Legislature, other government offices close following Nashville bombing

The damage caused to telecommunications systems following a bombing in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day has caused legislative leaders to tell staffers not to report to the Cordell Hull Building on Monday.

Other state and local government offices are also affected by outages, including:

• Adult protective services
• Animal Diagnostic Laboratory services at Ellington Agricultural Center
• Telephone services for applying for certain programs for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities
• TennCare Connect
• Tennessee child abuse hotline (telephone lines only; web referrals remain operational)
• Drivers’ license services

Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced his downtown offices would be closed Monday, though various divisions could be reached by email.

The state Supreme Court office building was also closed.