The Early Word: Ginger’s Bread swaps plans, and Tater Tot King rumors fly
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Welcome to Tuesday, Memphis. It’s Aug. 4, and the Memphis City Council will take its first votes on new rules that would allow the city to revoke permits for some problem-causing Airbnbs.
Back to school: About 5,000 Memphis-Shelby County Schools students are facing major changes this school year.
Testing, testing: The Shelby County Election Commission is rechecking all of its voting machines, after one machine in Bartlett was missing judicial races during early voting.
New face at FedEx: FedEx Logistics has a new leader.
Another one bites the crust: The Ginger’s Bread & Co. has ditched plans to open a new Downtown bakery.
Bonus season? Some Memphis Tigers football players who thought they’d graduated out of the program could be welcomed back to the team.
Later, tater? New Memphis Grizzly Richie Saunders’ might be leaving soon — for college.
Patting ourselves on the back: Several Daily Memphian reporters and editors have new awards to hang in their cubicles.
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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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