Tennessee General Assembly adjourns annual session after passing flurry of last-minute bills
May 10, 2017 at 3:48 p.m.
| Updated May 10, 2017 at 3:48 p.m.
by
Andy Sher
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam addresses state lawmakers at the state Capitol in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Haslam spoke to a joint assembly of the General Assembly to promote his Insure Tennessee proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income residents. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee General Assembly this afternoon adjourned its annual session following the passage of a flurry of last-minute bills earlier in the day.
Among other actions this year, state lawmakers this year approved the state's first fuel tax increase in 28 years, cut taxes and approved an expansion of a lottery-funded program that will now let adults attend state colleges tuition free.
