Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins appears in circuit court July 22. (Photo by Patrick Lantrip reprinted with permission from The Daily Memphian) The former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent, Marie Feagins, pressed her case in court Tuesday that the school board violated the| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
A judge found that the Chattanooga City Council violated the Open Meetings Act in developing its new voting district maps in 2021 and 2022. The city's arguments that closed meetings were simply "informational" and contained no deliberations or decision-making was refuted by evidence that included council members own comments about the process. In addition, the judge found that serial meetings held by city staff with each council member to get approval of a proposed map before presenting it in...| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government