Tennessee General Assembly passes $56.2B fiscal year 2024 state budget
Gov. Bill Lee looks up at audience members in the balcony of the Tennessee House of Representatives chamber before delivering his annual State of the State address Feb. 6. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
The budget includes Lee’s Transportation Modernization Act, a $3.3 billion infusion to the Tennessee Department of Transportation and local governments to build roads and expand highways with voluntary toll lanes.
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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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