Tennessee on Thursday July 02, 2009

TN: Bredesen's veto preserves Nashville's plan to require menu labeling
By Colby Sledge and Michael Cass, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Gov. Phil Bredesen vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have overturned a Metro health board decision to require calorie counts on restaurant menus.
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TN: Suit tries to block Tennessee's guns-in-bars law
By Lucas L. Johnson II, The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
A lawyer for plaintiffs suing to stop a law that allows handguns to be carried in Tennessee bars and restaurants that serve alcohol says the legal action is necessary to maintain a safe environment for patrons.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles
By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.
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Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes.
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TN: Ex-GOP chief - Don't judge me by anti-Obama tactics
By Bill Poovey, The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Republican chairwoman Robin Smith said Wednesday that a state GOP news release that used Barack Obama's middle name, "Hussein," and showed him in traditional African clothing should not be used to question her leadership during her run for Congress.
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TN: Gov. seeks disaster declaration for Shelby and 4 other counties
By Christopher Conley, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
Gov. Phil Bredesen is asking President Barack Obama to declare five Tennessee counties, including Shelby, federal disaster areas because of damage caused by severe storms that began June 12.
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TN: Tennessee offered GM $20M package
By The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Gov. Phil Bredesen said the state's offer to General Motors to build its new small car at the Spring Hill plant was a $20 million incentive package, and it obviously was not enough.
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TN: Top GOP gubernatorial candidates raise $6.3M
By Erik Schelzig, The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
The top three candidates for the Republican nomination for Tennessee governor said they have combined to raise $6.3 million through the first six months of the year.
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US: Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes.
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US: Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state
By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news.
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US: Facing deficits, some states cut summer school
By Sam Dillon, The New York Times
COCOA, Fla. — Nearly every school system in Florida has eviscerated or eliminated summer school this year, and officials are reporting sweeping cuts in states from North Carolina and Delaware to California and Washington.
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