2026 elections

Harris backs Collins, a win for citizen journalism and Lowery weighs in on LeBron

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 15, 2026 11:23 AM CT | Published: April 13, 2026 4:00 AM CT

In this week’s political roundup:

  • Harris endorses Collins’ bid for mayor
  • City ruled to have violated Public Records Act
  • Mickell Lowery on LeBron James
  • Green talks medical debt, pot and executive orders in Millington

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is backing his chief administrative officer, Harold Collins, to succeed him.

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Bill Dries

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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