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During the final session of the annual summer meeting, NGA chair Governor Engler honored Governors Sundquist and Geringer who are retiring. Several retiring governors were not at the session…

Members of the National Governors Association met with participants and talked to governors about various programs to make prescription drugs available to seniors. Among the topics they addr…

Chaired by Governor Don Sundquist, the Committee on Human Resources heard from Director Ridge and Donald Henderson on the topic, “Homeland Security and Bioterrorism: Preventing, Responding a…

Governor Sundquist, in the middle of his second and final term, talked about the accomplishments of his administration during the last year and his goals and agenda for the coming year.

Governor’s talked to reporters about their meeting with President Bush regarding his education policy proposals. The focused on the importance of education reform and some concerns over the …

Tennessee electors cast their votes for President and Vice President of the United States. Tennessee’s eleven electoral votes were cast for Governor George W. Bush.

Governor Don Sundquist (R-Tennessee) talked about the impact of free trade with China on the U.S. economy. He said international trade is and will remain a key element of our state and natio…

Governor Sundquist delivered the State of the State Address to the State Legislature. He talked about the accomplishments of the past year and his plans for the coming year. Specifically he …

Republican Lamar Alexander announced that he would be a candidate for president in 2000. Promising better schools, higher family incomes and a stronger military, he suggested that he was th…

Educators and governors discussed ways to improve public school education. Among the topics discussed were ways to increase student achievement, integrating information technology in the cla…

The National Governor’s Association hosted their annual winter meeting in which participants talked about funding the transportation infrastructure, electronic commerce, and international tr…

Governor Sundquist discussed a proposal to cut the business tax rates to help adapt the current tax structure to the way that business is conducted in today’s society. He also recommended a …

Governor Don Sundquist addressed the Tennessee legislature and outlined his agenda for the year.

The National Governors' Association concluded their annual meeting by hearing from former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander (Republican) and from Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. Mr. Alexander spo…

Republican congressional leaders and governors discussed the continuing need for more state-federal partnership in solving domestic problems such as welfare and Medicare. Speaker Gingrich ta…

Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole spoke to supporters at Austin Peay University after his wife outlined the Top 10 reasons why he should be president. In his remarks, Mr. Dole outli…

Republican Governors Association endorsed Senator Bob Dole’s (R-KS) economic proposal and spoke about their own experiences in their state’s with similar agendas. They also took questions fr…

At the final meeting of the National Governors' Association Summer Meeting in Puerto Rico, governors heard from Republican presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) and from President Clin…

The Economic Development and Commerce Committee discussed transportation, privatization, telecommunications and the world economy and heard testimony from members of Congress and Chairman Hu…

Republican governors discussed how states can handle the increased burden of programs as the Republican Congress attempts to give them more responsiblity and freedom in running a variety of …