And by holiday, I mean the Tennessee sales tax holiday starting on Friday. As I mentioned last week, the governor isn’t so happy this year about the fact that the state will be losing $8-10 million due to the holiday weekend. My colleague Anne Marshall did a story tonight about whether there’s more money [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Getting in the Holiday Spirit
July 30, 2008
Buyout Update
July 29, 2008
Apparently, threats of layoffs haven’t enticed a huge amount of people to take the buyouts since last week. You may remember, the governor said last week that only 1,400 people had applied for the buyout. That number is up to 1,600 today. Only about 1,200 of the people who applied will actually get the [...]
Good for Us, Bad for Them
July 24, 2008
The August sales tax holiday is rapidly approaching. Today, the governor says he wished he could “turn it off” this year to help save some jobs. He said while this holiday is certainly a justifiable one, because it helps parents buy school supplies, it is going to hurt the state. Typically, people save about [...]
Monday Morning Quarterback
July 24, 2008
I realize it has been an incredibly long time since I’ve posted anything on the blog. I apologize for that. As luck would have it, I was off the day the governor decided to announce that the buyout plan was not going as well as expected.
By now, you all probably know that only 1,400 state [...]
Governor Testifies at Ford’s Trial
July 3, 2008
The judge in the Ford trial has imposed a gag order, so we were informed early on that the governor would not be speaking with the media about the trial. In addition, he snuck in and out of the courthouse through some super-secret entrance, away from the 8 cameras waiting for him outside.
The governor spent [...]
New Laws
July 1, 2008
Today is July 1st, and that means a whole host of new laws go into effect today. Companies wanting to bypass individual communities and get a permit to offer cable from the state can do so starting today. I spoke yesterday with Bob Corney, AT&T spokesperson, about when the company might apply for that permit. [...]
