Lowe in the News

OCTOBER 15 - MEET THE SENATOR

The son of a second-grade teacher, state Sen. Lowe Finney, D-Jackson, admittedly has a bit of a soft spot for educators. Before the legislative session begins next year, Finney will have visited several schools in Carroll, Gibson and Madison counties to listen to teacher concerns. Finney talked and ate lunch with teachers at Malesus Elementary on Tuesday....
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SEPTEMBER 17 - FINNEY ASKS STATE TO PROBE GAS PRICES

State Sen. Lowe Finney has asked Attorney General Bob Cooper to investigate whether West Tennessee consumers are being unfairly charged excessive gas prices in the wake of Hurricane Ike, according to a press release. Finney, D-Jackson, said in a Sept. 15 letter to Cooper that many constituents have expressed concerns over gas prices that went up dramatically in just a few hours following the storm in the Gulf Coast...
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SEPTEMBER 17 - GO AFTER THOSE WHO MAY BE PRICE GOUGING

Two of our area representatives - Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, and Sen. Lowe Finney, D-Jackson, are doing the right thing by asking the state attorney general, Bob Cooper, to look into reports of price gouging. We urge Cooper's office to act quickly and to punish aggressively those found to be guilty of this despicable practice. Since Hurricane Ike hit over the weekend, there have been more than 500 complaints of price gouging from across the state...
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