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From the Commercial Appeal: Op-Ed: On Cigarette Tax Hike, Industry Blows Smoke Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed 40-cent cigarette tax hike for education appears to be in trouble in the legislature, where it is stalled in the Senate Finance Committee. Arguments against the tax hike, which would raise a projected $219 million, ha [...]

From the State Senator Jim Kyle: The Office of State Senator Jim Kyle released the figures of the Schools First Initiative yesterday. The spreadsheet, compiled by the office of Governor Phil Bredesen, displays the approximate amount of funding each state legislative district will receive. Under the Schools First Initiative, an increase in the ciga [...]

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: NASHVILLE — Gov. Phil Bredesen urged state NAACP leaders Tuesday to “put your skeptic’s hat on” when weighing whether to use money from his proposed cigarette tax hike to slash state food taxes instead of funding the governor’s education plan. “We are already a very low-tax state. [...]

From the Office of the Governor: Governor Phil Bredesen [Monday] delivered his 2007 State of the State Address to the 105th Tennessee General Assembly, proposing new initiatives to strengthen education in Tennessee at every level. [...]

From The Associated Press: NASHVILLE — Gov. Phil Bredesen's State of the State address Monday will include a proposal to use state lottery money to spur school construction projects around the state. The governor wants the state to take $100 million from lottery reserves and use the money as a collateral for count [...]

From the Columbia Daily Herald: This month, I took my second oath of office as Tennessee’s governor. I celebrated my Inauguration Day surrounded by family, friends and fellow Tennesseans. It was a proud time for me — and now, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get back to work. As I begin my second term, I want to share my thoughts with you [...]

From The Office of the Governor: With First Lady Andrea Conte at his side, Governor Phil Bredesen took the oath of office for a second term as Tennessee’s 48th Governor today. The inauguration ceremony on War [...]

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: A below-average score on the ACT college entrance exam would be high enough to earn some high school students free tuition to community college under the proposed Governor's 19-19-19 Program. Gov. Phil Bredesen introduced the program concept last year during his re-election campaign, promoting [...]

From The Business Journal of Tri-Cities Tennessee: NASHVILLE, TENN. — This year, Tennessee achieved real progress in education, job creation, conservation and public safety. A look back at 2006: NISSAN CHOOSES TENNESSEE January - After automaker Carlos Ghosn joined Governor Phil Bredesen [...]

From The Associated Press: NASHVILLE — A spokesman for Gov. Phil Bredesen said the governor's second inauguration celebration will be festive but not extravagant. "There are two rules we have: Respect the tradition, but keep the right tone," said Will Pinkston, Bredesen's inauguration spokesman. [...]

From the City Paper: NASHVILLE - Gov. Phil Bredesen says his new healthcare program hit a "home run" Tuesday. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee won both of the contracts to offer health insurance to the working poor [...]

From The Associated Press: Gov. Phil Bredesen on Friday named Stuart Brunson to succeed Dave Cooley as deputy governor. Brunson, who operated his own Nashville-based lobbying and public relations firm during 2004 and 2005, was in charge of Bredesen's 2002 campaign for governor and this year's re- [...]

From The City Paper: NASHVILLE -- Most regular Tennesseans may best know Dave Cooley as the ‘guy who may have gotten that ticket fixed.’ Gov. Phil Bredesen knows him a little better, and owes a good portion of his success to him. The two first met in the late 1980s, after Bredesen lost his first [...]

From the Tennessean: Tennessee's first annual sales tax holiday proved to be a true success for families across Tennessee, providing them with financial savings while keeping local governments' coffers intact. Contrary to recent articles in The Tennessean's Williamson A.M. section, the sales tax holiday had no adverse impact on city and [...]

NASHVILLE -- With just over two weeks until the beginning of early voting, two recently released independent polls show Harold Ford, Jr. is in a dead heat in his race for the U.S. Senate and Governor Phil Bredesen continues to [...]

NASHVILLE -- With early voting beginning in a mere three weeks, the U.S. Senate campaign of Representative Harold Ford, Jr. has released internal polling showing Ford continuing on his upward swing while Governor Phil Bredesen [...]

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: YUMA, Ariz. — Tennessee soldiers stationed here spend part of their day trying to pass the time reading in the shade of a military camouflage net, drinking liter after liter of icy bottled water or catching a few hours’ sleep on a cot in temperatures that often top 110 degrees. They spend [...]

NASHVILLE - After more than three months and $6 million of advertising by Bob Corker, U.S. Senate nominee Harold Ford leads heading into the final stretch of the race. A new poll sample of 1,118 likely Tennessee voters conducted Aug. 10-15 also shows Corker's negatives have dramatically increased. The poll, [...]

From the Commercial Appeal: Gov. Phil Bredesen was in a Target store Wednesday morning for more than half an hour, but most shoppers weren't even aware he was there. The store at 601 Colonial Road in East Memphis was the first stop on Bredesen's tour to promote Tennessee's first tax holiday on school clothing and supplies Friday [...]

From the Tennessean: Tennessee will send the first of 500 National Guard troops to Arizona today to assist in controlling the U.S. border with Mexico, Gov. Phil Bredesen announced on Thursday. The number of troops is a significant increase over the 100 guardsmen Bredesen said the state could spare to take part in President [...]