County ‘Ban the Box’ proposal for ex-offenders gets more complicated
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley, pictured above, was one of several comissioners who felt that trying to involve county contractors in "ban the box" efforts would be overreaching. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Some significant amendments to apply the program to private contractors pushed a final vote to July 21.
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