Familiar county budget tensions surface as CARES-Act-COVID-funding deadline nears

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 10, 2020 9:58 PM CT | Published: August 10, 2020 9:54 PM CT

Shelby County Commissioners want to try a swap out of federal CARES Act funding similar to one city council members did a week ago. But tensions left over from a rough county budget season that ended in June are hanging around.

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Shelby County Commission 2020 budget season CAREs Act Mark Billingsley Edmund Ford Jr.

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