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Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 22, 2020

The U.S. Senate this week confirmed former House speaker Beth Harwell and East Tennessee State University President Brian Noland to serve on the board of directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Associated Press reports. Harwell, a longtime Nashville Republican lawmaker, was elected speaker in 2011, but left the legislature in an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2018. Since the race, she has been working as a visiting professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University. Noland has been president of Johnson City’s ETSU since 2011. President Donald Trump nominated both Harwell and Nolan for the board in January.