From Tennessee House Democrats: "Tonight the Republicans in the House laid bare their true values, voting to dramatically undermine salaried workers in a multiplicity of ways. Three bills stand out. First, Republicans voted to eliminate longevity pay for state workers – pay that for many years has been provided to longtime employees to reward them for devoting their careers to public service. Second, they voted to significantly reduce health insurance benefits for state and local employees....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 7, 2015 Contact: Rep. Antonio Parkinson (901) 570-5810 State Agency Runs Afoul of the Law Today in the House Government Operations Committee, Representative Antonio Parkinson spoke out about the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations’ (TACIR) deliberate refusal to obey the law set forth in the Healthy Workplace Act, an anti-workplace-bullying statute passed with great fanfare last Session. That law directed TACIR to create a model anti-bullying...

"By now it’s a Republican Party tradition: Every year the party produces a budget that allegedly slashes deficits, but which turns out to contain a trillion-dollar “magic asterisk” — a line that promises huge spending cuts and/or revenue increases, but without explaining where the money is supposed to come from." Read more

Saturday, March 21 Rockwood City Hall at 110 N. Chamberlain Ave. Doors open at 10:45 a.m. for registration, and close promptly at 12 noon. No one will be admitted afterward. Roane County Democrats will elect new leaders during the leadership convention, which is open to any bona fide Democrat who lives in Roane County. A chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer of the county executive committee, as well as district and city officers will be selected to serve for a two-year term during...

All interested Democrats are urged to attend: Regional Democratic meeting for the counties of: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union. Let's get ready to rumble! When: February 11th, 2015 from 6 pm till 8 pm Where: Unitarian Universalist Church 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike 37830 Dinner Donation: $10.00 R.S.V.P. to cate.denenberg@gmail.com Get a poster here.