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Haslam Praises Lawmakers for Saving TN $60 Million

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is thanking lawmakers for acting quickly in a special legislative session and preventing the loss of some $60 million in federal road money.

The Republican governor 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warned that the state would lose 8 percent of its federal road funding if a new drunken driving law wasn’t repealed by October 1st.  That law ran afoul of federal zero-tolerance standards by raising the maximum allowable blood alcohol content for drivers under the legal drinking age from .02 percent to .08 percent. 

Both chambers on Wednesday passed a bill to return the state to the old .02 percent standards for drivers under 21.  

Rob Canning is a native of Murray, KY, a 2015 TV Production grad of Murray State. At MSU, he served as team captain of the Murray State Rowing Club. Rob's goal is to become a screenwriter, film director or producer and looks to the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie for inspiration. He appreciates good music, mainly favoring British rock n' roll, and approves of anything with Jack White's name on it. When not studying, rowing or writing, Rob enjoys spending his free time with a book or guitar.
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