Harris says county owed millions for housing state prisoners
“If we cannot get the state to pay the bill that it owes, that means we will be left with very few options,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
County Mayor Lee Harris went public about a funding dispute between the county and the state over housing prisoners. Harris said the cost could lead him to propose a property tax hike this spring.
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