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Radio Roundtable: Municipal School Districts and the Juvenile Court System

WKNO | By Justin Willingham
Published April 27, 2012 at 5:44 PM CDT

The panel discusses the progress of a few bills in the Tennessee Legislature relating to the creation of municipal school districts. 

There is a bit of confusion about the effects of these various bills, and the reaction by the legislature to State Attorney General Robert Cooper's recent opinion that the suburbs could not begin to make preparations for holding municipal referendums until August of 2013.

They also discuss a report by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division about the Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court System finding a number of constitutional problems with the handling of juvenile court cases.

Host Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, and panel discuss this week's most important news stories. This week's panel includes Bill Dries from the Memphis Daily News, Clay Bailey from the Commercial Appeal, and Jackson Baker from the Memphis Flyer.

 

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.
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Municipal School DistrictsMerger Memphis & Shelby County SchoolsJuvenile CourtTennessee State Legislature
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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