Fewer Tennessee voters came to the polls in this year’s presidential primary than in other states, a new study by the Pew Center on the States shows, but early voting was more popular in the Volunteer State than most others.

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Catoosa County commissioners on Tuesday approved a $34 million budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year that was balanced in part by tapping the contingency fund for $349,186 to help make up an $800,000 revenue shortfall.

Advocates for TennCare enrollees are holding an information session today to help those insured by the state’s managed Medicaid program understand how to appeal impending cuts to private-duty nursing benefits.

Defending their bipartisan energy package, Republicans in the so-called “Gang of 10” — including Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. — are fending off accusations from conservatives that they have given political cover to Democrats.