GOVERNMENT OFFICE STATE OF TENNESSEE

Election Glance AP via Yahoo! News
On Nov. 7, voters will choose a new Congress, governors in 36 states and decide whether to approve various ballot initiatives. A state-by-state look:
Speaker defends open government action Knoxville News Sentinal
NASHVILLE - House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh says he's been unfairly criticized for waiting until Wednesday to make his appointments to a study committee on state open government laws.
Local leader receives national Community Service Award Selma Times-Journal
The honors awarded Dr. Frederick Douglas Reese Sr. are too numerous to count. Yet this man remains modest and retiring, never asking for praise or thanks. Of the most recent honor he has received, he says only, "I am very appreciative of the honor, which came from Alabama State University.
Harut Sassounian: Have Turkish Agents Penetrated the Highest Echelons of US Government? HuffingtonPost
The Vanity Fair magazine published last year an investigative article alleging that the American Turkish Council (ATC) and the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) had conspired, among other things, to make illegal campaign contributions to the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, in return for blocking a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide. The article also mentioned
State Prison Crowding Emergency Declared Los Angeles Times
Schwarzenegger's move could allow forcible transfers of inmates to out-of-state lockups.
Vines: Bredesen gets support at 1st debate Knoxville News Sentinal
The first debate between Tennessee's gubernatorial candidates drew partisan supporters as expected Tuesday but also attracted different interest groups that distributed fliers. One group tried to hang a banner protesting mountaintop mining but was thwarted by debate sponsors.
Analysts Discuss Midterm Elections, Foley Scandal The Online NewsHour
Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the Tennessee Senate race, other competitive midterm election matchups, and the political implications of the scandal over Rep. Mark Foley's involvement with young male pages.
Hispanics add voice to elections Fairview Observer
Despite his prominence in Nashville's business community, Yuri Cunza was, to some, politically irrelevant, one of the more than 125,000 Hispanic Tennessee immigrants who could not vote.
State Prison Crowding Emergency Declared KTLA 5
With California's jam-packed prisons nearly out of room for more felons, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proclaimed a state of emergency, an unusual move that could allow the transfer of inmates as soon as next month to other states without their consent.
Inmates to be sent out of state The Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a prison overcrowding emergency Wednesday in California, paving the way for inmate transfers to out-of-state institutions within a month.


Tennessee Blue Book
Source for a variety of information (including trivia) about Tennessee: includes history, government, state symbols, and registered charities.
Tennessee Department of Health - Vital Records
To inquire about records of events from early years that are not maintained by the Office of Vital Records, contact the Tennessee State Library and Archives
GovEngine.com - State Government - Tennessee
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Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury
Statutes prescribe the comptroller's duties, the most important of which relate to audit of state and local government entities and participation in the
Tennessee State Legislature: Vanderbilt University Office of
Vanderbilt University Washington Office 750 First Street, NE, Suite 1110 Washington,DC 20002 202/216-4361 fax: 202/216-9124, Tennessee State Government
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County-Chancery
as a constitutional office in the judicial branch of government pursuant to Article VI, §13 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee (1870).
State Aging Offices: State and Local Government on the Net
A frequently updated directory of official US state and local government websites. Tennessee. Commission on Aging and Disability. Vermont
Tennessee Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tennessee Secretary of State is an office created by the Tennessee State the administrative aspects of the operation of Tennessee state government.