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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Audio: Address To The General Assembly BEP 2.0
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Audio: Governor Bredesen Launches Program for Working Uninsured
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Audio: Bredesen Delivers 2007 State of the State Address
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Governor Phil Bredesen today unveiled a new statewide mentoring initiative that pairs volunteer mentors with teenage children in foster care. The Governor?s mentoring program will provide young people in state custody with a positive, adult influence to help support them in making the right decisions as they grow toward adulthood.
The statewide initiative was launched today during a Martin Luther King Day observance event in Nashville with Governor Bredesen, First Lady Andrea Conte, Departmen...
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Audio: Bredesen Announces Health Plans for CoverTN
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Governor Phil Bredesen and First Lady Andrea Conte today hosted a ceremony on the War Memorial Plaza to honor state employees who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. More than 4,000 veterans have returned from military duty to serve in state government.
?After returning from their military service, it would have been enough for these men and women to consider their public duty complete,? Bredesen said. ?Thank goodness, among citizens like these, the volunteer spirit lasts a lifetime.?
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Governor Phil Bredesen today received the Charles Dick Medal of Merit, an award presented by the National Guard Association of the United States to recognize an elected representative for outstanding commitment to guardsmen and women.
?I accept this award on behalf of Tennessee?s men and women who place themselves in harm?s way to serve our state and our nation,? Bredesen said during Friday?s award ceremony. ?This award represents the sacrifices that our soldiers and their loved ones continue...
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Governor Phil Bredesen Tuesday visited the General Motors complex to help launch the auto maker?s Saturn VUE Green Line, the first hybrid vehicle to be produced in the state. During the launch, Bredesen praised General Motors for creating more than 5,000 jobs in Tennessee, expanding the market for hybrid technologies and creating a greater demand for E85 ethanol that will benefit Tennessee farmers and ethanol producers....
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Governor Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday a ?Next Steps: Job Creation? strategy for Tennessee, including plans to develop a more skilled workforce, invest in new infrastructure, foster innovation and enhance the state?s sales and marketing efforts.
Speaking to more than 400 attendees at the annual Governor?s Conference on Economic and Community Development Wednesday evening in Nashville, Bredesen reviewed major successes since 2003, including 103,000 new jobs and more than $12 billion in new...
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Governor Phil Bredesen today announced the Geier lawsuit, a longstanding Civil Rights matter addressing equality and diversity in Tennessee?s higher education system, is ended. After decades of work, parties in the case ? including the State of Tennessee, the federal government and Tennessee?s higher education agencies ? have agreed to ask a federal judge to dismiss the suit.
?Today, I?m proud to announce that Tennessee has met the challenge set by the Geier lawsuit ? to build a unitary publ...
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Fetched: June 1st, 2007, 11:13am PDT
Click on the link above to listen to Governor Bredesen's speech upon the signing of the 2006-2007 Appropriations Bill....