MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A $100 million grant for public safety was headed to Memphis from the state, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced last week.
"I am announcing today that we will be providing an additional 100 million dollars in grant funds toward public safety initiatives in the city of Memphis," Lee said Friday. “There is no city in America that has access to the resources we are about to get,” Governor Lee said.
But where will that money go, and when will it arrive? The announcement caught plenty of attention, but was short on specifics.
We reached out to Memphis Mayor Paul Young's office for details and also to Governor Bill Lee's staff. We are waiting to hear back.
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