City Council grills MATA on proposed cuts
Memphis Area Transit Authority Interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin faces the Memphis City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Local activists hold signs urging there be no cuts to the transit system as it faces financial difficulties. (Samuel Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
The Aug. 20 meeting became contentious as Memphis City Council members responded to a presentation from MATA’s Interim CEO.
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King Jemison is completing a journalism master’s program at Northwestern University. After graduating from Stanford University in 2021, he taught elementary school in Memphis for two years.
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