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At least that’s what leaders are saying. Reporter Cara Kumari, she’s not so sure:

Yes, our esteemed Governor Bunker is forced to cut State jobs to save save teh budget. NTTAWWT, but I think he should have kept a lid on all State...expenditures, for both of his elected terms. It seems that the lid came off after that re-election; legacy-building was in the plans.

Now, the layoffs are scaring rank-and-file Democrats who want to slather more largess on the unfortunates who

Yes, our esteemed Governor Bunker is forced to cut State jobs to save save teh budget. NTTAWWT, but I think he should have kept a lid on all State…expenditures, for both of his elected terms. It seems that the lid came off after that re-election; legacy-building was in the plans.
Now, the layoffs are scaring [...]

Legislators and the Governor are at odds over the details of the buyout offers Gov. Bredesen wants to give state employees in order to cut reoccurring expenditures:

The inside word on whether the le

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The state must balance the budget, and Gov. Bredesen has proposed a number of cuts for doing so. The legislature is right now working over these proposals, and there is still a $15 million shortfall. One solution being offered is to take the

From the Chattanoogan:

Newscoma doesn’t and she loves them.

Ben Cunningham makes the Tennessean with a polemic against earmarks:

A progressive expresses disappointment with the Governor’s approach to cutting the budget: