Governor extends state of emergency in Tennessee for third time

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Gov. Bill Lee has extended Tennessee’s state of emergency through Sept. 30, the third time the status has been extended since March.

The previous emergency status was set to expire Saturday. Tennessee has been in a state of emergency for 169 days, since Lee first declared it via executive order March 12.

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