There are 12 article(s) tagged Stuart McWhorter:

• June 2022

  • Gov. Lee appoints new economic development commissioner

    Stuart McWhorter, a health care and tech venture capitalist, worked on Gov. Bill Lee’s 2018 campaign and served as his first finance commissioner.

    By Ian Round June 07, 2022

• April 2020

  • Governor fashions economic reboot around risk of COVID spread

    Gov. Bill Lee is admitting Tennessee runs the risk of a COVID-19 surge when the state starts to reopen the economy in May, but he argued an economic shutdown can’t continue for months, and he hopes to quell a surge with more testing and hospital capacity.

    By Sam Stockard April 15, 2020

  • Lee: Surge is coming, could overwhelm state’s health care system

    Gov. Bill Lee warned lawmakers Wednesday the COVID-19 crisis is expected to “surge” in two to four weeks, putting a heavy burden on the state’s health care system.

    By Sam Stockard April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Memphis nursing homes take precautions in wake of Gallatin outbreak

    Memphis area nursing, like others across the state, are doing what they can to protect the most vulnerable from COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard March 30, 2020

  • Governor proposes ‘no-growth’ budget plan for fiscal 2021 amid emergency

    Gov. Bill Lee introduced a “no-growth” budget for the next fiscal year, reducing a 3.1% revenue growth projection to zero and eliminating dozens of spending proposals while spending hundreds of millions to respond to the COVID-19 emergency.

    By Sam Stockard March 18, 2020

• February 2020

  • Forrest as hard to remove from Capitol as he was to defeat in war

    The state's Capitol Commission took no vote Thursday on removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust, and the chairman declined to schedule another meeting because of a vacancy on the board and numerous questions.

    By Sam Stockard February 20, 2020

• January 2020

  • Capitol Commission to discuss Forrest bust in February

    The State Capitol Commission is scheduled for a Feb. 20 meeting, at which time removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Capitol’s second floor is expected to be debated.

    By Sam Stockard January 16, 2020

• December 2019

  • Capitol Commission chairman commits to discuss removal of Forrest bust

    The Tennessee Capitol Commission chairman is guaranteeing a meeting by the end of February to discuss the process for a vote on removing the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the State Capitol.

    By Sam Stockard December 19, 2019

  • McWhorter acknowledges list of grants could exist for $4M ‘slush fund’

    Tennessee Finance & Administration Commissioner Stuart McWhorter said Tuesday a list of projects could have existed for a $4 million rural grants being criticized as a “slush fund” for lawmakers but denied ever seeing one.

    By Sam Stockard December 18, 2019

• November 2019

  • Camper seeks explanation on ‘earmarked’ rural grant funds

    House Minority Leader Karen Camper is delving into a rural grants fund to find out whether a list of “earmarked” projects or legislative requests exists.

    By Sam Stockard November 26, 2019

  • Camper to query Finance & Administration commissioner about $4M in grant funds

    House Minority Leader Karen Camper will ask the Department of Finance & Administration about 50 to 60 “commitments” for rural grants to be awarded from a $4 million pool criticized as a “slush fund” to reward lawmakers for their voucher votes.

    By Sam Stockard November 21, 2019

  • Governor says he froze rural grants because of lawmakers’ misunderstanding

    Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he nixed spending from a $4 million rural grant fund because he said legislators didn’t understand how the money was to be used.

    By Sam Stockard November 04, 2019