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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Gina Byrd has served as principal at Farragut Primary School for six years now, but she's been in hte education profession for 30 everyone from her entire school to her congressman made sure she marked the occasion with a surprise.
In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Republican GOP gubernatorial candidates, from left, Diane Black, Randy Boyd, Beth Harwell and Bill Lee take part in a debate in Hendersonville, Tenn. The contest to succeed popular term-limited Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has attracted four leading Republicans who have put some $40.2 million of their own money into the race and have spent a record $45.7 million total.
The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday that it will continue to investigate whether Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., R-Tenn., misspent more than $100,000 in campaign and leadership PAC funds on personal expenses, including gifts, travel, club memberships and private events such as bridal lunches and baby showers. Duncan might have broken House rules and federal law if he misused political funds, the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent ethics monitor, said in a detailed, 57-page report.
A Republican congressman from Tennessee may have misspent more than $100,000 from his campaign committee and leadership political action committee on personal expenses over the past decade, according to an independent ethics office that asked the House Ethics Committee to review the matter. The conclusions from the Office of Congressional Ethics on Rep. John Duncan Jr. were released Wednesday by the House Ethics Committee.
An independent ethics office says a Tennessee congressman, Republican John Duncan, may have improperly converted more than $100,000 from his campaign committee and leadership political action committee to personal use. The conclusions from the Office of Congressional Ethics were released Wednesday by the House ethics committee, which says it's continuing to review the matter.
In a Jan. 4, 2006 file photo, U.S. Rep. John "Jimmy" Duncan, R-Tenn., addresses a business development news conference in Knoxville, Tenn. The House Ethics Committee confirmed Tuesday,, Feb. 20, 2018, that it's investigating Republican Rep. John Duncan Jr., who is serving his 16th term in the House and had previously announced he won't seek re-election.
UT ELECTROACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The description of the University of Tennessee Electroacoustic Ensemble is deceptively simple: The group "performs contemporary improvisational music that incorporates electronics alongside acoustic instruments," if you stop digging at the "About" section of the ensemble's Facebook page.
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If HR 193 passes, the U.S. will leave the United Nations, as well as all of its partner organizations, such as the World Health Organization. It also would kick the U.N. out of its New York headquarters.
Rep. Keith Ellison attends a news conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus about the nominations for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet in Washington on Dec. 8, 2016. U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison , who had not commented on a controversial United Nations resolution that called Israel's settlements in disputed territories "illegal," voted Thursday night against a GOP resolution that condemned it.