Camper to query Finance & Administration commissioner about $4M in grant funds

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 21, 2019 10:31 AM CT | Published: November 21, 2019 4:00 AM CT

House Minority Leader Karen Camper will ask the Department of Finance & Administration about 50 to 60 “commitments” for rural grants to be awarded from a $4 million pool criticized as a “slush fund” to reward lawmakers for their voucher votes.

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Bill Lee Bob Rolfe Glen Casada Karen Camper Stuart McWhorter
Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

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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