There are 5 article(s) tagged Gov. Bill Haslam:

• April 2023

  • Opinion: Can Tennessee get it together on guns?

    In an op-ed, Democrat Phil Bredesen and Republican Bill Haslam, who served as governors successively from 2003 to 2019, offered some specifics around “small step” gun restrictions as starting points.

    By Edward Felsenthal April 15, 2023

• June 2021

  • General Assembly committee leadership short on diversity

    Since Bill Haslam was elected governor in 2010, Republicans have held control of Tennessee’s state government, with the party controlling the trifecta of the House, Senate and governor’s office. No Black politician has chaired a full, standing committee since then.

    By Ian Round June 15, 2021

• November 2019

  • Mentors needed to spark Tennessee Promise students

    We have found that it only takes one hour per month to serve as a local support system to our TN Promise students, one hour a month to be part of the magic that helps students succeed.

    By Krissy DeAlejandro November 24, 2019

• June 2019

  • Tennessee’s literacy initiative in jeopardy as funding dries up

    “I’m really struggling to see how equity is in the equation when 114 districts suffer” as Read to be Ready collapses. – Superintendent Joey Hassell of Haywood County Schools, a rural district near Memphis. 

    By Marta W. Aldrich June 11, 2019

• January 2019

  • UTHSC to hold inaugural advisory board meeting in Nashville

    Like the University of Memphis, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will now operate under its own board of trustees and its inaugural meeting is slated this week.

    By Michelle Corbet January 09, 2019