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Tom Humphrey

Title: Nashville Bureau Chief
Contact: 615-242-7782 | Send Tom an email

About Tom Humphrey

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Tom Humphrey

Position History

  • Nashville Bureau Chief
    07/08/2009 - current

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Recent Work

  • Carr picks up Fleischmann's former campaign director Published 05/24/2013 at 10:09 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — Former state Republican Chairman John “Chip” Saltsman, who ran the successful 2010 campaign of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, has signed up for the same role in state Rep. Joe Carr’s campaign for the ...

  • Dick Barry, former state House speaker and former journalist, dead at age 89 Published 05/23/2013 at 6:50 p.m.

    William Logan “Dick” Barry, who served as speaker of the state House of Representatives in the 1960s and then as executive assistant to Gov. Buford Ellington, has died in a Lexington, Tenn., nursing home at age 89, according to friends.

  • Legislative panel OKs state's first set of 'fracking' regulations Published 05/22/2013 at 9:04 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — A legislative committee Wednesday approved Tennessee’s first regulations for the use of “fracking” to extract oil and natural gas from wells after hearing several environmentalist complain the rules don’t go far enough.

  • Poll: Tennesseans favor Haslam, Medicaid expansion, against Internet tax, 'Obamacare' Updated 05/21/2013 at 9:28 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — A growing majority of Tennesseans support expansion of Medicaid within the state though most at the same time have an unfavorable impression of the federal law that authorizes expansion, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Tuesday.

  • Haslam to highlight bills during ceremonial signings in East Tennessee Published 05/19/2013 at 5:59 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam officially signed scores of bills into law last week, ranging from a $32.8 billion state budget to an overhaul of liquor manufacturing laws, and this week he will take part in ceremonial signings on the ...

  • Candidates failed to report 181 PAC, corporate contributions Published 05/19/2013 at 4 a.m.

    NASHVILLE — Some of the Legislature’s top leaders were among more than 50 candidates who failed to report 181 political contributions totaling $145,875 when the Registry of Election Finance conducted an annual “crosscheck” review mandated by a current state law.

  • UT President Joe DiPietro, Stacey Campfield spar over 'Sex Week' Published 05/17/2013 at 4 a.m.

    NASHVILLE — University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro defended the Knoxville campus’s spring “Sex Week” program under critical questioning Thursday from state Sen. Stacey Campfield in a legislative hearing.

  • Rep. Faison says he'll push for lowering DUI level to 0.05 Published 05/15/2013 at 6:23 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — State Rep. Jeremy Faison says he will sponsor legislation next year to lower the legal standard for a presumption of drunken driving in Tennessee from 0.08 blood alcohol content to 0.05 as recommended by the National Transportation Safety ...

  • 28 planning commissioners avoid Tennessee Ethics Commission penalty Published 05/14/2013 at 6:22 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Ethics Commission has decided against penalizing 28 planning commissioners around the state who filed financial disclosures late, while voting to levy fines of $10,000 each against three who failed to file any report at all.

  • Sponsors vow to revise, bring back vetoed 'Ag Gag' bill Published 05/13/2013 at 9:47 p.m.

    NASHVILLE — Sponsors of livestock surveillance legislation known as the “Ag Gag” bill say they will let stand Gov. Bill Haslam’s veto and instead seek passage of a revised version next year.

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