Category: Tennessee

Tennessee Ethics Commission Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 17, 2009
Categories In Tennessee

The Tennessee Senate passed a bill to merge two government agencies dealing with campaign finance and lobbying registration, according to this report.

Two New Election Commissioners Approved

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 10, 2009
Categories In Tennessee

The Tennessee Election Commission got two new Republican members, according to this report. The move to place the two members, Kent Younce of LaFollette and Judy Blackburn of Morristown, on the Commission honors a long-standing state law to give the majority party in the Tennessee General Assembly a one vote edge on the State Election […]

Tennessee Ethics Commission No More?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 28, 2009
Categories In Tennessee

The story involving the Tennessee Ethics Commission takes another turn. It now looks like the authority will be folded into another agency. The commission was formed in the wake of the FBI’s Tennessee Waltz corruption sting in 2005 that led to the convictions of nine state and local officials and a lobbyist. It has come […]