R. Neal

March 27, 2008 - In a hearing before the Tennessee Senate Environment and Conservation Committee yesterday, Knoxville based National Coal Corp. said that a proposed ban on mountaintop removal mining would put them out of business and affect hundreds of jobs in the state of Tennessee.

March 4, 2008 - In case you missed it, 60 Minutes reported this week on Knoxville TN based Remote Area Medical and a recent free clinic they conducted in Knoxville. A transcript of the 60 Minutes report is here and following is the video:  

February 28, 2008 - In an effort to de-escalate the growing tensions between Georgia and Tennessee regarding water rights and the boundary between the states, Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield issued a proclamation:

February 28, 2008 - In case you have somehow missed it, earlier in the week the Tennessee Republican Party put out an official press release referring to Barack "Hussein" Obama's "anti-Semite" positions, featuring the Drudge photo of Obama in Somali traditional garb. From the Knoxville News Sentinel yesterday:

February 26, 2008 - A former inmate of a CCA run prison is protesting a former CCA executive's nomination to a federal judge post:

February 19, 2008 - There have been reports of rogue political operatives attempting to disrupt student voter registration drives by spreading false information.

February 14, 2008 - Tennessee voting machines may get replaced