retailer's footprint, officials said Thursday. And Amazon officials, who gave Gov. Bill Haslam his first look at the 1 million-square-foot Chattanooga center, hinted that the online retailer's presence could grow in Hamilton County.
By The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Republican lawmakers are building support for a plan to wait until the end of the year to take action on state requirements set by President Barack Obama's federal health care law.
State and local Republicans expressed concern Thursday that residents of Bellevue and Belle Meade don't have any early voting locations, but the Davidson County Election Commission made no commitment to give them one.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood hires lots of outside lawyers. They make a great deal of money for the state, and for themselves. Not everyone is happy with that situation.
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