Tennessee General Assembly finishes legislative session
The Tennessee General Assembly ended its 112th session Thursday, April 28. “It’s been a tough year,” said Rep. Karen Camper (middle), the House minority leader at a press conference with Sens. Raumesh Akbari (left) and Jeff Yarbro (right). (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
On the last day of the session, lawmakers put the finishing touches on a bill that would lead to books being banned from schools and on Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding overhaul.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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