| City budget to take hit from health-care costs
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam began his annual departmental budget hearings Monday with another year's dire prediction of double-digit percentage increases in employee health-care costs. The city's current fiscal year budget includes about $9.7 million for health care. Finance officials estimate that could climb by as much as 15 percent, compared to a nearly 13 percent increase last year. .
Executive items
Amy Papp has joined Stephen Russell & Associates Ltd. as an intern architect. She holds a degree in urban planning from the University of Cincinnati and a master's degree in architecture from Clemson University. Previously, she worked for MG Architects. Automotive Marshall Morris, Mary Smith, Terri Rogers Cameron, Doug Abernathy, Joe Daly and Lew McEwen have joined Morris Nissan. Morris is business development manager. He holds bachelor's degrees in automotive marketing and business management from Northwood University. Smith is Internet manager. She has more than 14 years of experience in management. Cameron is controller. She has more than 20 years of experience with Nissan and holds a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of South Carolina.
Baptist looking at all options
Facing tough decisions amid a significant decline in revenue during the first half of the 2007 fiscal year, Baptist Health System leaders say they would consider all financial options, including offers from rival Covenant Health. Since Baptist began searching for a partner in 2005 to improve its financial position, Covenant has been excluded from consideration because of anti-trust concerns. .
Mentioning 'I-word' is the kiss of death for Florida politicians
TALLAHASSEE -- In legislative lingo it's referred to as the "I-word," and the mere mention of it can send shivers down a Florida politician's spine.
It's a personal "income tax," a revenue source tapped by most state governments but outlawed by the Florida Constitution since 1924, when the Sunshine State was on the threshold of a historic land boom.
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