Shelby County Commission scrambles to plug funding gap
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says the county faces “unprecedented financial burdens due to the surge in state and federal law enforcement activity in Shelby County … and the shutdown of the federal government.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The county administration blames the shortfall on the Memphis Safe Task Force and federal government shutdown.
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