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Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

Recession

Bredesen says state layoffs are likely (11/04/09)
NASHVILLE (AP) -- Tennessee's budget woes will likely make layoffs of state employees unavoidable, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Tuesday. "This will be my toughest budget year," said the Democratic governor whose term ends in January 2011. "I hate to go out that way, but that's the way it is."...
City Outreach Ministries in dire need of food donations (10/18/09)
In little more than a month, on Nov. 21, City Outreach Ministries will open its doors for their annual Thanksgiving dinner. Those who come for the community meal usually leave with boxes full of more food for their own Thanksgiving dinner the next week, including hams or turkeys...
Hardship likely to endure as economy recovers, say conference speakers (09/25/09)
MURFREESBORO -- Several speakers at the annual Middle Tennessee State University Economic Outlook Conference said key parts of the economy have stopped getting worse -- but that may still leave several years of hardship as the economy tries to climb out of the hole...