Bartholomew Sullivan

• Uzbek dissident living in Germantown appears before Helsinki Commission Updated 05/15/2012 at 11:30 p.m.

  WASHINGTON -- An Uzbek dissident and former political prisoner living in Germantown told the Helsinki Commission Tuesday of being drugged and tortured in prison and said the U.S. should make military aid conditional upon improvements in human rights.

• Bills would allow for awarding of purple hearts to domestic victims of terrorist attacks Published 05/09/2012 at 1:16 p.m.

  The chairmen of the Senate and House Homeland Security committees have introduced bills to give Purple Heart decorations to the domestic victims of terrorist attacks, including the Little Rock recruiters attacked by former Memphian Carlos Leon Bledsoe.

• DeSoto County activist to speak at prayer event in Washington Published 05/07/2012 at 12:06 p.m.

  A DeSoto County preacher’s wife and conservative activist has been invited to speak at an event in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday honoring the first president, George Washington, as “a man of prayer.”

• Claims about EPA and dust on farms -- new from PolitiFact Tennessee Published 04/30/2012 at 7:56 a.m.

  Stephen Fincher keeps saying it is possible the EPA could add more stringent regulations on farm dust, but does the agency really have any such intention?

• Infrastructure vexing issue amid warnings of 'crisis' in roads, spans Updated 04/29/2012 at 12:10 a.m.

  When the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed in August 2007, killing 13 people, then-GOP presidential candidate John McCain was quick to blame misplaced priorities spent on bridges to nowhere.

• Memphis hub hurt by air industry Updated 04/24/2012 at 9:04 p.m.

  The American airline industry is failing shareholders, employees and passengers while regional hubs such as Memphis and Cincinnati are being starved of service and priced out of competition, a panel of experts said Tuesday.

• Senate Judiciary Committee approves nomination of Fowlkes for federal judgeship Published 04/19/2012 at 10 a.m.

  The Senate Judiciary Committee this morning approved the nomination of Memphis Criminal Court Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr. for the vacant federal judgeship in the Western District of Tennessee.

• FEC filings show Fincher, Cohen, Flinn build big campaign war chests Updated 04/16/2012 at 11:27 p.m.

  Other candidates, including Tomeka Hart, lag far behind in funds available compared to Stephen Fincher and Steve Cohen.

• PolitiFact Tennessee examines Lamar Alexander claim that child farm labor rules go too far Published 04/16/2012 at 11:04 a.m.

  Tennessee's senior senator says rules could prohibit kids from using power screwdrivers, milking machines, wheelbarrows, water hoses.

• IP weighs membership in ALEC Published 04/10/2012 at midnight

  Says its interest is limited to 'business issues.'

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