Jail contract, clerk funds, judge appointment approved at first commission meeting
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved a $37.9 million contract for healthcare at county jails and prisons. (Courtesy Shelby County Sheriff's Office)
The County Commission authorized up to $6.1 million in funding to stabilize the Shelby County Clerk’s Office and approved a $37.9 million contract for healthcare at county jails.
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Shelby County Commission Wexford Health Sources Inc. jail health contract Shelby County Clerk Marcy Ingram Josh Spickler Just City Mark Billingsley Lashanta Rudd Henri BrooksBill Dries on demand
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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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