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Sebelius ducks Tennessee Watchdog’s questions about Obamacare
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog MEMPHIS — If Obamacare forced your health insurance provider to double, possibly triple, your premiums or deductibles, then perhaps you’d best stop whining and go...
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Heavily taxed Memphis voters to consider more taxes for pre-k schools
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog MEMPHIS — Memphis officials want residents to pay higher taxes to support pre-kindergarten schools, despite a Tennessee comptroller’s report that pre-k programs...
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Tennessee politicians: Tourism taxes not really taxpayer money
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — A puzzling trend is emerging among certain Tennessee officials — they seem to believe the tax money tourists pay, which pays for politicians’ pet...
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Like taxes? In Memphis, it depends on where you live
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog MEMPHIS — Apparently, it really is true the further you travel from City Hall the less popular taxes become. One need only look at the results of a recent election...
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TN’s 5 trendsetters for bigger government and taxpayer waste in 2013
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — In the spirit of being a true Tennessee Watchdog, there are some government entities in this state that you really need to keep a sharp eye on in 2014....
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Memphis wants Promise Zone status, despite past failures of anti-poverty...
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog MEMPHIS — City officials will work hard to persuade the federal government to grant Promise Zone status to their city, according to U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen,...
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Teacher’s group defends teacher accused of keeping kindergartner in a closet
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog MEMPHIS — One of the nation’s largest teachers’ associations is defending a Memphis kindergarten teacher accused of keeping a misbehaving 5-year-old student in a...
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EPA regulations on vehicle emissions likely costing drivers a lot
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — Here’s another way the federal Environmental Protection Agency may cost Tennessee residents money — and a lot of it. Do you drive an automobile that has...
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TN may stop raising hotel taxes to fund special projects
By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — Tennessee lawmakers may decide next year to do something about county officials singling out local hotels to pay more tax revenue to fund special...
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Academics, culture help mom choose private school
By Mary C. Tillotson | Watchdog.org Marilyn Johnson couldn’t afford to put her son, Marshall, in a private school. She also said she couldn’t afford not to. “I had researched the inner-city school...
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