State doesn’t pay enough to compete for workers, department leaders say
Chief Operating Officer Brandon Gibson, Gov. Bill Lee, Finance Commissioner Butch Eley and David Thurman, Eley’s budget director, heard proposals for funding increases at all-day, back-to-back hearings last week. Lee will propose a fiscal year 2023 budget to lawmakers in January. (Screenshot from tn.gov livestream)
At a week of budget hearings, Gov. Bill Lee’s cabinet officials said they can’t compete in the labor market.
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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