The state House of Representatives voted to cut the sales and estate taxes, and the state Senate gave final approval to civil service reforms, dealing Gov. Bill Haslam three victories Thursday for his legislative package.
State representatives voted to cut the state’s tax on food by a quarter of a percentage point, and they agreed to gradually eliminate Tennessee’s tax on inheritances by 2016, approving both halves of Haslam’s tax-cut plan.
Meanwhile, their counterparts in the Senate approved Haslam’s civil service reform bill, the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management, or TEAM, Act.
The measure now heads to the governor for his signature.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: The Tennessean
