Lamar Alexander News

Not since the opening of the downtown Library in 1999 have I heard such rave reviews about a new public building in Nashville.

Senator Lamar Alexander will be the keynote speaker at the Better Business Bureau Luncheon Tuesday at noon at the Chattanoogan Hotel.

In an exclusive interview on The Freedom Cartel featuring Joe Liberty and Melanie Sinclair, Glenn Jacobs, known for his role as Kane on WWE.

Don't look now, but another debt ceiling showdown is quickly approaching Washington.

WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT, where our brains are filled with drones, protesters and IRS drama.

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Heartland Institute's Steve Stanek for an episode of their Heartland Daily Podcast , where we discussed President Obama's recent budget proposal to study a potential privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority .

US Senator Bob Corker says he's open to the idea of changing the ownership model for TVA, including cutting ties with the federal government.

IRS Scandal: The inexplicable raid nearly two years ago on a guitar maker for using allegedly illegal wood that its competitors also used was another targeting by this administration of its political enemies.

Erskine Oglesby, Jr. has been named Tennessee Men's Health Network's "Man of the Year" for 2013 by the TMHN board of directors.

One of the defining moments in the history of labor law occurred in 1974 when Congress decided that home health aides were "companions" and excluded them from the Fair Labor Standards Act, which guarantees workers minimum wages and overtime.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander announced Senate passage last week of a proposal he included in the Water Resources Development Act that would prohibit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing its proposed fishing restrictions below dams on the Cumberland River, and delegate enforcement to state wildlife agencies.

The status of the board has been in limbo since a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in January that the president exceeded his constitutional authority by forgoing the usual confirmation process and appointing three board members while Senate lawmakers were on break in January 2012.

A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov.

Major news outlets in recent days have reported that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is raising money from the private sector-including from health-care executives-for use by a private entity that is helping to implement ObamaCare.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander listed assets in 2012 valued between $6.6 million and $19.2 million, a personal financial disclosure report released Wednesday showed.

On top of the troubles the administration is facing over its handling of the attack on the Benghazi mission, the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, and the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone records, Republicans hope to target Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

A proposed law to set clear oversight authority over compounding pharmacies that make medicine on a large scale is on its way to a vote before the full Senate.

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, last week has been amusing.

Members of the Tennessee United States Congressional delegation today called on the administration "to provide details on its policy of awarding Medicare contracts to businesses not licensed in Tennessee, a violation of the administration's bid policy and a violation of Tennessee state law." The members write: "We recently received reports that ... (more)

Then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, Aug. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight Committee.