Senate passes nearly $40B budget using reserves to cover shortfall
“I think this budget strikes the right balance between not being overly pessimistic and not being overly optimistic,” said Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jack Johnson, left, seen here on May 1, 2019. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
The state Senate approved a $40 billion budget for fiscal 2021, using a chunk of reserve funds to cover about $1 billion in tax shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 crisis, but refused to restore money for education and postpartum health care.
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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