Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution
Leaner than past years but still includes 3% raises for police and firefighters
The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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