Lee sticks to pandemic strategy even as state leads U.S. in COVID cases per capita
“We’re in a very difficult position in our state,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday, Sept. 2, during a briefing at the State Capitol in Nashville. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
As more than a third of new COVID cases are among children, Lee says, “We’re doing what we believe is the best way forward.”
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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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