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Legislative Update – March 24, 2014
A Brief Update on our Bills Proposed TEAM Act Changes TSEA Bill: HB1940 (Dunn) / SB2045 (Southerland) DOHR Bill: HB1420 (Dunn) / SB1624 (Johnson) TSEA and DOHR have negotiated a [&hellip
Read More »Parking Woes
By Jonathan Stephens, TSEA Staff Attorney [email protected] NASHVILLE – State employees who work in downtown Nashville have recently had to deal with changes in their usual parking routine. These changes are primarily due to parking lot and [&hellip
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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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