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Partnership Promise Reminders for 2014
By this time, hopefully every Partners For Health (PFH) plan member (and spouse, if covered) completed their Well Being Assessment (WBA). The date for completion was March 15, 2014. If you have any concerns [&hellip
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Legislative Update – March 14, 2014
Most of the discussion on Lobby Day focused on the fact that the present proposed budget includes a 2% raise for teachers but only a 1% raise for state employees [&hellip
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Chattanooga State Office Building Temperature Issues Update
Updated as of 3/14/2014: During January’s record-breaking cold, two state office buildings in Chattanooga, managed by the giant Chicago-based company Jones Lang LaSalle (recently rebranded as just JLL), experienced major challenges with their climate control systems. One [&hellip
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Legislative Update – March 10, 2014
This 108th General Assembly has an unprecedented opportunity to clean up Tennessee’s state contracting procedures, protecting the public and safeguarding the taxpayers’ dollars. TSEA and legislators on both sides of [&hellip
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TSEA Board Nomination deadline extended one day
Governor Haslam has declared a state of emergency for Tennessee due to severe winter weather conditions moving across our state, resulting in the closing of all state offices as well [&hellip
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Legislative Update – February 28, 2014
Lobby Day A Success Thank you for all of your efforts to make Lobby Day a huge success. We have followed up with many legislators based on the discussions you [&hellip
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Haslam Administration Considering Privatizing State Park Services
Once again, the Haslam administration is floating the idea of privatizing a state service. Recently, the Department of Environment and Conservation issued a Request for Information (RFI), on behalf of [&hellip
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State employees blanket legislative plaza for annual Lobby Day
NASHVILLE, TN – TSEA’s 2014 Lobby Day was one of the biggest and most well-attended Lobby Days the organization has seen in recent years. With approximately 200 members in attendance, [&hellip
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This past week was a very active week for TSEA on Capitol Hill. Several bills were heard in committees, with others to be heard this week. TSEA is asking all [&hellip
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Governor gives his State of the State address; 1% raise proposed for state employees
TSEA was in attendance Monday as Governor Haslam gave his fourth annual State of the State address to Tennesseans. Under the theme, “Tennessee – America at Its Best”, most of [&hellip
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