In a press conference following Wednesday’s marathon House session, House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh (D-Covington) said he will probably bring his flat rate income tax bill up for another vote in the House of

At Tuesday afternoon’s Calendar and Rules Committee meeting, House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh did not request that his flat rate income tax bill be placed on the full House agenda for Wednesday’s 10 a.m. floor

House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh admitted in a press conference following Wednesday's House floor session that he was surprised when only 45 "yes" votes materialized in favor of an income tax. "We thought

In a press conference following Wednesday's House floor session, Speaker Jimmy Naifeh explained why a vote on an income tax didn't materialize as many had expected. According to Naifeh, he now intends

According to a campaign disclosure form filed with the state Registry of Election Finance by Gov. Don Sundquist, Tennessee’s termed-out governor still has over $2.3 million in campaign funds at his fingertips

One person is already in custody following a series of threatening phone calls to the legislative office of House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh on Tuesday. The calls came within an hour of a vote by the House

Frustrated by the budget impasse and admittedly ready to go home for good, lame duck House finance committee chairman Matt Kisber put out a casting call last week to all 99 members of the Tennessee House

Gov. Don Sundquist announced Friday that he had reviewed the application for clemency submitted by convicted murderer Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman and determined that executive clemency was not appropriate.

Governor Don Sundquist is mulling over a possible endorsement of one of the two candidates in the Republican gubernatorial primary. As reported recently in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Sundquist

Larry Haynes, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services since 1995, is leaving Governor Don Sundquist's cabinet to work in the private sector. Haynes, 60, a former managing general