Lawmakers are back in Nashville for start of legislative session
High school students from Farragut, a suburb of Knoxville, sing the Star-Spangled Banner in the balcony of the state Senate chamber Tuesday, Jan. 11, on the first day of this year’s legislative session. (Screenshot from capitol.tn.gov livestream)
State lawmakers have descended on Nashville for three months of committee hearings, debates and vote-wrangling over how to spend taxpayer dollars.
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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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