House panel gives ‘negative’ vote to Lamar pregnant Lottery scholars bill

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 08, 2019 5:53 PM CT | Published: April 08, 2019 5:53 PM CT

A House rule-making body gave a “negative recommendation” Monday to legislation giving pregnant high school seniors an extra year to have children and hold on to Lottery scholarship funds.

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Sam Stockard

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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