Nonprofits working with DAs will disclose donors if TN bill becomes law
State Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, (left) sponsored a bill that would require nonprofits that work with Tennessee district attorneys general, like Steve Mulroy (right), to disclose their donors. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The bill seeks transparency from progressive criminal-justice reform groups like the Vera Institute of Justice, Justice Innovation Lab and Memphis-based Just City, which local Republican lawmakers blame in part for crime in Memphis.
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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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