Lawmaker plans to remove Forrest bust; governor noncommittal
A Nashville lawmaker is planning a legislative push to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol's second floor if the Capitol Commission declines to remove the embattled Confederate general's statue this year.
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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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