New state crime grant for Memphis tops $39 million
The Memphis City Council is also expected to take up gates to the Chickasaw Gardens neighborhood and more at its next session.
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Elections It’s official: Certification puts 2024 Shelby County election results in record book
Some of the vote totals changed in the set of local, state and federal races because of the addition of 250 provisional ballots counted after the Nov. 5 election night. The additional votes didn’t change the outcome in any of the races.
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Shelby County Commission to consider agent for city, county collab
Shelby County Commissioners also vote on $300,000 in funding to a workforce development program that fired its director last week and discuss changes to the 6% pay raise for county employees approved in the previous budget season.
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ElectionsPolitical Roundup: The new election-returns layout, Hagerty defends Gaetz
After years of problems with the posting of election returns on its website, the Shelby County Election Commission has switched to a new system that also features precinct-by-precinct results and maps.
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Public Safety Local leaders announce new safety initiative — but it uses Biden funding
“No matter what happens with respect to the Trump administration, the city and county are prepared to make this office sustainable and continue the commitments,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said of the question of continued federal support in the Trump administration.
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Shelby County Latest Halbert hearing set
Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson will hold a hearing on a motion by Wanda Halbert’s attorneys to dismiss attempt to remove her.
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City of Memphis City Council votes down permit for new Cordova high school
City Council members cited concerns about traffic safety around the site as well as hazardous materials and industrial uses at that location in the past.
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City Council discusses game plan after approval of gun referendums
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City of Memphis City Council discusses game plan after approval of gun referendums
Also, public art of a rat drew the ire of some council members. “We’ve got one guy who is sort of stepping in the poop, and we are all having to smell it,” Jeff Warren said.
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City of Memphis City’s deputy chief legal officer retiring
Mike Fletcher has represented the city in court and other legal matters for 33 years.
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City of Memphis City, county collab raises $100M to help Memphians in poverty
The Memphis City Council will dig into the “cross-governmental” More for Memphis plan, solar arrays to power the zoo and more at their meeting Tuesday, Nov. 12.
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State Government Bill Hagerty talks Ukraine aid cutoff in CBS interview
The Sunday appearance on the CBS news program “Face The Nation” fuels speculation U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is being considered as Secretary of State or some other cabinet-level post in the second Trump Administration.
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ElectionsPolitical Roundup: What happened in the 2024 elections?
Local Democrats are examining their tactics in a low-turnout presidential general election. Meanwhile, fewer local Republicans voted for President-elect Donald Trump than four years ago even as U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn grew her countywide totals.
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Shelby County Final brief filed in Wanda Halbert ouster case
The question before Chancellor Felicia Corbin-Johnson is whether the county attorney’s office could hire a special counsel to pursue an ouster lawsuit that the county attorney could not pursue because of a conflict of interest.
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Shelby CountyLegal dispute ties up second Wanda Halbert ouster case
A motion to dismiss the ouster lawsuit against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is pending before Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson. If dismissed, it would be the second ouster lawsuit against Halbert to be thrown out in less than a year.
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Elections Shelby County voter turnout lowest for presidential race since at least 1968
The unofficial election results released Nov. 6 show the presidential general election drew a majority of voters in Shelby County, but not by much. President-elect Donald Trump won fewer local votes this year than in 2020.
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Elections City Council to ‘stand with the people’ on gun referendum
The Memphis City Council’s passage of a gun-control ordinance is the next step now that voters have approved the ballot referendum.
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Elections Tennessee Democratic, Republican officials digest election results
After the presidential general election, those on the prevailing side already moving on plans that were made as voters were casting ballots. Those on the losing side were weighing close margins between the ideologies.
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Elections Shelby County tops 600,000 voters as registration deadline nears
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 presidential general election is Monday, Oct. 7. Meanwhile, new voter registration numbers show Shelby County has seen an uptick in voters on the rolls.
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Elections Johnson, Blackburn campaign in Shelby County for U.S. Senate seat
The two U.S. Senate candidates didn’t cross paths. They each told supporters turnout is important in an election each believes has high stakes.
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Elections Ballot Basics: How to vote in the 2024 general election
The most popular election cycle in Shelby County politics moves into high gear Wednesday, Oct. 16, with the start of early voting ahead of the Nov. 5 Election Day.
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Elections Here are the 3 gun laws on Memphis’ upcoming ballot
Here’s how to find the three gun referendums on the Nov. 5 ballot and then translate the wordy language in which they are written.
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Elections Shelby County Election Commission gears up for Nov. 5
Elections administrator Linda Phillips and the Election Commission are preparing for more voters, a longer ballot and new challenges for poll workers.
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Elections Ballot Basics: What you need to know for 2024 early voting
If 2024 early voter turnout nears what it’s been for the past four presidential elections in Shelby County, the local ballot will be decided within the next two and a half weeks.
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Elections Early voting opens in Shelby County with lines
Early voting continues through Oct. 31. Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was at one of the early voting sites as the doors opened to lines of voters at several locations locally.
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Elections Top of the ballot: Johnson, Blackburn and the 8th and 9th Congressional Districts
Here are the federal races at the top of Shelby County’s ballot, including a presidential field that has more candidates than just the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
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