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State of Tennessee Press Release, July 28, 2011 : Company to Invest $3 Million, Create Additional Jobs in Spring City NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty today joined with local Rhea County officials to announce a $3 million expansion of SSM Industries in Spring City, Tenn. The expansion will add an additional 45,000 square feet to the company’s manufacturing facility and create 13 new jobs initially, with plans to expand to a projected 25 employees
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Oklahoma Watchdog has confirmed that former State Senator Herb Rozell resigned from the State Board of Education effective July 1st.
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Yes, Gov. Bill Haslam will indeed have a dashboard — the device for measuring the state’s progress, as the former Knoxville mayor outlined in his campaign for governor
Continue reading …By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Any local school with a new building, new teachers, new bus drivers or even new students may be in danger of missing the first day of school because of the ongoing political fight over paychecks for regional superintendents in Illinois. Because he wanted local communities to bear the costs, Gov.
Continue reading …By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD – Parents have soon get a new reason to pay attention to the Illinois budget. Regional superintendents in Illinois, who've been working without a paycheck since Governor Pat Quinn swiped the $11-million dollars they were supposed to get, say they can't guarantee schools will open in mid-August and early September. Bob Daiber is the Madison County regional superintendent and the head of the state superintendent's organization.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon is asking President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster in portions of the state of Missouri effected by flooding, violent thunderstorms and tornadoes since the first of June. The governor’s list of counties includes: Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Holt, Howard, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis, Linn, [...]
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The 150-year-old debate over control of the St. Louis Police Department could be revived when the legislature meets for a special session in September. A bill to reverse a Civil War-era statue that puts control of St. Louis Police force in the hands of a state-appointed board of commissioners came close to passing the general [...]
Continue reading …Improving Revenues Prompt House Democrats to Float Food-Tax Cut, Scholarship Bump
July 22, 2011 No Comment
Tennessee House Democrats have seized on the recent string of positive revenue collections and see them as a way to reduce the state sales tax on food and provide more college scholarships — at a time the economy overall continues to sputter and Gov. Bill Haslam has warned of less money coming from Washington. Democrats held a press conference at Legislative Plaza on Thursday to announce a bill meant to bring economic relief to families struggling to buy groceries and pay for burdensome college tuition rates
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