Tennesseans Pay Higher Local Taxes While State Sits on $3 Billion Surplus

Gov. Lee Lives Up to Campaign “Promise” to Raise Taxes, Privatize Schools

The Tennessee Public Education Coalition and Pastors for Tennessee’s Children have an OpEd out explaining how Gov. Bill Lee’s lack of action on school funding means a tax increase for Tennessee families.

In the piece, the two groups repeat a familiar refrain: Tennessee schools are underfunded by $1.7 billion. Then, they note what that means for Tennessee…