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Radio Roundtable: A Halt to Municipal School Districts, the Redbirds Stadium's Future, and More

WKNO | By Justin Willingham
Published March 23, 2012 at 5:14 PM CDT

The panel discusses the potential referendum for individual municipalities creating their own school districts.

Robert Cooper, the State Attorney General, issued an advisory opinion suggesting they May 10th referendums are potentially illegal, and the Shelby County Election commission, on a 5-0 vote, agreed – and lawsuits might be in the future to try to force the vote to go ahead. Also, the countywide schoolboard rejects the plan on transferring school properties for free, and the future plans for the downtown Redbirds stadium.

For a review of the top news stories of the week, you can tune in to Behind the Headlines Friday evenings at 6:30 on WKNO-TV 10.

 

Host Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, and panel discuss this week's most important news stories.  This week's panel includes Les Smith of Fox 13, Bill Dries from the Memphis Daily News, Amos Maki from the Commercial Appeal, and Jackson Baker from the Memphis Flyer.
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School ConsolidationRobert CooperShelby County Election CommissionMemphis Redbirds
Justin Willingham
My mother introduced me to WKNO-FM and public radio long before I can remember. I suppose the first thing I really recall about WKNO-FM is that every afternoon, when my mother picked me up from school, the radio was tuned-in to The World, then All Things Considered, probably beginning around age 8. The way these reporters and hosts took you from the comfort of your mom's van to wherever in the world they were reporting from absolutely fascinated me. From then on, I was officially hooked.
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