Phil Bredesen News

A $60,000 state grant for Outlaw Field was announced last week, and the money will be used for mowing equipment.

Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as "ridiculous" and "outrageous" Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced "very large investment in East Tennessee." "I'm more than irritated about it, I'm mad about it," Bredesen told reporters at a news conference when asked about the Fiscal ...

Gov. Phil Bredesen has approved a $10,000 reward in the slaying of a Rutledge Pike storekeeper, bringing the total reward money to $20,000. The Knox County District Attorney Genera's office confirmed the governor's reward this morning.

An announcement that the governor had approved a $10,000 reward for information in the slaying of an East Knox County shopkeeper sat neglected for more than three weeks in the Knox County District Attorney's General office.

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen says the state is preparing for an increase in unemployment claims once the General Motors Corp.

From the Coolest Generation : Well, first off, like Virginia we've had a successful and popular Democrat in the executive role for the past 8 years , and like VA, it is considered almost a given that TN's next Governor will be a Republican.

Tennessee's budget woes will likely make layoffs of state employees unavoidable, Gov.

Jury selection started in Leon Houston's murder trial on Monday, and doing the questioning for Houston is attorney James Logan.

Gubernatorial candidate Kim McMillan said people still remember when she first started in politics.

The possibility of tens of millions of dollars in private funding for the Memphis City Schools system isn't as important as the reform plan the school system is pursuing along with the money.

Governor Phil Bredesen's trip to China underscores Tennessee's emerging position in a growing renewable energy economy.

The report made public earlier this month should not have surprised anyone who lives in Tennessee but has shopped in other states: Tennessee has the highest combined sales-tax rate in the nation.

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen speaks at the 2009 China-Tennessee Investment Symposium in Beijing.

Gov. Phil Bredesen today announced benefits improvements for CoverTN and also shared that, for the third year in a row, there will be no premium increase for the state-sponsored plan in 2010.

Last week, Gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter visited Dickson Monday for a lunch hosted by the Dickson County Chamber of Commerce.

Despite the global economic slowdown, trade relations between the U.S. state of Tennessee and China have continued to expand and the fast-growing Chinese market offers immense opportunities for U.S. enterprise, Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.

Tennessee's once-proud Democratic Party is reeling from its latest defeat at the polls, and the finger-pointing is well under way.

Fro a media advisory : Kim McMillan, former majority leader in the Tennessee House of Representatives, is the second in a series of Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to address students in Vanderbilt Universitya s a oeIntroduction to American Government and Politicsa class.

Gov. Phil Bredesen is back in the headlines today denouncing health care reform as too costly for the states.

As a key Senate committee geared up for a critical vote on health care, Gov. Phil Bredesen took to his pen.