Deadline looms for new Tennessee Library and Archives
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Secretary of State Tre Hargett says this session is the last chance for Tennessee lawmakers to approve funding for a new building for the State Library and Archives.
If the long-planned facility doesn’t get the OK this year, Hargett says he will have to pursue other options, for space and other reasons. Those would include placing historical materials in long-term storage where it wouldn’t be easily accessible to researchers.
The $98 million facility would be built across from the new state museum that is under construction near the state Capitol in Nashville.
While the Senate has long championed a new building for the Library and Archives, the House has had other priorities in recent years. But several members of the House Finance Committee on Monday voiced support for funding the project.
