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The Tennessee House Finance, Ways and Means Committee held budget hearings on Oct. 29, 2025, hearing presentations from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Department of Transportation (TDOT), Department of Safety & Homeland Security, and Department of Education. Major themes included TDEC priorities (streamlining permits, ARPA water infrastructure, parks investment, brownfields/brownfield redevelopment), TDOT's delivery progress and funding outlook (TMA/TMA modernization funds, choice/managed lanes, King’s Crossing Bridge in Memphis, Blue Oval/mega site infrastructure), expansion of the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network and trooper staffing, and K–12 funding increases, NAEP gains and school-safety/mental-health investments.
