Archive of Tennessee on Wednesday July 01, 2009
TN: Gubernatorial hopefuls pull out all stops for cash
By Andy Sher, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tennessee gubernatorial candidates hosted last-minute fundraisers and made final pleas for online contributions Tuesday, hoping to plump up campaign war chests before one of the 2010 race's first real tests — results from first-quarter fundraising.
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TN: Ethics-finance merger becomes law
By Staff Reporters, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Gov. Phil Bredesen has signed into a law a merger of the Tennessee Ethics Commission and the state Registry of Election Finance.
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Financial crisis torments states
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009)
California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps.
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TN: Tennessee drivers beware: Texting is a crime
By Lucas L. Johnson II, The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Rachel Nichol says reading or sending cell phone text messages while driving isn't such a good idea — she's had five fender benders, including one in a fast food drive-through.
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TN: New Republican group woos Latinos
By Chris Echegaray, The Tennessean (Nashville)
A new Republican group is eyeing Tennessee's growing number of Latino voters, attempting to organize them in time for the 2010 gubernatorial election.
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US: Colorado the least obese state
By Lauren Neergaard, The Associated Press, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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