Brown to run for City Court clerk on October ballot
Memphis City Council member Joe Brown is running for City Court clerk.
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March 2019
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Strickland proposes 3 percent police and fire pay raises
Mayor Jim Strickland will propose 3 percent raises for commissioned Memphis firefighters and police officers in the budget proposal he takes to the City Council next month.
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Planned Parenthood takes back endorsement of Towns over abortion vote
In a largely symbolic gesture, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi is taking back its endorsement of Democratic state Representative Joe Towns of Memphis in last year's primary and general elections because of Towns' recent vote in favor of the “fetal heartbeat” bill.
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MLGW adjusts budget, tracks 'customer minutes interrupted'
The political battle over MLGW rates and calls for upgrades in the utility's infrastructure shows every sign of returning for another budget year.
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River forecast to drop at Memphis despite Midwest flooding
The Mississippi River is forecast to rise slightly this week before beginning a drop to below flood stage by the end of the month. But the agencies that watch the flow of the river remain in "flood fight" status, given historic flooding to the north.
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Memphis singer, songwriter John Kilzer dies
Memphis singer/songwriter-turned-pastor John Kilzer has died. He was 62.
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Council delays Graceland development plan, first reading of 3.0 plan
The council also delayed the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines and approved the Poplar Arts Lofts project. And the council got a first hand look at the FedEx "same day bot" to be tested on Memphis streets this summer.
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Council to vote on Graceland development plan
A Graceland master plan that does not include an arena tops Tuesday's Memphis City Council agenda. Also on the agenda is the Poplar Arts Lofts project and a discussion about urban art.
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Boyd disclosure form on council website updated as other members post theirs
Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd has amended his disclosure to include his job with FedEx Logistics on a form dated last week on the council's website.
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Jeff Warren seeks council seat after time of historic change on school board
Former Memphis City Schools board member Jeff Warren is running for a super district council seat, citing his experience as a family physician and as a school board member as terms were set for the merger of public education in Shelby County.
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U.S. Sen. Warren touts 'different kind of campaign', 'big systemic change' in Douglass High campaign stop
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren drew a crowd of more than 400 in North Memphis for the first Memphis appearance by a presidential hopeful in advance of the Tennessee presidential primaries of March 2020.
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Magevney House opens Fridays during Lent, prepares for city's bicentennial
The circa-1836 home of Irish immigrant Eugene Magevney is open for tours Fridays through April 12 and has plans as well as a wish list for a more active future.
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Local Democrats to elect new party chair
After a party reorganization in 2017 and a Democratic sweep of countywide offices in the 2018 elections, Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says it is time for another leader of the local party.
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Blight fight moves from single lot to bigger market-based view
The $11 million renovation of a Frayser apartment complex owned by The Works, a South Memphis community development corporation, is an indication that the coordinated fight against blight in the city has moved beyond one single-family home at a time.
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Alexander, Blackburn split in Senate vote on border wall emergency order
Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. senators split Thursday in the chamber’s vote on a resolution blocking President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund a border wall with Mexico.
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City Hall's 2018 minority spend miscalculated, lower than 2017
Mayor Jim Strickland's administration conceded a "clerical error" in its minority spending numbers Thursday, saying the city actually spent 17.7 percent of its money in 2018 with women- and minority-owned businesses rather than the 24 percent previously touted by Strickland.
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Warren makes early campaign stop in Memphis Sunday
Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren will make an early campaign stop in Memphis Sunday at Douglass High School.
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Rose takes state Senate District 32 seat by wide margin
Covington business owner Paul Rose claimed the district seat on both sides of the Tipton-Shelby county line with nearly 90 percent of the district-wide vote.
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City sues big pharma companies over opioid addiction
The city of Memphis is suing 21 opioid manufacturers and distributors in a federal lawsuit claiming “opioid addiction is ravaging Memphis.”
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Memphis mayor's race begins to solidify ahead of spring and summer campaigns
The race for Memphis Mayor has three front-line contenders on the way to the spring and summer heart of the 2019 campaign. And the trio of Sawyer, Herenton and Strickland shows some differences that reflect divergent views of the city's future beyond who wins and who loses.
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Memphis’ 311 call center gives look behind the scenes
Monday was “311 Day” at City Hall, and the city’s 311 operation and call center was open to the media to draw awareness to the call and app service that began in 2013.
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State Senate District 32 voters go to polls Tuesday
Voters in eastern Shelby County and Tipton County go to the polls Tuesday to decide who will take the state Senate District 32 seat formerly held by Mark Norris.
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Sales tax petition drive check turning up lots of invalid signatures
Almost half the signatures processed so far to put a city sales tax hike on the ballot this year have been judged invalid, according to the Shelby County Election Commission.
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Lee maps challenge of 'status quo' in first State of West Tennessee address
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's remarks at the University of Memphis Thursday went short on budget specifics for local projects and longer on his conservative philosophy for state government, but he stopped short of saying he would sign the "fetal heartbeat" abortion bill that cleared the state House earlier in the day.
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Mississippi River sitting above 40 feet on gauge
The Mississippi River at Memphis is past its crest as of Monday, but the level is still over 40 feet on the river gauge.
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Last day of early voting in state Senate District 32 election is Thursday
The last day of early voting in state Senate District 32 is followed by the March 12 election day for the seat covering eastern Shelby County and all of Tipton County. Early voter turnout appears to be about where it was in the January special primary elections.
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Memphis 3.0 plan draws more questions than reviews in first council discussion
Memphis City Council members looked for a quick bottom line in the Memphis 3.0 plan during their first discussion of the 400-page proposal Tuesday.
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City and Graceland break standoff over Whitehaven expansion minus arena
The city and Graceland appear to have an agreement that allows the Graceland master plan to move ahead in some form beyond litigation over an arena that has been a part of the plan.
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'Celebrate Memphis' Memorial Day weekend event marks city's bicentennial
The bicentennial observance includes the world's longest picnic table, fireworks, skydivers, an airshow and a parachute team.
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Vatican names new bishop for Catholic Diocese of Memphis
Catholics in West Tennessee have a new leader almost five months after Bishop Martin Holley was ousted after a tumultuous two years leading the Catholic Diocese of Memphis.
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Council to review fine print, recent amendments to Memphis 3.0 plan
A review of the Memphis 3.0 plan tops Tuesday's City Council agenda, along with new residential development in Cooper-Young and a neighborhood near the Fairgrounds.
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Memphis Catholic Diocese to make 'important announcement' Tuesday
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis is set to make "an important announcement" Tuesday morning after several months of turbulence in the diocese.
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National Women's March co-chair keynotes NAACP Freedom Fund Luncheon
Tamika Mallory comes to Memphis after the third Women's March in January drew criticism and allegations of anti-Semitic comments by Mallory and other march organizers.
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Pink Palace bicentennial exhibit follows Memphis history, defines its identity
A new exhibit on the city's bicentennial combines some elements of the city's history in a display that is also about what is means to be a Memphian. The exhibit at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum runs through October.
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Mancini says Republicans have plenty to renounce
Tennessee Democratic Party chairwoman Mary Mancini says physical confrontations in the recent State Capitol protest are not justified. During a Memphis visit Thursday, she also talked about the crushing Democratic losses statewide in the 2018 elections and redistricting reforms.
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Council moves deeper into consideration of MLGW changes
Memphis City Council members are to meet with TVA officials in Chattanooga to talk more about changes at MLGW. Meanwhile, there is discussion of other possible changes at the utility.
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February 2019
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Ryder confirmed by Senate for TVA board
John Ryder's confirmation by the Senate came on a busy Thursday in D.C. that included U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander calling from the Senate floor for an alternative to President Donald Trump's national emergency.
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Cohen testimony draws no reaction from three of Memphis' four Congress members
As President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Memphis' congressional representatives were each doing other things in the course of their duties – and three of the four were saying nothing about Cohen’s testimony.
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Old Forest, Shelby Forest prepare for spring with AmeriCorps team
An AmeriCorps team of eight is at Overton Park and Shelby Forest for a month to go after invasive plants just before spring arrives. Meanwhile, the Overton Park Conservancy has drawn some attention for some seasonal changes in the Old Forest after the recent rains.
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Shelby County GOP leader: No 'ideological litmus test' as party rebuilds
Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor says his conservative views expressed at a party convention Sunday are his own beliefs but don't reflect the platform of the local party as it rebuilds.
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Logistics makes a comeback in economic development boom
Logistics has been making a comeback recently after some have questioned whether the mainstay of the Memphis economy needs incentives or extra attention in the city’s ongoing bid to create good-paying jobs. -
JNJ Logistics to create 610 jobs in HQ move to Parkway Village
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee made his second trip to the city in as many weeks to announce Tuesday JNJ Logistics will move its headquarters and expand in Parkway Village at the site of the old Delta Square shopping center.
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Fourth Strickland budget plan marks shift in recovery of city finances
An early look at Mayor Jim Strickland's still forming budget proposal to come in April shows in 2026 the city will be paying $40 million less in debt. Meanwhile, the budget plan will mark the city's final of five installments toward an annual pension liability payment estimated at around $78 million going forward.
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Mississippi River at Memphis moves to 41-foot crest in a week
The Mississippi River at Memphis is expected to crest at 41 feet next week, the fourth-highest level ever recorded on the Memphis gauge. Flood control measures move to checking levees starting Tuesday, with the river level well below the record 1937 flood and the 2011 flood.
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Tutor vows 'big tent' local Republican Party rebuilding effort
Chris Tutor, the new chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party, says it will be hard to rebuild the local party after a Democratic sweep of county elections last year.
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Planning and Zoning 101 reveals code quirks
Josh Whitehead discusses the evolution of planning and development in Memphis on The Daily Memphian Politics podcast.
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Strickland, Herenton campaigns come to life with sparks
Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton takes a few jabs at current Mayor Jim Strickland, who says he loves the smell of freshly poured asphalt, as both hold campaign events on the same night. Meanwhile, developer Chase Carlisle says he will make a bid for a super district council seat as District 6 council contender Davin Clemons opens his campaign.
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Cohen urges Lee to remove Forrest bust in capitol
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis says despite differences over the capitol's Forrest bust, he has a better relationship so far with Republican Gov. Bill Lee than Lee's predecessor, Bill Haslam.
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