There are 9 article(s) tagged Bo Watson:

• September 2026

  • Full funding for Imagination Library would double Shelby County’s reach

    Full state funding of the Imagination Library would remove local costs and raise kindergarten‑readiness rates.

    By Noah McLane September 14, 2026

• May 2020

  • State sees worsening budget with department cutbacks and rescinded tax breaks

    The Lee Administration is projecting COVID-related budget problems that will force the state to trim department budgets by 12% and to push off tax cuts such as phasing out the Hall income tax.

    By Sam Stockard May 29, 2020

• April 2020

  • Hospitals set to receive nod for elective surgeries

    Campbell Clinic says its Memphis hospital partners will have extended operating room hours, including weekends, to catch up on the backlog of elective surgeries.

    By Sam Stockard, Jane Roberts April 27, 2020

• March 2020

  • Governor proposes ‘no-growth’ budget plan for fiscal 2021 amid emergency

    Gov. Bill Lee introduced a “no-growth” budget for the next fiscal year, reducing a 3.1% revenue growth projection to zero and eliminating dozens of spending proposals while spending hundreds of millions to respond to the COVID-19 emergency.

    By Sam Stockard March 18, 2020

  • Medical cannabis bill could be snuffed out in Senate

    Medical cannabis legislation could reach a House floor vote this year for the first time, leaders say. But running a gauntlet in the Senate is likely to prove more difficult.

    By Sam Stockard March 08, 2020

• April 2019

  • Senate budget restores Tom Lee Park funding to full $10M

    NASHVILLE – The state Senate is restoring $2.5 million to a Tom Lee Park improvements project and earmarking $2.5 million from a different source for a Germantown Performing Arts Center amphitheater.

    By Sam Stockard April 30, 2019

  • Senate diverts $2.5M from Memphis riverfront grant to Germantown amphitheater

    The state Senate has pulled $2.5 million from Gov. Bill Lee’s planned $10 million Memphis riverfront redevelopment grant, with plans to redirect the money to a Germantown Performing Arts Center amphitheater.

    By Sam Stockard April 26, 2019

  • Senate Finance committee approves state charter schools commission

    The Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee approved legislation Tuesday setting up a charter school commission with authority to overrule local school boards, even though it could cost nearly $1 million next year and continue to tap the state budget.

    By Sam Stockard April 17, 2019

• January 2019

  • Kelsey shifts from Judiciary chairman to leader of Finance Investigations and Oversight

    Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown is losing his post as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee but picking up a leadership job as chairman of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of Finance.

    By Sam Stockard January 10, 2019