Thursday, August 9 2012 2:11 PM EDT2012-08-09 18:11:11 GMT
Tennessee general fund revenues have beaten projections by more than a half-billion dollars with one month left in the budget year.More >>
Tennessee general fund revenues have beaten projections by more than a half-billion dollars with one month left in the budget year.More >>
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee general fund tax collections finished the budget year at $543 million above estimates after July revenues beat expectations by $2.7 million.
State Finance Commissioner Mark Emkes said in a release Thursday that the surplus will help the state maintain a balanced budget for the following fiscal year.
Gov. Bill Haslam and fellow Republican leaders in the Legislature have rejected minority Democrats' calls to use the surplus to further reduce the state's sales tax on groceries and to help defray tuition hikes at state colleges and universities.
Over the course of the budget year, sales taxes collections exceeded projections by $242 million, posting a 6.6% annual growth rate. Corporate franchise and excise taxes were over collected by $308 million, and grew by 22% for the year.
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Monday, May 20 2013 8:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 00:28:00 GMT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a high-speed chase that came to a deadly end over the weekend, and police say as far as they can tell it was all over a speeding ticket. Shelbyville officersMore >>
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a high-speed chase that came to a deadly end over the weekend, and police say as far as they can tell it was all over a speeding ticket.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:01 AM EDT2013-05-21 06:01:07 GMT
(RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the groundMore >>
At least 51 have died in a storm the National Weather Service described as large and violent.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:46 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:46:23 GMT
A corrections officer was arrested right at the jail where he works. Vance Dunn, 24, was taken into custody Friday at the Metro-Davidson County Detention facility on Harding Place in Nashville.More >>
A corrections officer was arrested right at the jail where he works.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:05 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:05:31 GMT
Two people are in police custody after a robbery at a restaurant in Murfreesboro on Monday morning. The robbery occurred at Demos' on Broad Street around 7 a.m.More >>
Two people are in police custody after a robbery at a restaurant in Murfreesboro on Monday morning. The robbery occurred at Demos' on Broad Street around 7 a.m.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 8:40 AM EDT2013-05-20 12:40:31 GMT
There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for northwest Middle Tennessee Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The biggest threat will be west of a line from Waynesboro to Springfield, TN. An upperMore >>
There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for northwest Middle Tennessee Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 8:25 PM EDT2013-05-21 00:25:59 GMT
When a house is on fire or somebody's injured, emergency responders don't have time for delays. But there's a problem firefighters are experiencing that you've never heard before. Some of their own trucksMore >>
When a house is on fire or somebody's injured, emergency responders don't have time for delays. But there's a problem firefighters are experiencing that you've never heard before. Some of their own trucks are not starting.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 7:49 PM EDT2013-05-20 23:49:54 GMT
One of the busiest hospitals in Middle Tennessee is now almost overrun with patients. In fact, it's never had more admissions than it does right now. Walden's Puddle in Joelton is the only wildlife hospitalMore >>
One of the busiest hospitals in Middle Tennessee is now almost overrun with patients. In fact, it's never had more admissions than it does right now.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 7:23 PM EDT2013-05-20 23:23:50 GMT
Julian Clemmons
Lebanon police officers arrested 37-year-old Julian D. Clemmons on Friday. Clemmons was wanted for a Davidson County indictment for First Degree Murder. Lebanon officers arrested Clemmons at a residenceMore >>
Lebanon police on Friday night arrested a suspect accused of killing a man in Nashville 16 years ago.More >>
