TBI requests $45 million budget increase to process rape kits faster, increase pay
TBI Director David Rausch speaks with a colleague before a budget meeting Wednesday, Nov. 9. Rausch’s $45.3 million request included funding for 25 forensic scientists. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
The TBI — and the political leaders who fund it — became the targets of scrutiny this summer after The Daily Memphian reported on a rape kit that connected Eliza Fletcher’s alleged killer to a 2021 rape.
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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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