Legislative Democrats call for hearings into ECD ‘slush fund’
Democrats in the General Assembly, including Memphis lawmakers, want hearings into a $4 million “slush fund” for rural grants, some raising questions about whether it was designed to reward legislators who voted for the governor’s voucher bill.
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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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