County Commission to consider an exit from lawsuit over state’s schools takeover
Shelby County commissioners Mark Billingsley (right), seen next to fellow commissioner Amber Huett-Garcia (left) during a meeting, is behind the resolution to exit the lawsuits contesting the state’s takeover of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools system. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The proposal to exit the lawsuit over the state takeover of MSCS’ elected board didn’t have enough votes in committee last week. The commission also votes on a new data center moratorium in the unincorporated county.
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Shelby County Commission MSCS takeover Mark Billingsley Amber Huett-Garcia Michele Dial Megan Smith data center moratorium West Tennessee Regional Forensic CenterBill 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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