— After promising $80 million in Memphis funding for public safety initiatives, the Tennessee General Assembly cut $30 million from that pledge when the budget was passed last week.
— Prosecutors have dropped charges against three demonstrators arrested at last month’s No Kings Rally.
— Tennessee lawmakers have voted to stifle lawsuits from public school districts and charter schools that disagree with state performance grades.
— Last week’s state budget included $311 million dollars for a major construction project at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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