County Commission ends term with cap on school-takeover legal fees
Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery fist-bumps fellow commissioner Amber Mills before their last meeting Aug. 24. Both are leaving the commission due to term limits, but Lowery will become Shelby County mayor Sept. 1. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County commissioners closed out their four-year term of office Monday, Aug. 24, by capping the county’s share of legal expenses at $200,000 in the ongoing federal-court case about the state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
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