City spends most of remaining CARES Act money on personnel
City Council member Jeff Warren (right), seen here in March, said the city was ready to fund contract tracing, but “we couldn’t pull it off politically.” (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The city is in a race with the calendar to spend its federal funding within the next two weeks or send it back to D.C.
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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