Day: May 28, 2017

Beth Harwell: If I Run for Governor ‘I’m Not Going to Give Up the Speakership, That Would be Foolish’

Tennessee Star Staff

  In an interview with the Associated Press, Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) said that if she enters the race for the Republican nomination for Governor of Tennessee, she will not give up her current position as Speaker of The Tennessee House of Representatives. “I’m not going to give up the speakership, that would be foolish,” Harwell told the AP. “I’m serving a valuable role here, and I suspect the next session will be an easier session that this one, so I think we’re in good shape,” she added. She also said “she wants to take the rest of the month to decide whether to run,” according to the AP story. “We have a lot of good people that are interested in it. . . Our state’s headed in the right direction, and I’ve been part of the leadership team getting the state headed in that right direction,” Harwell concluded. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea for Harwell to hold on to her job as Speaker if she jumps into the race for Governor. “This is another example of those in power ensuring that they stay in power. This kind of behavior is exactly why so many Republicans, Democrats,…

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Businesses Claim That Without H-2B Visa Expansion, Lawns Will Be Left Unmowed

Tennessee Star Staff
lawn, gardener, landscaper

Landscaping businesses who heavily depend on foreign labor are begging the government to expand the number of visas available for workers, as lawns are apparently going unmowed. In a call Thursday with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, these businesses said without a big increase in the number of H-2B visas available for low-skilled seasonal workers,…

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