Phil Bredesen has built a reputation for effective leadership in the arenas of business and government.

12/16/2009 Bredesen Announces Job Creation Plan for Lauderdale County Governor Phil Bredesen today announced a plan to reduce unemployment in Lauderdale County by putting up to 175 people back to work using federal dollars available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Lauderdale County has had the state’s highest rate of unemployment – 18.9 percent ... more 12/15/2009 Bredesen Announces Plans for Special Session on Education Governor Phil Bredesen today announced plans to exercise his constitutional authority to call for a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly focusing on education, including both K-12 and higher education. The special session will be set to begin January 12, 2010, to coincide with the... more 12/14/2009 Bredesen Names Achieve Board Co-Chair Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has been named co-chair of Achieve Inc., a bipartisan nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. The board is comprised of six governors – three Democrats and three Republicans – and six leading chief executive officers. Bredesen accepted an invitation to join Achieve’s ... more To view the documents in PDF format on this page, you will need to download and install Adobe Reader. A Defining Moment in Public Education 12/16/2009 Dear fellow Tennessean: I recently completed the seventh year of open budget hearings with agency heads across state government as the first step in preparing next year’s budget. Based on those ... more