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Tennessee lawmakers pass budget, recess amid virus outbreak

by Associated Press
| March 20, 2020 12:03 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Working in the close quarters health officials advised against, Tennessee lawmakers cut short their 2020 session and won't return until June 1 after passing a dramatically reduced spending plan for the upcoming year in reaction to widespread coronavirus-related disruptions.

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