Local leaders announce new safety initiative — but it uses Biden funding
Greg Jackson, deputy director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection, says half of the gun violence federal funding during the Biden administration is part of a federal act, which means it couldn’t be reversed by the incoming Trump administration. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
“No matter what happens with respect to the Trump administration, the city and county are prepared to make this office sustainable and continue the commitments,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said of the question of continued federal support in the Trump administration.
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