Live blog: Brown, Boyd seem headed toward general election in clerk race
Democrat Joe Brown and Republican Paul Boyd are leading the way in the General Sessions Court Clerk primaries.
Bill Dries
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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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Elections Ballot Basics: Presidential Primary Election Day in Memphis
Everything you need to know to vote on election day, from finding your precinct to keeping your long fingernails and voting in confidence.
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City of Memphis Rape kit backlog grows with discovery of new old kits
All of the kits from the backlog that first came to light in 2012 have been tested, Memphis Police say. About 6,000 cases in which DNA was found are awaiting investigation.
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Elections Super Tuesday: Here’s the rundown on Shelby County
Polls across Shelby County are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday with the state's presidential primaries topping the ballot. The presidential campaign Memphis voters saw for the past year has been mostly on the Democratic side with a few appearances by the contenders themselves.
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Visual Arts ‘The Banker’ gets screening at NCRM as storyline strikes chord in election
The Apple film had a private screening with actors from the film Monday evening at The National Civil Rights Museum. Most of those involved say the story of black businessmen trying to overcome discriminatory business practices still feels familiar today.
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City of Memphis Strickland to discuss options for restoring police, firefighter benefits
The tax hike and restoration was approved by city voters in 2019. But there are doubts that the revenue from the extra half-cent is enough to pay for the return of benefits the city cut in 2014.
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City of Memphis Maybe easing grooming standards would help police recruitment
Three of the six new Memphis City Council members talked about the larger issues on "Behind The Headlines." They are the latest council members in more than a decade to take up the topic of residency.
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Elections Jill Biden visit, Bloomberg rally mark days before Democratic primary
Joe Biden's wife pushed for votes Sunday during brunch time in South Main. Signs of other Democratic contenders were close by. And a Bloomberg rally Saturday in West Memphis featured five mayors supporting the former New York City mayor. Tennessee's primary is Tuesday as part of the 14-state Super Tuesday set of primaries.
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February 2020
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Metro Talley’s call for repentence in Lenten season comes with list of accused priests
The new report and list lacks the detail that a trove of internal church documents and depositions released a decade ago show about how the Catholic Diocese handled allegations of child sexual abuse by priests over a half century.
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Metro Catholic Diocese releases list of 20 priests ‘credibly accused’ of child sexual abuse
Most of the names on the list Bishop David Talley called for soon after becoming leader of the Memphis Diocese were made public a decade ago in a trove of records released in a civil suit filed against the Diocese and the Dominican order.
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Elections Nelson finds comparisons and contrast between Clinton and Trump
Presidential historian Michael Nelson of Rhodes College has a new book about the Clinton presidency and the former Arkansas governor's two runs for the White House. On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Nelson linked Clinton's influence and time in power to the course that brought Donald Trump to the White House.
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Elections Bloomberg: Trump ‘buried his head in the sand’ over coronavirus threat
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg took jabs at President Trump and his Democratic rivals during a Memphis stop Friday morning.
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City of Memphis Questions surrounding MLGW break from TVA surface at meeting
Those who will make a recommendation on whether the Memphis utility supplier should cut ties with the TVA want a scenario on switching to Midcontinent Independent System Operator included in the research.
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Elections As primary nears, campaigns heat up for ‘election of a lifetime’
Actor and activist Ashley Judd campaigned in the city Wednesday for Elizabeth Warren. Rival Michael Bloomberg comes to town Friday, and former Vice President Joe Biden's ads will saturate local television on the way to Super Tuesday.
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Metro Politics Podcast: The Clinton Presidency
As the Tennessee presidential primary nears we talk with Rhodes College Political Science professor Michael Nelson about his new book on Bill Clinton’s two campaigns and two terms as President and the view from the Trump era.
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Metro Shelby County early voter turnout tops 2016 turnout and leads state
The local turnout in advance of the March 3 election day accounted for 12.8% of the early vote statewide. Most of the Shelby County early vote was in the Democratic primaries for president and General Sessions Court Clerk.
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City of Memphis Trump renews Twitter attacks on Hart as judge criticizes Trump reaction
Trump's latest Tweets followed a day-long hearing in Washington on Roger Stone's motion for a new trial.
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City of Memphis City Hall ceiling leaks force Council chamber closure
The city council is using its committee rooms for council sessions in a temporary move that could last through the end of June. City crews are replacing carpet that has mildewed from persistent leaks in recent years.
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Public Safety Strickland calls for juvenile assessment center to ‘get it done’
Strickland's comments about the county government alternative to juvenile detention come after District Attorney Amy Weirich called attention to the problems during a taping last week of "Behind The Headlines."
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Elections Sanders supporters band together for Vermont senator
The last weekend of early voting in Shelby County saw the local Sanders campaign buoyed by caucus results in Nevada and a similar grass roots strategy unfolding in Memphis from rival Democrats in the race for the Democratic nomination.
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