Sheriff’s Office suspends visitation at juvenile detention center
By Yolanda Jones, Daily Memphian
Published: March 18, 2020 10:28 AM CT
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is suspending in-person visitation at the juvenile court detention center as a precaution over the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Bill Lee is offering a “no-growth” budget for the next fiscal year, reducing a 3.1% revenue growth projection to zero and eliminating dozens of spending proposals while boosting spending by hundreds of millions to respond to the COVID-19 emergency.
A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday, March 18, allowing local governments to hold closed meetings electronically to avert the spread of the coronavirus.
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