County mayor in Nashville working on alternatives to MSCS takeover bill

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 28, 2025 2:58 PM CT | Published: January 28, 2025 2:38 PM CT

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was in Nashville on Monday trying to talk lawmakers out of a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. He says there are some alternatives being discussed.

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Lee Harris Tennessee Legislature Memphis-Shelby County Schools Mark White

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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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