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Washington: Alexander outlines energy proposal
Sen. Lamar Alexander’s proposed “Manhattan Project” energy plan would require significant amounts of water even as the country’s supplies are dwindling, a U.S. Department of Energy official suggested Monday.
May 13, 2008
Washington: Sen. Corker stands firm on his positions
In his second year as a U.S. senator, Bob Corker, R-Tenn., has not minced words when calling out his colleagues, even those within his party.
May 12, 2008
Washington: Colombian free trade pact pushed by Corker
Flanked by several Hispanic business leaders and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and his Republican Senate colleagues on Wednesday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to pass the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.
May 8, 2008
Chattanooga: Early in the season, voters feeling fatigue
While campaigning in early April, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., often pointed out that babies born in February 2007, when he announced his run for president, now are walking and talking.
May 5, 2008
Alexander, Corker cry foul on TVA appointment delay
WASHINGTON — In harshly worded speeches on the Senate floor Thursday, Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker blasted Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for holding up the confirmation votes of two Tennessee Valley Authority board members.
May 2, 2008
Georgia GOP delegate, former POW sees McCain as strong leader
When the Republican National Convention opens in Minneapolis-St. Paul in September, the presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will not be the only one there who was held prisoner of war at North Vietnam’s notorious “Hanoi Hilton.”
April 27, 2008
Vice president chatter includes Bredesen, Perdue
WASHINGTON — Vice president rumor season is in full swing, and as names of potential running mates surface, both Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue are in the mix.
April 19, 2008
Food stamp numbers soar as funding squeeze looms
WASHINGTON — As Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a long-delayed $280 billion farm bill, Tennessee and Georgia lawmakers working on the legislation said they hope to preserve funding for food stamps.
April 14, 2008
Lawmakers react
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
April 9, 2008
Lawmakers to seek answers on Iraq strategy during Petraeus testimony
With Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, scheduled to testify before Congress today, Tennessee and Georgia lawmakers say they hope to hear him outline plans to end the war and increase diplomatic and political efforts.
April 8, 2008
Dean opposes Bredesen’s superdelegate ‘primary’
Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that his proposed “primary” of superdelegates to decide the Democratic presidential nomination likely would not work now that Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean opposes it.
April 3, 2008
Opponent of Davis lives in adjacent district
U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., has drawn a Republican opponent who does not live in the 4th Congressional District.
April 2, 2008
Bend park moves ahead on slow path
WASHINGTON — Six years and $7.2 million in federal funds since 2002, the site of the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District remains virtually unchanged.
March 31, 2008
Bredesen pushes ‘superdelegate’ primary
NASHVILLE — From Fox News to C-SPAN, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has been blitzing national media this week in an effort to sell his idea of a “primary” of Democratic superdelegates to break a potential logjam in the party’s presidential nomination battle.
March 28, 2008
States prepare for voter surge in presidential contest
Record participation in the Super Tuesday primaries has state election officials in Tennessee and Georgia bracing for massive voter turnout in November that some experts say could shatter all-time records.
March 27, 2008
Highlights

Local Politics

Signal OKs budget, eyes a liquor store
May 13, 2008
Signal Mountain’s budget for 2009 is nearly half that of a year ago for one reason: The new high school is paid for.

Regional Politics

Athens will hire 2 firefighters
May 12, 2008
Fire Chief Bob Miller said Athens did not get a grant it had applied for to help pay new firefighters’ salaries, but he’s planning to hire two people anyway in the upcoming fiscal year.

National Politics

Washington: Alexander outlines energy proposal
May 13, 2008
Sen. Lamar Alexander’s proposed “Manhattan Project” energy plan would require significant amounts of water even as the country’s supplies are dwindling, a U.S. Department of Energy official suggested Monday.

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