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Haslam named to health care panel

Gov. Bill Haslam has been named co-chairman of the National Governors Association’s health and human services committee. He will work with Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat who was named vice...

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Does Haslam think cutting inheritance tax was right for Tennessee? You bet.

Gov. Bill Haslam says he has no second thoughts about the tax cuts he has pushed, even as he says that his next budget will be the hardest his administration has drafted yet. Haslam raised exemptions...

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Does Dean think the Amp is right for Nashville? You bet.

Residents in West Nashville may be up in arms, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper may have his doubts and Republican leaders may be splashing cold water on the prospect of state funding, but Nashville Mayor Karl...

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Dean’s office tops Haslam’s in Second Harvest ‘food fight’

Mayor Karl Dean’s office beat Gov. Bill Haslam’s staff for the second consecutive year in their annual contest to gather the most food for Second Harvest Food Bank. Dean’s aides donated 385 pounds of...

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Corker spokeswoman to join Haslam’s office

Laura Herzog, communications director for U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, is stepping down to join Gov. Bill Haslam’s staff. Herzog said in an email today to her contacts in Washington and Nashville that she...

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Gov. Bill Haslam attending state dinner at the White House tonight

The name Haslam is English. But the Tennessee governor of that name will be eating dry-aged rib eye beef and American Osetra caviar with the president of France tonight. Gov. Bill Haslam and his wife,...

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Politico floats Haslam for president in 2016

A year off of floating Gov. Bill Haslam’s name as a potential candidate for national office in 2016, Politico has the Tennessee Republican on a shortlist of potential aspirants for the presidency in...

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Bill Haslam spars with Democratic governor over UAW vote, minimum wage,...

Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam sparred with Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn over the weekend in an appearance on PBS Newshour. In a piece meant to explore whether governors have become more partisan, Haslam and Quinn...

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Tony Shipley defends setting aside Haslam’s meth bill

State Rep. Tony Shipley is not pleased with how his decision to set aside Gov. Bill Haslam’s meth bill is being portrayed, and on Wednesday morning, he defended the action to reporters at the Capitol....

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Roll Call speculates about Corker for Tennessee governor

From the Never Too Early Department: Roll Call took up a scenario that has been floated in Tennessee political circles from time to time recently — the possibility that U.S. Sen. Bob Corker will run...

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