Governor says he froze rural grants because of lawmakers’ misunderstanding
Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he nixed spending from a $4 million rural grant fund because he said legislators didn’t understand how the money was to be used.
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Bill Lee Bob Rolfe Stuart McWhorterSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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