Pinkston persists

Will Pinkston, a former Bredesen Administration aide, has hung out his Sync Strategies shingle and is helping translate complex education and research issues into English. Our story's here.

Pinkston leaves Bredesen for Frist's SCORE

Will Pinkston (left), a Bredesen campaign operative turned chief policy wonk, is leaving the Administration later this month to join former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist's SCORE education-reform campaign organization. Pinkston is credited with much of the work on the General Assembly's just-passed education reform initiative, as well as for shepherding Bredesen's numerous clean-energy and solar initiatives. Earlier in his career, Pinkston worked as a reporter for The Tennessean and The Wall Street Journal, and did a stint with McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations.

Gov. Bredesen's energy initiatives advance

Gov. Phil Bredesen yesterday followed-through on promises to push forward on a greener Tennessee, by unveiling the Tennessee Clean Energy Future Act of 2009. The Administration's release is here. For related VNC stories, please click here. The Governor is shown at left during an earlier energy task force meeting, with aide Will Pinkston.