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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 16, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee, state House Speaker Cameron Sexton and state Senate Speaker Randy McNally announced an “unprecedented” plan Monday to expedite the legislature’s business as the new coronavirus continues to spread. The legislature will pass a budget as quickly as possible, likely by Wednesday, and then recess, the Nashville Post reports. The move comes after Gov. Bill Lee closed the state Capitol to visitors and Sexton and McNally closed legislative offices to everyone but members, media and staff. Those actions were raising concerns from open government groups, the Tennessean reports.