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WBFF Fox 45 :: U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander: FDA Should Have Done More to Warn Patients
Today was the first round of Congressional hearings on the Fungal Meningitis outbreak. The owner of the New England Compounding Center refused to testify. U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander believes the FDA should have done more to warn Tennessee patients.

"The Massachusetts compounding facility has had trouble for 10 years," says Senator Alexander. "The State Board in Massachusetts knew that. The FDA knew that. Perhaps the FDA earlier should have put up a red flag."

Tomorrow Senator Alexander will be part of a Senate Committee that's examining the Meningitis outbreak. FOX17's Erika Lathon is in Washington, D.C. right now and will bring us a LIVE report tomorrow on the proceedings.
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander: FDA Should Have Done More to Warn Patients

Wednesday, November 14 2012, 10:29 PM CST

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2 appellate court judges are stepping down
May 24, 2013 21:29 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Two Tennessee appellate court judges have notified Gov. Bill Haslam that they will not run for another term on the bench in the August 2014 retention election.

Patricia J. Cottrell, a judge on the Court of Appeals, and Joseph M. Tipton, who sits on the Court of Criminal Appeals bench, will both leave after September of next year.

The announcements come after the state legislature left Tennessee without a way to replace judges who step down or die when a commission expires at the end of next month.

Members of the soon-to-be-defunct Judicial Nominating Commission will make recommendations for replacements to give to Haslam before the panel expires. Haslam will appoint the replacements from those recommendations.

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