Bredesen administration reverses course on computerized payroll and accounting system
Gap to last year touches 11 percent
In ninth straight month of 'negative fiscal growth,' gap widens to $190M
Sales tax collections off 9 percent in March
February collections come in close to $70M less than projected
High-powered panel offers thoughts on inevitable crisis - Few (or many) answers offered, depending on who you ask, but more important purpose of the day's event was 'cross pollination' of ideas
Commissioner: 'We are completely committed to balancing the state's budget'
Sales taxes and corporate income taxes again down from '07
Commissioner calls month's tax take 'poor'
Sales tax take drops, corporate collections well short of goals