Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn.STATE OF THE STATE
Read the full text of Gov. Haslam’s speech here.
NASHVILLE — While Tennessee is doing “great” in many respects, Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday in his annual State of the State address that the state needs to do even better when it comes to efficiency and serving citizens’ needs.
“Is the current state of our state good enough?” Haslam, a Republican, asked state lawmakers. “I think we can believe in better. We can believe in better for how state government serves Tennesseans. We can believe in better when it comes to the education of our children.”
And, Haslam added, “we can believe in better when we talk about a stronger, healthier economy for our state.”
Accompanying the governor’s address was the release of his proposed 2012-13 budget.