NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam is thanking members of the Tennessee General Assembly for acting quickly in a special legislative session to prevent the loss of $60 million in federal road money.
The governor had hastily called this week's session after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned that the state would lose 8 percent of its federal road funding if a new drunken driving law wasn't repealed by Oct. 1