Tennessee Republicans toy with the idea of shunning more federal money
From HIV to education, Republicans have proposed rejecting federal dollars so they don’t have to deal with the requirements that come with them
Gov. Bill Lee looks up at audience members in the balcony of the state House chamber before delivering his annual State of the State address on Feb. 6. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Gov. Bill Lee say they don’t want to deal with the requirements that accompany federal funding for education and HIV prevention and Tennessee is in the financial shape to replace it.
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Ian Round
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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