Voucher law that applies only to Shelby County and Nashville returns to TN Supreme Court
Rain falls on the Tennessee Supreme Court in Nashville on Thursday, Feb. 24. The court heard arguments for a second time in the case over Gov. Bill Lee’s controversial Education Savings Account law. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
“We are primarily arguing that this is an infringement on the counties’ sovereignty,” former Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper said on behalf of MSCS and MNPS.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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