Memphis 3.0 federal lawsuit dismissed
The legal challenge to the Memphis 3.0 plan has been dismissed in Memphis Federal Court.
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 more than 40 years.
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June 2019
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City of Memphis People’s Convention gets RSVP from 18 candidates for Saturday gathering
Two mayoral contenders are among those confirmed for the South Memphis gathering built around a platform and endorsements in some, if not all, of the races on the Oct. 3 Memphis ballot.
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City of Memphis City Council could finalize 2019-2020 budget Tuesday
Two council members expressed concerns last week about the Strickland administration's "brilliant at the basics" philosophy, but that probably won't affect votes on a 4% raise for police and firefighters.
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Metro Memphis’ month-long party a backdrop for park dispute
As a successful Memphis in May International Festival unfolded in Tom Lee Park, there was plenty of symbolism and drama building in the controversy over what happens next to the30-acre Downtown Memphis park.
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May 2019
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Metro Malone: County funding for new voting machines should come with no strings attached
The president of the city's longest running civil rights organization commented on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about the funding, voter registration lawsuits and leaving her post this fall.
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City of Memphis Review of MLGW-TVA relationship could mean ‘variety of changes’
A member of the advisory group to MLGW on such a plan says on "Behind the Headlines" the complex undertaking could hold several changes beyond who supplies wholesale electric power to the local utility.
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Council set to vote on compromised 4% raise for firefighters, police
A proposed 4% public safety raise goes to the full City Council Tuesday for a final vote as part of an amended budget with no property tax hike for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There could be more budget changes at the council session.
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City of Memphis 66 pull qualifying petitions for Memphis election
Ten of the 13 City Council members are expected to seek a return to the body on the Oct. 3 ballot. Eight incumbents already have their petitions circulating ahead of a July 18 deadline to file.
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Shelby County Harris survives attempt to remove him as local Democratic chairman
The vote at a special party meeting Tuesday evening in Hickory Hill marks what amounts to the second confidence vote in Michael Harris since he ran unopposed for chairman at the April local party convention.
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Downtown Marker honors role of Chinese in Memphis history
The marker south of Beale Street marks the site of a Chinese association founded in Memphis in the 1920s. It is also a testament to the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act that remained in place for 60 years in America.
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City of Memphis Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution
The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.
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City of Memphis Strickland puts Tom Lee Park mediation on hold for study of park terrain
Mayor Jim Strickland wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study planned changes to Tom Lee Park, adding contour to the mostly flat park. But Strickland said he remains committed to the idea of a park that is more active year-round.
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City of Memphis Weinshanker says city, Grizzlies holding up council OK on Graceland expansion
In a "Behind The Headlines" interview, the managing partner of Graceland says the Memphis Grizzlies front office is blocking the deal over 80,000 square feet of new soundstages that it contends could be used as a new arena competing with FedExForum.
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City of Memphis Bicentennial day marked on Mud Island and in Orange Mound
Local leaders cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new social media icon on Mud Island, and Orange Mound celebrated Memphis' bicentennial day by marking 100 years since it was annexed by the city.
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City of Memphis Price of police and fire pay raises approved by council put at $5 million
The decision by the council to side with unions over the administration in impasse proceedings is hardly unprecedented. But finding the money in the budget sometimes takes the council and mayor around the impasse procedure.
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City of Memphis Council sides with police and fire unions in pay raise impasses
The Memphis City Council has tentatively approved a bigger raise for police and firefighters than the 3 percent Mayor Jim Strickland proposed for public safety employees.
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Metro City moves to heart of bicentennial observance
A series of events will mark the founding of Memphis, which is technically 200 years ago Wednesday.
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City of Memphis Strickland says council faces tough choices over pay raises
City council members Tuesday will vote on the recommendations of seven council impasses committees concerning pay raises for city employees.
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Metro Historical marker for Chinese association to be unveiled Saturday
A new historical marker at FedExForum plaza will mark the site of the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association of the 1920s.
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City of Memphis Opening day of filing period brings out 34 city office-seekers
Monday was the first day for contenders on the October ballot to pull qualifying petitions, and 34 hopefuls began gathering signatures on opening day. They have until July 18 to get on the ballot, led by what promises to be a spirited race for Memphis mayor.
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Arts & Culture 101 years after she was laid to rest, Mollie Woodruff gets headstone
The headstone marks the grave of a woman who died in 1917 and whose spirit is part of tours of the Woodruff-Fontaine House in Victorian Village. Her real life story was remembered Sunday in Elmwood Cemetery.
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City of Memphis City budget proposal could grow by $6 million
The Memphis City Council votes Tuesday on recommendations from seven impasse committees, and that could leave the city's budget for the new fiscal year in the red.
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State Government Memphis House Democrats say Casada is only part of bigger problem
Democratic state Reps. Antonio Parkinson and London Lamar say the Legislature has a problem with racism that goes beyond text messages in which House Speaker Glen Casada was included.
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City of Memphis Lyash pitches staying with TVA, drops name of rival power supplier to citizens group
Jeff Lyash spoke Thursday at the second meeting of an advisory group to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division on the question of ending or changing the utility's 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Education Shelby County Schools rallies citywide push at end of eventful school year
The "SCS is 901" campaign marks 150 years of organized public education as the city celebrates the 200th anniversary of the founding of Memphis.
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