Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill HaslamSTATE OF THE STATE
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NASHVILLE – Gov. Bill Haslam plans to outline his vision tonight of a Tennessee in which state government and citizens are “aspiring to be more” and “believing in better.”
That is especially so when it comes to how state government “serves our citizens and taxpayers, the education of our children and the health of our economy,” the Republican said, giving reporters a preview of his annual State of the State address to the General Assembly.
Much of that will play out in Haslam’s proposed 2012-2013 budget for the General Assembly.
Among other things, the spending proposal will provide new funding for economic development grants to companies and inflationary increases in K-12 public education.