The Early Word: New voter map is upheld, and Grizz may get a raw deal
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Rise and shine! It’s Wednesday, May 27, and Farmington Elementary student Josh Verma is in the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., this morning after he successfully spelled some words I’ve never even heard.
Judges uphold new voter map: Any hope that a state court would rule against the new congressional map that dilutes Memphis’ Democratic vote was crushed Tuesday.
Three more for takeover board: A local attorney, a former Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member and a guy from Nashville have been added to the state’s school takeover board.
Blackburn questions Trump fund: Gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn is publicly criticizing a move by President Donald Trump.
Back to the drawing board: The Memphis City Council accepted Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s veto of its new impasse ordinance for settling city disputes with labor unions.
Memphis vs. Errrybody: If the NBA approves a new draft lottery system this week, the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. trade might have been for nothing.
Read all about it: The former Daily News building has a new owner.
Mega-hubs are a mega hit: Memphis-based AutoZone is leaning hard into its mega-hub stores, and that seems to be paying off.
Horror’s time to shine: Horror films used to be like Rodney Dangerfield; they got no respect. But that’s changing.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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