Haslam-O-Meter

Browse the Haslam-O-Meter: All promises By Subject Taxes Government efficiency   PolitiFact Tennessee has compiled promises that Gov. Bill Haslam made during the 2010 campaign and is tracking their progress on our Haslam-O-Meter. We rate their status as Not Yet Rated, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken. (See About the Haslam-O-Meter for details on our ratings.) The report card at right provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.

Haslam-O-Meter Scorecard

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Latest Haslam-O-Meter Promises

Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Improve tourism marketing
Plan afoot to improve tourism marketing | September 1, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Evaluate HOPE Scholarship program
Making good on HOPE vow | August 29, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Give the University of Memphis more autonomy
Taking aim at higher ed plan | June 2, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Decentralize the Department of Economic and Community Development
Going regional on economic development | May 22, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Create online jobs clearinghouse
Clearinghouse site up and running | May 15, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Develop a support network for senior citizens.
Work begun to help caregivers | May 12, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Improving Motor Vehicles Department
A ways yet to drive | April 28, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Work to eliminate cap on charter schools
Cap on charter schools lifted | April 20, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Use TVAAS to rate teacher performance
Teacher evaluation still being evaluated | April 6, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Increase penalties for violent crime.
Backing up tough talk | March 29, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Review multi-language driver’s license tests
English-only driver’s test still in the garage | March 25, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Create a regional workforce development assessment
Regional development programs off and running | March 22, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Explore cost-effective alternatives to prison
Doors open on jail plan | March 10, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Create academic leadership academy
Education Leadership Academies under construction | March 9, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Won’t raise taxes
No new taxes yet | March 2, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Enforce laws that prohibit hiring of illegal immigrants
Not quite a crackdown on hiring illegal aliens | February 19, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Institute a “Small Business Works” initiative
Still working on Small Business Works | February 17, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Increase enforcement for meth-related crimes
Making good on anti-meth promise | February 11, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Create a leadership position for rural development
Rural development director named | February 10, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Create “dashboard” for measuring state’s success
Dashboard has been cranked out | February 6, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Create mobile job training units
Mobile training units a reality | February 3, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Eliminate Planned Parenthood funding
Funding cut for Planned Parenthood | January 30, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Become No. 1 in “high quality jobs” in the Southeast
Some progress on top campaign promise | January 20, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
Pass “meaningful tort reform” to limit malpractice suits
‘Tort-reform’ passed in first year | January 20, 2012