Roy Herron bringing Jobs Tour to Jackson

Congressional candidate Roy Herron will bring his Jobs Tour to Jackson on Monday, according to a news release.

Herron, a state senator from Dresden, is running as a Democrat in the 8th District. He will meet with small-business owners and local leaders to hear their ideas about what he should do in Congress to help grow and save jobs.

The release said Madison County's unemployment rate is 11.7 percent, according to January figures from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

"Families and business owners all across the 8th District are hurting," Herron said in the release. "It's time Washington focused on jobs instead of bailing out Wall Street. In Congress, my top three priorities will be jobs, jobs and jobs."

Herron will be at TLM Associates, at 117 E. Lafayette St., at 7 a.m. Monday. He already has taken his Jobs Tour to Lauderdale, Haywood, Dickson, Humphreys, Henry, Benton, Shelby and Weakley counties. The release said Herron will visit all 19 counties in the district.

A fiscal conservative, Herron has voted to balance state budgets and knows how to make the tough cuts needed to keep our country on track, according to the release.

Herron has sponsored legislation that helps employers develop plans for training workers to meet future industry needs.

He also has fought for the West Tennessee megasite that will bring 21st century jobs and industry to rural West Tennessee, the release said.

Herron advocated investments for the Hemlock Semiconductor plant in Clarksville and the Northwest Tennessee Port and Industrial Park in Lake County, the release added.