Akbari urges federal funds for Memphis programs such as Agape

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 19, 2019 4:00 AM CT | Published: December 19, 2019 4:00 AM CT

State Sen. Raumesh Akbari is encouraging money to be spent for programs such as Agape in Memphis, which are cutting into poverty, as the state studies how to spend $732 million in TANF "reserves."

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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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