Morning Brief: Task force lays out school voucher plans, Obama makes fresh demands on fiscal cliff

Parents of disabled students express concerns to Hamilton County Commission—Nooga

Leaders take step toward allowing local whiskey production—Nooga

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann named to House Appropriations Committee—Nooga

Sen. Bob Corker to step down from Senate Energy Committee post—Nooga

Sen. Lamar Alexander has bipartisan "emergency plan" to address fiscal cliff—Nooga

Osage orange sapling planted on Hamilton County Courthouse lawn—Nooga

Health board opens file on Rep. Scott DesJarlais—Times Free Press

Task force lays out options for school voucher plans—Nashville City Paper

Comptroller releases Tennessee county debt spending report—TN Report

Barack Obama makes fresh demands on fiscal cliff—Washington Post

Obama's cliff offer spurned—Wall Street Journal

GOP rejects White House fiscal cliff offer—Politico

Complaints aside, most face lower tax burden than in 1980—NY Times

Senate votes to limit military detention—Politico

Lawmakers exit Congress, head to K Street—Politico