Government Reopens After Budget Impasse
From Times Wire Reports
Thousands of state employees returned to work after a three-day partial government shutdown.
Gov. Don Sundquist had furloughed more than half the state’s 42,000 workers Monday after lawmakers failed to pass a balanced budget by the July 1 deadline. The General Assembly broke the budget impasse Wednesday with a compromise that raised the state sales tax from 6% to 7% on everything except groceries.
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