State asks court to throw out Shelby, Davidson school voucher lawsuit
State lawyers argued that Shelby and Davidson counties couldn’t prove the voucher law would harm the school systems or violate students’ right to a free public education. (Getty Images file)
The Tennessee Attorney General’s office asked a Nashville court to dismiss the case, saying the counties had lost all their relevant arguments.
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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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