City and county budget seasons are winding down. Here’s what two local leaders have to say.
Janika White (left) and Michael Whaley appeared on the WKNO-TV program “Behind The Headlines.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian, Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The Shelby County Commission is looking at a possible tax increase while the Memphis City Council is expected to keep the city’s tax rate the same.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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