Coronavirus daily blog, March 23: Second St. Jude employee tests positive
The Tennessee Department of Health releases the latest numbers: 93 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Shelby County and 615 cases in Tennessee.
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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March 2020
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City of Memphis Memphis City Council goes online only with Tuesday meeting
The Tuesday council session includes setting aside $2 million in the city budget for pandemic responses like reducing transit fees and better funding the Mid-South Food Bank.
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City of Memphis A Viewer’s Guide to Watching the Memphis City Council
Here is everything you need to know to watch Tuesday's meeting of the Memphis City Council -- a rare online-only session of the city's legislative body during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus Strickland issues Stay-at-Home order effective Tuesday evening
The order by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is the next step in a state of civil emergency he declared last week.
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Elections Minor changes mark Super Tuesday certification by Election Commission
None of the changes in vote totals affect the outcome of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries and countywide primaries for General Sessions Court Clerk in Shelby County. The meeting is one of the last in-person deliberations by a public body as elected bodies move to online or conference call public meetings.
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CoronavirusCoronavirus daily blog, March 20: Graceland closing through at least April 3
The total number of Shelby County cases is up to 30, and Shelby County Schools is scrapping its plan to provide lunches for students due to a Central Nutrition Center employee testing positive for COVID-19.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 21: Health official says spread continuing in families, workplaces
The total number of Shelby County cases is up to 42, and the Shelby County Health Department says the increase is "not unexpected because testing has increased, especially by commercial laboratories.”
•MATA to implement social distancing on buses, trolleys
• Gibson’s Donuts to close temporarily
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Elections U.S. Senate and Congressional primary races grow
More than three dozen citizens have pulled qualifying petitions for the Senate seat now held by Lamar Alexander. That includes four Memphians. A week and a half from the filing deadline, 16 have filed.
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Elections Local Democrats choose delegates to summer convention
Most of the delegates for the Democratic National Convention from the 9th Congressional District go to former vice president Joe Biden. The delegate selection was moved online because of the COVID-19 virus.
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Health CareFor first time, Memphis gets sense of how many have been tested
There is no combined count of how many novel coronavirus tests have been performed by the local health department and private hospitals. But the head of the health department says the number of tests isn't as important as the upward climb in those who test positive.
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Alcohol Commission approves beer with to-go orders
The change in beer permit rules takes effect immediately within the city of Memphis and last until the declaration of a civil emergency is over.
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Coronavirus Strickland expands list of business closings in city
The expanded set of businesses come as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city increases and follows through on Mayor Jim Strickland's pledge that the city's state of civil emergency he declared this past week would be expanded.
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Coronavirus Politics Podcast: Notes from the pandemic
Here is a summary of items from how the city is moving away from the science and medical developments around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Metro Tennessee Democrats gather by teleconference to select convention delegates
Tennessee Democrats will teleconference by Congressional Districts Saturday, March 20, to select delegates to the summer’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. -
City of Memphis Strickland: ‘Come together to stay apart’
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the impact on the economy from the civil emergency measures is being felt but can't be avoided as the city tries to stop the spread of the virus to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 19: Tipton County records first COVID-19 case
Mayor Jim Strickland announces churches, dine-in restaurants and gyms must close.
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City of Memphis State of emergency: Strickland closes restaurants, bars, gyms
A historic state of civil emergency from Mayor Jim Strickland Tuesday shuts down restaurants, bars, gyms and urges a suspension of services at places of worship. The move represents an action last used by a Memphis mayor during the 1978 police and firefighter strike.
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City of Memphis Memphis in May to move, new dates expected soon
The festival is looking at dates in the fall for the series of events that cover a month.
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Coronavirus Blackburn, Alexander split on COVID-19 aid package vote
Neither of Tennessee's two Republican senators was happy about the aid package that extends paid sick leave as one of several responses to the economic impact of novel coronavirus.
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Health Care Local COVID-19 test with expedited results expected soon, researchers say
Le Bonheur pediatrician-in-chief Dr. Jon McCullers, who has worked with the CDC and on past pandemic planning, talked on "Behind The Headlines" about development of a local test at UTHSC.
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Coronavirus Commission’s in-person meeting likely last one for a while
Changes to state law approved in subcommittee Wednesday will allow bodies like the Shelby County Commission and Memphis City Council to meet and take votes by conference calls.
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