Tennessee Governor signs budget bill
{{date|June 22, 2005}}
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[[w:Tennessee|Tennessee]] Governor [[w:Phil Bredesen|Phil Bredesen]] signed a bill Wednesday authorizing the state's new budget of nearly $26 billion. The new budget increases spending for education and fulfills Bredesen's commitment to decrease [[w:TennCare|TennCare]] spending. The new budget also includes an increase in spending for the state's preschool program, as much as $100 million in funding for TennCare disenrollees, and a significant contribution to the state's reserve fund.
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Bredesen also signed into law a bill authorizing the [[w:Tennessee General Assembly|General Assembly]] to begin drafting new ethics laws.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/politics/article/0,1426,MCA_1496_3874580,00.html
|title=Bredesen signs $26 billion budget, bill authorizing ethics study
|author=Matt Gouras
|pub=The Commercial Appeal
|date=June 22, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_68579.asp
|title=Bredesen Signs 2005-2006 State Budget
|author=
|pub=The Chattanoogan
|date=June 22, 2005}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.state.tn.us/governor/viewArticleContent.do?id=557 Press release] from the Tennessee Governor's Office

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Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen signed a bill Wednesday authorizing the state's new budget of nearly $26 billion. The new budget increases spending for education and fulfills Bredesen's commitment to decrease TennCare spending. The new budget also includes an increase in spending for the state's preschool program, as much as $100 million in funding for TennCare disenrollees, and a significant contribution to the state's reserve fund.

Bredesen also signed into law a bill authorizing the General Assembly to begin drafting new ethics laws.

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