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We thought Tennessee lawmakers were seeking to strengthen the state's Open Records Law, but amendments recently presented by a House subcommittee indicate otherwise and would set openness in local government ... via The Knoxville News Sentinel

"It will allow government agencies to charge anything they want to charge for records"

By John Rodgers, jrodgers@nashvillecitypaper.com A change to a major open records bill - ' pushed through by Rep. via Nashville City Paper

"We're going to get in the hallway and put a mattress over us"

A strong storm system moving through West Tennessee on Thursday produced at least one funnel cloud near U.S. 412 West and downed several trees at Spring Creek and Law Road in northeast Madison County, according ... via The Jackson Sun

"Here we are in 2008, and it's totally embarrassing for me as a citizen of La Vergne to live in a city that won't even take time to educate their employees that these type of comments and mistreatments are not going to be tolerated"

La Vergne civil rights advocates want to review all reprimands of city employees accused of making racist remarks, but they've learned such records before June 2006 were purged and destroyed. via DNJ.com

Kimberley Fullwood has joined inferno as strategic operations director. Fullwood has more than 13 years of experience in project, traffic and operations management. via The Daily News

By ERIK SCHELZIG * Associated Press Writer * April 9, 2008 Larger cities would get more time to respond to public records requests and people would have to pay for any search that takes longer than an hour ... via The Robertson County Times

"I think everybody agrees there's a problem, there's just disagreement on the best way to solve it"

By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II * The Associated Press * April 1, 2008 Tennessee government officials would have five business days to provide the status of records requests under compromise legislation advancing in the ... via The Tennessean

"There has to be some way for the public and the press to know whether the program is being properly administered, and to ensure that permits are not given to people who by law are not supposed to be able to carry them."

A subcommittee had voted to make the records confidential, requiring the Department of Safety to keep secret the names, addresses and other information on handgun carry permits. via The Leaf Chronicle

"If they were received in transaction of official business, then I can't think of any exemption that would mean the law doesn't apply"

Knox County Commissioner Victoria DeFreese has called a 3:00 pm press conference for Monday afternoon to release copies of a letter sent to her late last week by Mayor Mike Rasgdale's office. via WBIR-TV

Twenty-one individuals and organizations were honored with The Blues Foundation's 2008 Keeping the Blues Alive Award during a recognition brunch at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel Saturday, February 2, 2008, in ... via Blues Foundation News