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Tennessee General Assembly Approves Governor's Budget

Chattanooga Times Free Press

The Tennessee State House approved Governor Bill Haslam’s $32.8 billion budget with a few minor changes by an 83-14 margin Wednesday.  Thursday morning, the Senate unanimously agreed to the changes and the budget proposal is now headed to Haslam's desk for his signature.   The budget sets aside more than $100 million for a 1 1/2 % pay-raise and other pay adjustments for state employees and $46 million for state employee health insurance.  The budget allocates $350 million for increased enrollment in TennCare under the new federal health care law.  In Education, $127 million of the new budget will pay for K-12 and higher education and $52 million will boost information information technology in the state's school districts.   About $100 million is slated for the state’s rainy day fund, bringing it to $456 million by next July.

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.