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Capitol Hill Conversation: Why 2017 Is The Most Unpredictable Legislative Session In Years

Tennessee lawmakers will be back in Nashville on Tuesday to start the 110th General Assembly.
Stephen Jerkins
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WPLN (File photo)
Tennessee lawmakers will be back in Nashville on Tuesday to start the 110th General Assembly.

 After an eventful election season, the Tennessee state legislature is back.

 

The General Assembly opens its two-year session this week.

 

There aren’t a lot of new people in the hallways, but our statehouse correspondent, Chas Sisk, is here to tell us why this will be one of most unpredictable sessions in years.

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Chas joined WPLN in 2015 after eight years with The Tennessean, including more than five years as the newspaper's statehouse reporter.Chas has also covered communities, politics and business in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied economics and journalism. Outside of work, he's a dedicated distance runner, having completed a dozen marathons
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