NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will address the first class of Tennessee Promise graduates at Cleveland State commencement exercises on Saturday, fulfilling a promise he made the students when they began their college careers in August 2015. Haslam will address graduates of Southwest Community College in Memphis, next Saturday, May 13. Launched in 2014, Tennessee Promise is the nation’s first scholarship and mentorship program offering high school graduates two years of community college or technical school free of tuition and fees. It is a last-dollar scholarship funded by the state’s lottery for education account and not through tax dollars. Initial data shows that more Tennesseans are going to college, fewer need remediation when they get there, and student borrowing is down.
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Governor to Address First Class of Tennessee Promise Graduates at Cleveland State on Saturday
Friday, May 05, 2017 | 02:12pmNews | Higher Education Commission | Governor Haslam | Non Press Releases | Press Releases | Photos
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Statement from Gov. Haslam on HB 1111/SB 1085
Friday, May 05, 2017 | 11:17amNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today released the following statement regarding HB 1111/SB 1085 sponsored by Sen. John Stevens (R-Huntingdon) and Rep. Andrew Farmer (R-Sevierville): “I have reviewed the final language of HB 1111/SB 1085 and assessed the legislation’s potential impact and concerns. The language of this bill is for a general definitions section of the Tennessee code, which defines “road” and “sheriff,” among other common terms. For at least 150 years, courts including the Tennessee Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court have looked to a word’s natural and ordinary meaning when deciding cases. In reviewing this bill, I do not believe the legislation accomplishes anything that isn’t already relied upon by the courts, even after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision in 2015. And if a potential conflict did arise, the Tennessee Attorney General has opined that a court could resolve it through other statutory interpretation rules. This legislation passed three-to-one in the House and nearly four-to-one in the Senate. Using a word’s ordinary meaning is a well-established principle of statutory construction. While I understand the concerns raised about this bill, the Obergefell decision is the law of the land, and this legislation does not change a principle relied upon by the courts for more than a century, mitigating the substantive impact of this legislation. Because of that I have signed HB 1111/SB 1085 into law.”
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Governor Haslam, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Frazier Industrial Company to Locate New Manufacturing Operations in Dyer County
Thursday, May 04, 2017 | 02:00pmNews | Economic & Community Development | Governor Haslam | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Haslam, Commissioner Rolfe, Nokian Tyres Announce New U.S. Manufacturing Operations in Rhea County
Wednesday, May 03, 2017 | 08:31amNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Nokian Tyres officials today announced the company will build a new tire manufacturing facility in Dayton. Nokian Tyres will create at least 400 new jobs and invest $360 million in the facility, which represents the largest foreign direct investment in Rhea County’s history.
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TDCI Partners to Provide Shred-It/ Drug Take-Back in Southeast TN on April 29
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | 02:22pmConsumer Affairs | Commerce & Insurance | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Jobs: Protection From Harm - Investigator (East TN)
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | 02:13pmNews | Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Topre America Corp. To Expand Manufacturing Operations In Smyrna
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 | 09:00amNews | Economic & Community Development | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Tennessee Department of Education Awards More Than $8.5 Million to 212 Grant Recipients for Summer Reading Programs
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Haslam Introduces Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Budget Amendment
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 10:54amNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced his amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 budget proposal that will be considered by the 110th General Assembly in the coming weeks. The appropriations amendment to HB511/SB483 tracks closely to the governor’s original budget proposal presented to the legislature January 30, which for the second year in a row does not take on any new debt and makes significant investments in teachers, K-12 schools, higher education, state employees, the state’s Rainy Day Fund and the tax cuts included in the IMPROVE Act.
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Governor Applauds Passage of IMPROVE Act
Monday, April 24, 2017 | 07:52pmNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today praised passage of the IMPROVE Act, a key piece of his NextTennessee legislative plan, giving the largest tax cut in Tennessee history and making the state more competitive in recruiting manufacturing jobs while delivering a safe, reliable and debt-free transportation network for the next generation of Tennesseans. “The IMPROVE Act is a conservative plan that directly addresses how we fund our roads and bridges for the first time in 30 years. I thank the General Assembly for passing IMPROVE, and especially Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and Reps. Barry Doss (R-Leoma) and Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville) for their work carrying the legislation,” Haslam said.
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Remains of Marshall County Soldier Killed in Black Hawk Crash Return to Tennessee
Monday, April 24, 2017 | 05:17pmNews | Governor Haslam | Press Releases | Non Press Releases | Veterans Services
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