A Note from Mary Mancini

Republicans REFUSE to Expand Medicaid in Tennessee… AGAIN! Gov. Bill Haslam made another push for Medicaid expansion in Tennessee, but just like before, a handful of extremist Republicans nixed the idea. This time, it was killed in secret in a closed-door...

Matt Reel Candidate for Tennessee’s 7th District

Meet Matt A life of Service and Dedication As both a Special Forces Green Beret and public servant, Matt is a 5th generation Tennessean who comes from a long line of servicemembers, preachers, teachers and farmers. He has dedicated his life to continuing his family’s...
Union membership holds steady in the South

Union membership holds steady in the South

By Chris KrommFebruary 2, 2018 Despite losing two high-profile organizing campaigns in 2017 — at Boeing’s factory in South Carolina and a Nissan plant in Mississippi — labor unions gained 130,000 members from the Southern workforce last year. Data released by...
Doctors raise concerns over Gov. Bill Haslam’s opioid proposal

Doctors raise concerns over Gov. Bill Haslam’s opioid proposal

from the Tennessean […The organization makes several recommendations, including limiting dispensing instead of prescribing. It suggests limiting initial filling of prescriptions at pharmacies to seven days. Another recommendation the group makes is requiring...
TNDP Newsletter January 18, 2018

TNDP Newsletter January 18, 2018

Tennessee is not as red as the Republicans want us to think. A recent Vanderbilt University Poll sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions found that Tennesseans rated their fellow voters as much more conservative than they actually are. In...