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Tennessee State Budget Hearings Begin This Week

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam will begin holding annual public budget hearingsTuesday, November 12.                                                           

Leaders of the state’s agencies will meet with Governor Haslam, Finance and Administration Commissioner Larry Martin, and state Budget Director David Thurman at the Capitol for those discussions.

The Department of Education will open the hearings, which are scheduled to wrap up Monday, November 25, with the Department of Transportation. 

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.