Committee appointed to consider removing Judge Melissa Boyd
The committee could meet as soon as Thursday, March 7. The process for her removal is not the same as a formal impeachment, which would stop her from running for office again.
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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February 2024
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March 2024
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State GovernmentStatewide private school voucher program debate begins
The haggling over Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act has begun, with three different — and expensive — versions of the bill.
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State GovernmentNew Shelby County judicial district won’t be coming anytime soon
No one at the state level has endorsed the concept of separating the court system in Memphis from the suburbs and unincorporated areas. It would be complicated, with issues both political and constitutional.
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Shelby County State calls for Memphis judge’s removal
The vote comes as Boyd, who was elected in August 2022, faces felony charges of coercion and harassment, in addition to professional discipline for an ethical lapse and addiction to drugs and alcohol.
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State Government Shelby County would lose two judgeships under state bill
The bill comes amid heightened scrutiny of Shelby County’s criminal justice system by Republican lawmakers and the Board of Judicial Conduct.
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State GovernmentPride flag ban bill moves ahead
“We kind of have a volume problem,” OUTMemphis executive director Molly Quinn said of the at least 18 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly this year.
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April 2024
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State GovernmentThese gun-safety bills have failed or stalled in the Tennessee Legislature
The 2024 session is nearing its end, and most of those post-Covenant gun-safety bills still have not been debated.
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