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How do you pay for pre-K?

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What to do about pre-K now that voters shot down the measure to increase the county sales tax by a half-cent? Roughly half of the estimated $60 million raised from the new tax could have helped the Unified School District expand the program to help thousands of children.

Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz

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Paying for USD, pre-K will cost you

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) - -

On the minds of Unified School Board members after voters rejected a half-cent sales tax measure is what they will do with pre-K.

Half the expected money generated would have been spent on education.

Paying for the new school system and pre-K will cost you.

"You can't wait. The later that you wait, the more likely

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Collierville voters re-elect Joyner

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Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner was elected to a second four-year term by voters Tuesday.

Mayor Joyner received 72 percent of the vote (15,535), while his challenger Alderman Tom Allen received 27 percent (5,727).

At Mayor Joyner's watch party Tuesday evening, the room erupted in cheers as the numbers showed this

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U of M dusts off Threepenny Opera

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

For six days over the next two weeks the University of Memphis will showcase "The Threepenny Opera."

The musical is about some rather seamy characters who were in a way occupiers of 19th Century Europe.

"It's a musical comedy that basically follows the underworld of beggars, whores and thieves and how they manage to

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With tax failure, how will new district be funded?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

In the wake of Shelby County voters turning down a half-cent sales tax to fund schools, County Commissioner Mike Ritz said the no vote will likely cost the taxpayer.

Without the money, the questions remains how to fund the new Unified School District.

The contentious battle over funding the USD increasingly pits the

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