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McCain, Tracy lead City Cafe Poll

Credit: The Murfreesboro Post
The results of the straw poll for presidential and local office preference were announced on WGNS this morning.
Perkins noted the poll has been about 96-97 percent accurate in local races percent and 98-99 percent accurate for national elections in the past 25 years.
“There’s just such a massive cross section that comes through [...]

  • October 22, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Teachers Endorse Tracy

Credit: Tennessee Education Association Fund for Children and Public Education (TEA-FCPE)
The Tennessee Education Association Fund for Children and Public Education (TEA-FCPE), the political action arm of the Tennessee Education Association, has announced its endorsement of Jim Tracy for the Tennessee Senate in District 16.  Senate District 16 includes all or portions of Bedford, Moore, and [...]

  • October 07, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Computer labs established at YMCA, Girls and Boys Club

The Murfreesboro Post
Connected Tennessee’s Computers 4 Kids program recently announced the establishment of computer labs in Rutherford County’s Boys & Girls Club and YMCA.
Computers 4 Kids (C4K) is an innovative project designed to positively impact the future of disadvantaged children in Tennessee by distributing computers to children and families facing economic challenges, are in the [...]

  • October 07, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Nashville businesses watch, wait

Credit: Getahn Ward from the Tennessean
Wall Street uncertainty has operators hoping for upturn, bracing for worse
Nashville-area small-business leaders remain wary of the week ahead on Wall Street — keeping a tight lid on hiring and a watchful eye on the Dow Jones stock ticker as a sign of whether consumer confidence bounces back.
Over the past [...]

  • September 29, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Bipartisanship Local

Credit: Carl McClanahan with the Shelbyville Times-Gazette Online
We in Bedford County are in the enviable position of having representatives at the State level who are very competent, compassionate, knowledgeable and, gadzooks, of different Parties. Sen. Jim Tracy, Republican and Rep. Curt Cobb, Democrat. These two have a four year record , longer for Cobb, [...]

  • September 28, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Tracy named friend of state superintendents

Credit: Daily News Journal
Sen. Jim Tracy was named 2008 Friend of the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents during its 59th annual conference in Sept. 14-17.
“I am honored to receive this award,” Sen. Tracy said in a press release. “As a former teacher and school board member, I understand the demands placed upon our education system. [...]

  • September 25, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Senator Tracy appointed to special joint committee to study state’s transportation funding

NASHVILLE, TN – Local State Senator Jim Tracy has been appointed to a special joint committee to study the financial health of Tennessee’s transportation funding system.  Tracy, who is Chairman of the Senate Transportation, was appointed to the special committee by Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. 
The committee consists of 8 of Tennessee’s 132 legislators, as well as [...]

  • September 23, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Small business endorses Jim Tracy in Senate race

NASHVILLE, Tenn.– The National Federation of Independent Business, Tennessee’s leading small business association, has endorsed Jim Tracy in the 16th District Senate race. The endorsement was made by NFIB/Tennessee SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, which is comprised exclusively of NFIB members.
“Small business is the cornerstone of Tennessee’s economy, and it’s critically important to have [...]

  • September 03, 2008
  • Section: Blog

Senators Tracy and Ketron lead education efforts

(MURFREESBORO, TN) – Local State Senators Jim Tracy and Bill Ketron are leading efforts to educate elderly and disabled Tennesseans and their families about a new law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly giving them more long term care options. The lawmakers, who co-sponsored the bill, and Tennessee Medicaid Waiver Administrator Phil Barrett visited the [...]

Tracy announces bid for State Senate

(Murfreesboro, TN) State Senator Jim Tracy today announced his candidacy for the 16th District in the Tennessee State Senate by vowing to continue putting people before politics. Sen. Tracy said the focus of his campaign will be on moving our economy forward, continuing to improve our education systems, and illegal immigration reform. The district consists of [...]

  • June 27, 2008
  • Section: Blog