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| General Assembly News |
| Legislature convenes Tuesday, led by Republicans all around |
| The 107th General Assembly convenes at noon Tuesday, followed by the inauguration of Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam as the state's 49th governor on Saturday. The changeover marks the
simultaneous control of the executive and legislative branches of state government for the first time since 1869.
History will also be made if, as anticipated, the state House elects Rep. Beth Harwell, R-Nashville, as the first female speaker of either of the two legislative chambers Tuesday. Harwell, 53, is a 22-year legislative veteran and former two-term chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. |
The Commercial Appeal has more
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| Opinion: Open government to come under fire this session |
| In an opinion piece, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government Frank Gibson lists the many ways he believes
the 2011 legislative session "is stacking up to be a very bad year for open government in Tennessee." A few he mentions include
efforts to remove meeting and other public notices from newspapers; making city, county and state websites the sole source of notice to the public and the media;
a proposal to close all records of 911 emergency calls and dispatches; and a possible
proposal that would make citizens pay to look at public records. |
Read it in the News Sentinel
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| Faulk files bill to elect state attorney general |
| State Sen. Mike Faulk, R-Church Hill, told members of the Times-News Editorial Board that he has filed legislation calling for electing the state attorney general.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, the state Senate's speaker and a Blountville Republican, said he is all for Faulk's bill.
"He's thumbed his nose at us over several issues," Ramsey said of Attorney General Robert Cooper, who was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to an eight-year term in 2006. |
Read more from the Times-News
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| Legal News |
| 2 attorneys source of Bales' ethics complaint |
| Two Chattanooga attorneys say they are the source of a second ethics complaint on General Sessions Judge David Bales sent to the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary.
The attorneys said the complaint, filed Nov. 20, primarily concerns Bales' conduct in the courtroom.
Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern said this week that she had filed the other complaint, which was against Bales and General Sessions Judge Bob Moon. |
The Times Free Press reports
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| Securities community well-kept Memphis secret |
| Memphis lawyer Shep Tate is interviewed about his securities practice as practice leader in Bass, Berry & Sims' Broker-Dealer and Financial Products Litigation Group -- and why Memphis is such a well-kept secret in that practice area. |
Read it in the Commercial Appeal
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| Tenn. Government |
| McPeak is new commerce and insurance commissioner |
| Governor-elect Bill Haslam has named a regulatory attorney to head the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. Haslam announced that Nashville lawyer Julie Mix McPeak of Burr & Forman LLP will be commissioner of the department, which serves as the state's main regulator overseeing the interests of consumers and regulating a range of industries.
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The Nashville Business Journal reported
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| Revenue and corrections commissioners named |
| Greeneville attorney Richard Roberts will become revenue commissioner, Governor-elect Haslam announced Friday. Departing Gov. Phil Bredesen had publicly urged Haslam to consider retaining the current revenue commissioner, Charles A. Trost of Nashville, who in October oversaw a restructuring of the department.
Derrick Schofield, a Georgia prison official, has been named state corrections commissioner. |
The News Sentinel tells you more
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| Court of the Judiciary |
| Bell appeals disciplinary sanctions |
| Judge John Bell has appealed the Court of Judiciary's June 2010 disciplinary sanctions to the Supreme Court. The order from the Tennessee Supreme Court setting the briefing schedule and tentative oral argument dates are available
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from the Administrative Office of the Courts
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| TBA Member Services |
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