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Rose forging ahead with another bill targeting LGBT

By , Daily Memphian Published: January 16, 2020 6:27 PM CT

Despite withering opposition from the LGBT community on an adoption bill, state Sen. Paul Rose is pushing ahead with legislation that would prevent local governments from giving preferential treatment to vendors and contractors who have favorable LGBT working conditions.

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Paul Rose Randy McNally Raumesh Akbari Steve Dickerson Chris Sanders

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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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