Tennessee General Assembly 2024 session preview, part 2: criminal justice bills
Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives mill about before beginning business on Aug. 21, as gun-reform advocates watch from the gallery. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
Other than Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand private school vouchers, legislation intended to fight crime is likely to be the General Assembly’s biggest focus in its 2023 legislative session, which begins Tuesday.
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Ian Round
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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