Lt. Governor Randy McNally was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1978, serving four terms before being elected to the Senate. He represents Anderson, Loudon and parts of Knox County. McNally has spent 26 years on the Senate Finance Ways and Means Committee and has also served as chairman of the Senate Education Committee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in 1969 and worked as a pharmacist until his retirement in 2010, spending over 30 years at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge.

For this episode of Lead Tennessee Radio, Lt. Gov. McNally welcomed to his office Levoy Knowles, executive director of the Tennessee Broadband Association. Among the topics they discussed were:

• Tennessee's strong fiscal position
• the importance of the state's Triple A rating
• the upcoming 2020 legislative session
• challenges facing rural Tennessee
• the role of broadband in health care and rural development

To learn more about Lt. Gov. McNally, visit http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/speaker.html

For more information about the Tennessee Broadband Association, visit https://www.tennesseebroadband.com.