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Mid-South News
6:00 am
Tue October 23, 2012

Sales Tax Referendum Enflames Tensions Between Memphis And Its Suburbs

The Agricenter early voting location in Memphis.

Early voting is underway and residents in Memphis and the unincorporated county are voting on a half-cent sales tax increase.

Outside the early voting location at the Agricenter, Nancy Ream said she and her husband voted for the sales tax increase, “my understanding is that it is supposed to go for Pre-K money and this is a community that really does need money for Pre-K, for kids under five. We need to get those kids in school as fast as possible.”

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Mid-South News
5:45 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

Early Voting Underway In Shelby County

Signs outside Collierville Church of Christ, an early voting location.

Today is the first day of early voting. In addition to the Presidential election, there are two important local issues on ballots in Shelby County: municipal school board elections in the suburbs; and a countywide half-cent sales tax increase in Memphis and the unincorporated areas of the county.

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Behind the Headlines
5:18 pm
Fri August 3, 2012

Radio Roundtable: The Municipal Elections and the Impact on the Unified School District

Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, moderates a discussion about the real impact of the August 2, 2012, municipal elections on the proposed Unified School District with panelists Billy Orgell, Chairman of the Unified School Board; Bill Dries, reporter for the Memphis Daily News; and Jackson Baker, from the Memphis Flyer.

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