County considers insurance charge on unvaccinated employees, reacts to special session
The state Legislature’s proposed restrictions on local COVID rules drew criticism at the County Commission. “I’m a proponent of not standing back and allowing the Tennessee Legislature to essentially kill us,” said Commissioner Van Turner. “It’s ridiculous.” (AP File)
Shelby County Commissioners also reacted Monday to the pandemic legislation that came out of a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly.
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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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