Brown to run for City Court clerk on October ballot
Memphis City Council member Joe Brown is running for City Court clerk.
Bill Dries
Reporter
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.
There are 3805 articles by Bill Dries :
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March 2019
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City of Memphis Young says developers responding to signs of change in South City
City Housing and Community Development director Paul Young says the $1 billion Union Row project is a direct result of the city's efforts to leverage federal and city funding in the South City area, stretching from the south area of Downtown into South Memphis.
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Shelby County Memphis bicentennial looks toward ‘new era’
Several new events around the city into November offer those outside Memphis a glimpse of the city's creative and innovative future as a welcome mat to the Memphis experience, including its struggles.
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City of Memphis City Council races begin to fill up
With small gatherings and fundraisers, the 2019 Memphis City Council races are coming to life. But the contenders are still watching each other closely to see which races get crowded before they put it in writing.
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Metro Development boom has complex relationship with search for signs of early-Memphis, pre-Memphis
Archaeologist Guy Weaver wants to make sure the city's past is not lost in developing for the future.
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City of Memphis Holder to mediate Tom Lee Park talks
Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder has been appointed to mediate talks between Memphis in May International Festival and the Memphis River Parks Partnership over plans to redesign Tom Lee Park.
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Shelby County Memphis’ congressional representatives react to Mueller report
The Mueller report hasn’t been released publicly, but local representatives in the U.S. House and Senate have differing views based on what they know about it.
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City of Memphis Emotion and mechanics surround Memphis 3.0 plan
Despite the high hopes of some for the proposed Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan, there are some basic concerns and some criticism about how the land use and development guidelines will be used.
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City of Memphis City Council members, TVA officials meet against backdrop of possible MLGW split from TVA
Memphis City Council members met Tuesday in Chattanooga with Tennessee Valley Authority officials.
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City of Memphis Cossitt plans include lots of gathering spaces, arts and tech partnerships
The $5 million Cossitt Library renovation could get started later this spring, with an emphasis on spaces for gathering and creativity within the walls of the city's first library.
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City of Memphis Mississippi River at Memphis to go below flood stage Friday
For the first time since Feb. 18, the Mississippi River at Memphis is expected to go below flood stage sometime Friday.
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City of Memphis Strickland renews talk of ‘freshwater institute’ on Mud Island
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has renewed talk of a “freshwater institute” on Mud Island to research the Memphis aquifer, which is the source of the city’s drinking water, and the Mississippi River.
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Education Schwinn faces critical decisions on TNReady online achievement testing
Tennessee education leaders can now track glitches with the revamped TNReady testing system in real time. But the state education commissioner says she still must decide whether to throw the switch or wait another year to resume online achievement tests.
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City of Memphis Conrad says look for new city strategy on homelessness
Memphis City Council Chairman Kemp Conrad says the three-year goal of ending "street homelessness" could include a city shelter.
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City of Memphis Mueller report reaction and constituent issues mix at Cohen town hall in North Memphis
The public becomes more willing to accept the four-page summary letter of the Mueller Report the longer it takes for the full report to be released, Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday during a town hall meeting.
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Shelby County Democrats plot encore to 2018 Shelby County election sweep
The Saturday Shelby County Democratic Party convention is the first of two gatherings to elect the party's leadership for the next two years including a new party chairman to be elected at a later meeting.
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State Government Memphis Democrats outline opposition to voucher bill
Three Democratic state legislators from Memphis say on "Behind The Headlines" that the dollar figures in Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher proposal aren’t enough to protect the per pupil funding to the public schools from which those children would exit.
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April 2019
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Shelby County Strong cautions Democrats against ‘deficit mindset’ at local party convention
Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says local Democrats made a good start in the 2018 county elections, sweeping every countywide office on the ballot and improving the Democratic majority on the Shelby County Commission to eight seats.
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Metro Explore Bike Share changes pricing, allows docking at public bike racks
Explore Bike Share changes, effective Monday, are aimed at drawing more riders and making access to the bike system available to more citizens.
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City of Memphis City Council returns to Memphis 3.0 plan, Graceland development deal
The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to take the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 plan and to vote on the agreement between the city administration and Graceland for further expansion of Graceland’s Whitehaven campus.
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City of Memphis Council discusses strategy on possible changes in TVA relationship
The Memphis City Council also delayed votes once again Tuesday on the first reading of the Memphis 3.0 plan and an agreement between the city and Graceland on Graceland expansion plans.
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City of Memphis People’s Convention date pushed back for community surveys
The People’s Convention, set for later this month to assemble a platform and back candidates in the 2019 Memphis elections, is being pushed back to later in the spring or early summer by organizers.
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Shelby County Lamar gets into race for Shelby County Democratic Party chair
The Democratic state Representative got into the race just before a Wednesday deadline for nominations as another contender dropped out and a contender who stayed in the race faces questions about a suspended law license. The party's grass roots council makes its decision Saturday.
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City of Memphis Closed Handy House at center of Beale contract talks
The Downtown Memphis Commission is negotiating with the tour company it forced out of the W.C. Handy House in February, while the musician's family continues to push for changes after years of complaints the property is being ignored.
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City of Memphis King’s words resonate with new rhythm, insight
During the annual observance, civil rights veteran and icon Rev. James Lawson also talked about his invitation for King to come to Memphis in behalf of sanitation workers and the "politics of assassination."
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