Memphis library workers might need to reapply for jobs

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 02, 2025 3:05 PM CT | Published: December 02, 2025 2:33 PM CT

The move from being appointed to becoming civil servants would change library employees’ status.

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Memphis Public Libraries city charter change referendum Jeff Warren JB Smiley Jr. Allan Wade

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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