Haslam and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Monday
The mirage of integrity and honesty that Bill Haslam’s high-priced handlers have built around him drew major blows Monday. Republicans for Healthcare (GASP!) First, a group of Republican state...
View ArticleDodging Obama Lays Bare Haslam’s Unprecedented Secrecy
President Barack Obama will visit Nashville, Tenn. today to echo themes from his State of the Union address — expanding high-quality pre-kindergarten and raising the minimum wage so that people who...
View ArticleObamacare Better Than Haslam’s Empty Promises
Last week Gov. Bill Haslam admitted the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion would make a big difference for working families and the struggling hospitals in Tennessee. Even so, immediately...
View ArticleHaslam’s Astonishing Corporate Offer: Have a Skyscraper
Rather than building an economy from the bottom up and middle out, Bill Haslam has doubled down on risky mega-tax handouts that don’t always deliver the jobs they promise and too often favor big...
View ArticleHaslam’s State of the State: Addressing Contradictions
After a year of dithering on his stated aim to increase post-secondary graduation rates to 55 percent, Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday finally proposed a program to move toward accomplishing this goal....
View ArticleHaslam’s Tuition Plan Shows Little Promise
Shiny Community College Push More Spin Than Substance Bill Haslam is the most shameful kind of politician. Don’t get me wrong. Haslam is surely a nice man. He’s probably a good father and husband. He...
View ArticleChoices: Care for Grandma or Tax Breaks for Millionaires?
If given the choice between spending tax dollars on care for Tennessee seniors who need nursing home services or a new $100 million annual tax break for the wealthiest families in our state, which...
View ArticleG.O.P. ‘Balance’ Just More Pain for Average Families
A crisis in our state’s capitol: Too many Republicans. The Tennessee House Republican Caucus released this week a movie trailer-style campaign video to highlight their members’ vote to support a...
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