County Commission tries one last time on new-jail study
Shelby County Commissioner David C. Bradford participates in a meeting Nov. 17, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County commissioners debated whether they should do nothing and let the new commission with a new majority start anew on the issue.
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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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