Plastic bag ban advances
A proposal for retailers to charge a fee for plastic bags has been dropped by City Councilman Berlin Boyd, who instead is proposing a ban on plastic bags at Memphis retailers.
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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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