Bills that complete public financing for FedExForum pass
The public financing for the $550 million-plus renovations to FedExForum cleared one of its final hurdles on Monday, April 22. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
With the passage of both bills Monday, attention can now shift to local governments receiving the needed approvals to allocate the funding.
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FedExForum Tennessee SenateSamuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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