Morning Brief: 3rd District ads begin airing today, schools choose bid from Alcoa builder

City Council discusses alternative pay increase plan—Nooga

City moves forward with housing authority on land swap—Nooga

Sen. Lamar Alexander to oppose bill targeting EPA—Nooga

3rd District ads begin airing today—Times Free Press

Alexander firm on clean air rule—News Sentinel

Transparency of Hamilton County schools website better than most—Nooga

Hamilton County schools chose bid from Alcoa builder—Times Free Press

SCORE completes survey on teacher evaluations—Nooga

Gov. Bill Haslam touts no-income-tax status before national TV audience—TN Report

Rep. Curry Todd allowed to keep gun permit—Tennessean

GOP adjusts health care strategy—Politico

Ex-aide Ron Barber wins Gabrielle Giffords' Arizona seat in Congress—Washington Post

Wall Street's vote: Mitt Romney by a landslide—Politico

Steep rise in health costs projected—Wall Street Journal

New Orleans struggles with latest storm, newspaper layoffs—NY Times