Andy Sher is a Nashville-based staff writer covering Tennessee state government and politics for the Times Free Press.
A Washington correspondent from 1999-2005 for the Times Free Press, Andy previously headed up state Capitol coverage for The Chattanooga Times, worked as a state Capitol reporter for The Nashville Banner and was a contributor to The Tennessee Journal, among other publications.
Andy worked for 17 years at The Chattanooga Times covering police, health care, county government, politics and general assignment beats.
He was won public service, investigative, deadline and project awards from the Tennessee Press Association, Common Cause of Tennessee, the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists and Remove Intoxicated Drivers.
Andy grew up in Chattanooga. A graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Andy is a past chairman of the Tennessee Capitol Hill Press Corps and served as an acting director of the Regional Reporters Association while in Washington.
Contact Andy at 615-255-0550 or asher@timesfreepress.com
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Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to relax state mandates on local schools’ classroom size isn’t getting a passing grade from many of the people who run them — school superintendents and directors.
NASHVILLE — A former top state Senate Democrat is joining the list of Democratic lawmakers who won’t seek re-election following Republican redistricting.
Tennessee issued 12,571 photo IDs for voters between July 1 and Jan. 30, the state Safety Department announced Thursday.
Two Planned Parenthood affiliates are suing Tennessee Health Department Commissioner John Dreyzehner in federal court.
Tennessee issued 12,571 photo IDs for voters between July 1 and Jan. 30, the state Safety Department announced today.
NASHVILLE — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's call for providing the most efficient services at the lowest cost ran into a wall of criticism Wednesday from members of his own party over his plans to shut down Taft Youth Development Center.
NASHVILLE — State Sen. Andy Berke raised a little more than $100,000 in campaign contributions last year that he can use to run for re-election to the 11th District seat or possibly shift to a 2013 race for Chattanooga mayor.
NASHVILLE — Legislation requiring Amazon.com to begin collecting state and local sales taxes on goods the Internet retailer sells to Tennesseans starting in 2014 easily cleared its first hurdle Wednesday in the House Budget Subcommittee.
NASHVILLE — State Children’s Services Commission Kathryn O’Day found herself on an hour-long hot seat today in the House Government Operations Committee as regional lawmakers tore into Gov. Bill Haslam’s plans to shut down Taft Youth Development Center in Pikeville.
NASHVILLE — Legislation requiring Amazon.com to begin collecting state and local sales taxes on goods the Internet retailer sells to Tennesseans starting in 2014 easily cleared its first hurdle in the House Budget Subcommittee today.
