Phil Bredesen

Update: Jury selection on hold for Rocky Houston trial

Jury selection headed into a two-hour recess Monday morning for one of two Roane County brothers accused of fatally shooting a Roane County deputy and his ride-along. By Monday afternoon, jury selection had been put on hold...

Dateline: News of Note in Williamson County -- Nov. 11, 2008

Governor Phil Bredesen has appointed James G. Martin of Franklin to fill the vacancy on the Tennessee Circuit Court, 21st Judicial District, Division III, which is composed of Williamson, Hickman, Perry and Lewis counties.

Tennessee likely to tap reserves

By Theo Emery, The Tennessean When Gov. Phil Bredesen took office in January 2003, the windows of the governor's office that had been smashed by rock-throwing income tax opponents had been replaced with new panes. New taxes in...

Nashville mayor could take helm of Metro schools

Mayor Karl Dean is preparing himself to assume control of Nashville schools. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools are under partial state control because the district has failed to meet state testing standards for five years....

2010 Governor Races

Damn. Sam beat me to the 2010 Senate race post. Oh well. Here’s a quick look at 2010 Governor Races: Democrat Held Seats- Arkansas: Mike Beebe beat Asa Hutchinson in 2006, and he was probably our best candidate. Arkansas may...

McCain dominated in counties where Dems lost seats

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A wave of rural support for presidential candidate John McCain helped lead Tennessee Republicans to majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly for the first time in 140 years. Republicans turned...

GOP will appoint officer positions

In the post-election landscape, with Republicans suddenly dominating the General Assembly, jockeying has already begun for appointments to the state's constitutional officer positions: treasurer, comptroller of the treasury,...

Wilson farmers eligible for drought relief

WILSON COUNTY Wilson and 38 other counties in Tennessee have been federally designated as disaster areas for agriculture and are eligible for drought aid, Gov. Phil Bredesen said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved...

All Mod Cons

The American Spectator's Philip Klein reports from a meeting of the conservative movement's old Reaganite hands in Virginia.There's a strong feeling, [Spectator Editor R. Emmet] Tyrrell said, that social conservatives, free...

GOP wins show Tennessee's true color

By Bonna Johnson, The Tennessean In a historic election in which Democrats swept much of the nation, Tennessee remained true to its conservative leanings by voting for Republicans from the presidency on down to the state House....