TNDP Requests Haslam, DesJarlais Text Messages
Party filed public records request for correspondence between governor, scandal-plagued congressman NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Democratic Party filed a request Monday with Governor Bill Haslam’s...
View ArticleDemocrats Urge Governor Haslam to Make a Decision on Health Care Exchanges
Tennessee’s House Democrats are urging Gov. Bill Haslam to make a decision on whether the state will implement a state-based health insurance exchange that will offer consumers more choices in the...
View ArticleIs the Doctor Who Has Sex with His Patients Gov. Haslam’s New Health Care...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — TNDP Chairman Chip Forrester issued the following statement in response to Congressman Scott DesJaralis’ letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam in opposition of establishing a...
View ArticleGov. Haslam Put Tea Party Pandering Ahead of People on Health Exchange Decision
House Democratic leaders expressed disappointment Monday that Governor Haslam has left the job of implementing an insurance exchange to the federal government NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor Bill Haslam...
View ArticleSen. Lowe Finney: Haslam’s Reversal on Health Exchange hurts Tennessee
State Sen. Lowe Finney, the Democratic caucus chairman in the upper chamber, penned an editorial for The Tennessean laying out the case for implementing patient-centered health reform in Tennessee....
View ArticleForrester Calls for Investigation of State’s Land Deal with Haslam Family Friend
Tenn. Taxpayers Paid $10 Million for Property Valued at $4.4 Million NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Democrats are calling for state auditors to investigate a $10 million purchase of a property county officials...
View ArticleDemocrats Join Workers to Protect Workers’ Compensation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – House Democrats joined with workers from across the state at a rally to oppose Governor Bill Haslam’s radical changes to the workers’ compensation system in Tennessee. “Working...
View ArticleTNDP Chairman: Rejecting Medicaid Expansion is Not ‘Pro-Life’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Roy Herron issued a statement Wednesday in response to Governor Bill Haslam’s rejection of federal funding to expand Medicaid. “Deuteronomy 30...
View ArticleDo Nothing Governor: Haslam ‘Plan’ Amounts to a No
‘Tennessee Plan’ leaves uninsured, rural hospitals with no solution NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Halsam promised a decision on expanding Medicaid today, but instead delivered a “no” dressed up as a...
View ArticleTop Democrat: Governor Haslam Has ‘Failed to Deliver’
House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh released a video statement Thursday in response to Governor Haslam’s decision to reject a federally-funded Medicaid expansion. The expansion would provide more than...
View ArticleDemocrats Call on Haslam to Protect Injured Workers’ Rights in Compensation...
House Democrats joined workers’ advocates to ask Governor Haslam to delay HB194 until the Department of Labor gets its house in order NASHVILLE, Tenn. — House Democrats joined with workers’ advocates...
View ArticleHerron: ‘Sickest Tax Day in Tennessee History’
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Roy Herron called April 15, 2013 the “sickest tax day in Tennessee history” on Monday. Herron said Governor Bill Haslam and Republicans rejected $1.4 billion — of...
View ArticleSign the Petition: Gov. Haslam, Release Your Tax Returns
It's time for Gov. Haslam to come clean on his income from Pilot and release his tax returns.
View ArticleTHREE MORE AT PILOT FLYING J PLEAD GUILTY: Time for Gov. Haslam to Disclose...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On the heels of three guilty pleas tied to a scandal embroiling Gov. Bill Haslam’s Pilot Flying J truck stop chain, the Tennessee Democratic Party is calling for the governor to...
View ArticleDemocrats Oppose Haslam’s Cuts to Teacher Pay
House Democrats joined together to speak out against a proposal by the Haslam administration to cut teacher pay in Tennessee. “If we are ever going to raise Tennessee’s educational standards, we must...
View ArticleFact Check: Gov. Haslam’s Pay Scale Will Cut Teaching Salaries
It’s a sad week for Tennessee teachers and students because, last Friday afternoon, the Tennessee State Board of Education approved Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to cut teacher salaries. The measure approved...
View ArticleHaslam’s Self-Serving Government Deals, Crony Appointments Reignite Calls for...
Gov. Bill Haslam’s repeated self-dealing and government handouts to wealthy friends has prompted Democrats to renew a challenge to the governor to release his tax returns. “With Haslam’s wealthy and...
View ArticleHaslam’s Attack on Middle Class Driving Unemployment Higher
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Labor released numbers Thursday showing that Tennessee continues to be a leader in rising unemployment rates. The unemployment rate is now at 8.5 percent,...
View ArticleHerron: ‘Choose Life’— Expand Medicaid Now
The Commercial Appeal featured a column Thursday — the second in a series — from Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Roy Herron, who wrote for the second time in about the importance of extending...
View ArticleLawmakers Calls for Investigation of Haslam Contract
State House Democratic leaders are outraged to learn via a News Channel 5 investigative report that Governor Bill Haslam’s administration may have rigged contracts to benefit out-of-state contractors...
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