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For the first time since the Reconstruction, the Republican Party has taken control of the Tennessee General Assembly – top to bottom, house to senate, the whole bicameral enchilada. (Go ahead. Take a moment. Laugh or Cry. Whatever suits you.) Personally, I think there’s a damn good reason why state political history is what it [...]

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Hank Hayes changes the approach in part four of his Tennessee 2nd House District series. This article tackles GOP challenger Tony Shipley’s attacks against Democratic incumbent state Rep. Nathan Vaughn and his vote to *increase tobacco taxes – an increase which was intended to finance education funding reform.
Of course, we’ve heard about the tobacco [...]

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The House of Prayer, a small, non-denominational church located along Milligan Highway, routinely holds yard sales to make money for charity.  Overseer Gary Barnett says the sales bring in anywhere from $100 to $300.

“We’ve helped people on their power bills,” Barnett said. “We’ve helped people that have lost somebody in their family.”
Last week, the [...]

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Tennessee’s Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday, April 25 at 12:01 a.m. and ends Sunday, April 27 at 11:59 p.m.
This holiday provides statewide tax-free purchases for school supplies, art supplies and clothing priced $100 or less per item and computers priced $1,500 or less. The holiday also includes purchases of qualified items [...]

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Tax Preparer Donna K. Rees didn’t just calculate deductions; she created them, federal authorities allege.
Rees, who also has used the names Donna K. Blessing and Donna Blessing Bortz, is accused in a federal indictment of coming up with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake deductions for some two dozen customers of her B & [...]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The state Senate has voted to move next month’s sales tax holiday so it won’t fall on Easter weekend.
 The bill would make the new dates for the sale tax holiday April 25 through April 27.  It is currently scheduled for March 21 to March 23.

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It is time for Tennessee’s second annual sales tax holiday. This year the state is offering three full days of tax breaks – Friday, August 3 at 12:01 a.m. to Sunday, August 5 at 11:59 p.m. The holiday is intended to be beneficial for families preparing children to go back to school – [...]

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It seems the only pork getting passed around here is in the state budget.
I mean… hello? Ya’ll are jivin’ us right? The surplus is to be spent on pet projects – $100,000 for Representatives and $300,000 for Senators. And still, after this and this, we’re looking at a tax increase?
Question is: will [...]

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