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Chairman of Sevier County Democrats Mike Fitzgibbons. (The Herald/ Submitted Photo) After Republicans held their national convention and crowned Mitt Romney the major party challenger to President Barack Obama, Democrats held a similar gathering...
Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney and Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan. (The Herald/ Submitted Photo) With Mitt Romney’s recent selection of Paul Ryan to the Republican Presidential ticket and the Republican National Convention...
Doug Overbey. (The Herald/Archive Photo) Scott Hughes. (The Herald/Archive Photo) Richard Montgomery. (The Herald/Archive Photo) Dale Carr. (The Herald/Archive Photo) Despite the ever altering world of politics, the one constant in every election...
Sonny Coane. (The Herald/Submitted Photo) With Mitt Romney the sure Republican challenger to incumbent President Barack Obama, the major parties of both Sevier and Knox County are rallying behind their respective candidate. Although area Democrats...
Professor Anthony Nownes Actor George Clooney held a fundraising dinner to raise $10 million for President Barack Obama. Comedian Chelsea Handler and actor Tom Hanks are also Obama supporters. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy, rocker Ted Nugent and country...
Sonny Coane, Chairman of the Sevierville Republican Party. (The Herald/Submitted Photo) With the delegate count for Mitt Romney estimated at over half of the 1,144 needed to clinch the Republican Presidential nomination and his closest rival...
Representative Richard Montgomery Representative Richard Montgomery (R-Sevierville) has been named Chairman of the House Education Committee for the 107th General Assembly. He will also serve on the powerful House Commerce Committee, and the...
The Sevier County Tea Party will host international speaker Bill Warner, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Political Islam this week.The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. June 16 at the Sevierville Civic Center, 200 Gary R. Wade Boulevard,...
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Center for Individual Freedom (“CFIF”) today commends Congressman Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee’s 2nd congressional district for scoring a perfect five out of five on CFIF’s 2010 Candidate Issues...
Senate Approves No Tax Budget/General Assembly expects to wind up business next week With only days left before adjournment, State Senators worked this week to find common ground on the budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year that will begin on...
The following are highlights from the past week of the Tennessee General Assembly. Capitol Hill Week overshadowed by destruction from devastating storms Last week’s action on Capitol Hill...
Finance Committee hears revenue updates in preparation of budget consideration The Senate Finance Committee received an update on the state’s revenue collections and growth estimates in preparation for its work on the budget. For...
The next general membership meeting of the Sevier County Republican Party takes place Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sevier County Commission Chamber on the third floor of the Sevier County Courthouse, West Bruce Street andForks...
Senator Overbey has a survey website to get a gauge on the desires of the people here. This week there is a plan that would help hospitals avoid devastating cuts Members of the Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Services Committee...
Bill seeks to curb illegal drug activity from out-of-state “pill mills” The Senate and House Judiciary Committees approved legislation this week to attack a major source of illegal drug activity in Tennessee. The bill, Senate...
The son of former Tennessee state comptroller William R. Snodgrass is thescheduled speaker for the March 16, 2010 meeting of the Sevier County RepublicanParty. The elder Snodgrass served a remarkable term of 44-years as the state Comptrollerof...
Lawmakers continue to focus on budget/More budget reductions likelyThe State Senate continued to spend the majority of its time this week hearing budget proposals from various agencies and departments of state government, amid news that Tennessee...
Jobs, the economy, and health care were recurring topics for discussion on Capitol Hill as the General Assembly completed the third week of the regular 2010 legislative session. While Senate committees are beginning to move a number of bills...
The Sevier County Republican Party holds its regularly monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in the Sevier County Courthouse at 6:00 pm. In addition to regular Party business and committee reports, members and attendees will hear from...
The Chairman of the Sevier County Republican Party has announced two staff positions have been filled in the face of a challenging year of Party activity within Sevier County and across the nation. Ashley Johnson, a Sevierville attorney and...
