Phil Bredesen

Obama Gets It Right in Arizona

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Immigration, Phil Bredesen, National Governors Association, Hispanics, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Arizona Immigration, Obama Arizona Immigration Lawsuit, Justice Department, Attorney General, Pew Research Center, Illegal Immigrants, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

Immigration is an explosive subject that raises many questions with no clear resolution. No one here legally should be a target in the United States. Not in Arizona. Not anywhere.

Read Post

Cumberland River Flooding Forces Evacuation In Downtown Nashville, Tennessee: Storms Kill 12

AP | TRAVIS LOLLER and KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Mississippi, Downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Phil Bredesen, Kentucky, Weather, Grand Ole Opry, Cumberland River, Home News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Muddy waters poured over the banks of Nashville's swollen Cumberland River on Monday, spilling into Music City's historic dow...

Read Whole Story

Anger Rises Among Unemployed Over Govs Who Want To Reject Stimulus Funds

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Sanford, Unemployed, Unemployment, Bobby Jindal, Stimulus Funds, Unemployment Benefits, Phil Bredesen, Rick Perry, Politics News

As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insuranc...

Read Whole Story

Dem Governor Bredesen May Reject Some Stimulus

Chattanooga Times Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Stimulus, Democrats Stimulus, Democrat Stimulus Money, Phil Bredesen, Governors Stimulus, Bredesen Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Politics News

Tennessee and Georgia may turn down some of the economic stimulus money if the restrictions outlined in the package cause budgetary hardship in the fu...

Read Whole Story

Phil Bredesen: Health And Human Services Secretary?

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kansas Governor Sebelius, Tom Daschle Hhs, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Appointees, Obama Administration, Phil Bredesen, Hhs, Tennessee Governor Bredeson, Barack Obama Kathleen Sebelius, Phil Bredesen Hhs, Barack Obama, Politics News

Few governors know the pitfalls of soaring health costs better than Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, which helps explain why President Barack Obama is re...

Read Whole Story

Sam Stein

Daschle Could Be Replaced By Two Appointees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Sebelius, Sebelius, Obama Hhs, Daschle Appointment, Daschle Replacement, Obama Daschle, Bredesen Hhs, Phil Bredesen, Obama Health Care, Politics News

The decision by Tom Daschle to withdraw his nomination for the head of the Department of Health and Human Services has created, potentially, two job o...

Read Whole Story

Tennessee Demands Details On TVA Coal Sludge Cleanup

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tva, Phil Bredesen, Tennesee Coal Spill, Coal, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, TVA Cleanup, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tom Kilgore, Environment, Pollution, Green News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee demanded answers and cooperation Tuesday from the nation's largest public utility in the aftermath of ...

Read Whole Story

Governor On Coal Ash Spill: "Massive Disaster"

AP | BETH RUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Pollutants, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Phil Bredesen, Coal Ash Spill, Pollution, Green News

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Tennessee's governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that r...

Read Whole Story

2006 Tennessee Gubernatorial General Election:
Bryson (R) vs Bredesen (D-i)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2006, Active, General, Governor, Jim Bryson, Phil Bredesen, Pollster, Politics News

TN-Gov: Bryson vs Bredesen

Read Whole Story

Jason Linkins

Superdelegate Primary Proposal Offers Democrats A Way Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Superdelegates, Phil Bredesen, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, Primary Process, Barack Obama, Politics News

Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen took a proactive stand on moving the Democratic primary process to a conclusion with a New York Times op-e...

Read Whole Story