[steve50]

I missed this yesterday. Did they bring it to a vote on the floor and defeat it, or might it rear it's ugly head again?

[07055]

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee legislature Wednesday raised the sales tax from 6 to 7 percent beginning July 15, (NOTE: SALES TAX ON FOOD WAS NOT RAISED)and hiked other taxes to restore state government to full operation Friday morning after four days in partial shutdown. Lawmakers adopted the mostly lobbyist-written tax plan after House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, Gov. Don Sundquist and other reform-minded advocates of an income tax conceded defeat Wednesday morning, ending a 3d-year budget stalemate. Sundquist said he will sign the bill passed Wednesday. But its sponsors warned that while the plan will fund current government services for this year, it will be adequate for only another two years, depending on the strength of the economy.