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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 12, 2021

Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to present his annual budget amendment this week; a move that usually signals the legislative session is nearing its end, the Tennessee Journal reports. The updated spending plan comes at a time of uncertainty given the influx of federal COVID-19 relief funds and the prospect of even more money from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package. At a speech last week at the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, Lee hinted that a tax cut will be part of his budget amendment though the federal guidance specifies that COVID relief cannot be used to fund tax cuts. State Attorney General Herbert Slatery and his counterpart in Kentucky recently filed a lawsuit seeking to remove the strings attached to federal funds.