MLGW to get report on alternatives to TVA electricity
The MLGW board gets its first look at a report on possibly buying electricity from someone other than TVA at a special meeting Friday.
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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City of Memphis Strickland proposes catalyst for development outside Downtown and Midtown
Breaking the city's development boom outside of Downtown and Midtown is the goal Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland outlined Monday in his election year state of the city address -- a difficult goal shared by Strickland's predecessor in the mayor's office.
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Education SCS board votes to close Gateway charter, delays superintendent search committee
The Shelby County Schools board unanimously voted Tuesday to close Gateway University charter school at the end of the current academic year. -
City of Memphis City Hall’s recurring marble problem a sign of age and times
More than 50 years since City Hall opened for business, the marble slabs that define its seven-story exterior are again a problem. It's just one of the challenges facing the aging building that houses city government.
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City of Memphis City’s history, bicentennial review draws crowd to library
The start of a Memphis Public Libraries lecture series on the city's bicentennial draws a standing-room-only crowd, while the Memphis Pink Palace museum prepares for a March opening of its own bicentennial exhibit.
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City of Memphis Women’s March moves from streets to midterms and beyond
A dozen local organizations rallied Saturday at Clayborn Temple in a follow up to last weekend’s Memphis Women’s March that focused on influencing the broad ideological course of state and federal government past the 2018 midterm elections. -
Shelby County Memphis congressional delegation reflects DC partisan divide on shutdown
The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.
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City of Memphis Robertson outlines chamber-EDGE joint venture to debut in February
The Greater Memphis Chamber and the Economic Development Growth Engine organization are expected to roll out their new economic development strategy next month.
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State Government Rose takes Republican primary for state Senate District 32
Covington businessman Paul Rose bested three rivals from Shelby County to take the Republican primary in the special primary election for state Senate District 32 Thursday.
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Shelby County NAACP calls for juvenile court detention center funding
The Memphis Branch NAACP called Thursday for the Shelby County Commission to approve funding to begin planning and design of a new juvenile detention center. The leader of the civil rights organization is a former county commissioner who clashed with the court in the past over some of the issues giving current commissioners pause.
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Metro Polls are open in state Senate District 32 special election
More than 400 voters in Shelby County turned out Thursday morning to vote in the state Senate District 32 special election, according to the Shelby County Election Commission. -
Shelby County Shelby, Tipton early voter turnout closer in special state Senate primaries
The early voter turnout between Shelby and Tipton Counties for Thursday's special primary election for state Senate District 32 is closer than usual in the district that crosses county lines.
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City of Memphis Council greenlights Union Row garage financing, hears new MLGW rate hike plan
The city council approves $50 million in financing for a Union Row garage with Bird Box analogies during the debate. The council also heard a new plan Tuesday for an MLGW multi-year rate hike that would delay the increase for this calendar year.
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City of Memphis King Day observances feature different interpretations of civil rights leader’s Memphis legacy
The federal holiday honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. included a new grant program for neighborhoods, calls for reparations, questions about who interprets King's legacy and City Hall honors for 10 women activists.
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City of Memphis City Council delves deeper into proposed MLGW rate hike options
After rejecting an MLGW rate hike proposal in December, Memphis City Council members review three alternative options Tuesday toward infrastructure upgrades for the gas, electric and water sectors of the utility.
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City of Memphis Bellefonte backers say MLGW rate hikes ‘fork in the road’ for TVA switch
The CEO of Nuclear Development LLC said Memphis is at a crossroads for a potential shift away from TVA as the city's electrical power supplier with recent rate hikes proposed by MLGW. The coming city council decision on the rate hikes could intersect with the push by Nuclear Development.
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Shelby County Bonner says new juvenile detention center shouldn’t be ‘undersized’
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner says a new juvenile detention center shouldn't be "undersized." On "Behind the Headlines," Bonner said he is committed to a smaller number of children in such a center.
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Education Ray prepares for transition to helm of Shelby County Schools
The incoming superintendent of Shelby County Schools prepares to take the helm with a transition that includes a further move by SCS into issues of equity.
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City of Memphis Sales tax referendum has complex legal and political path
A petition drive for a city sales tax hike referendum to restore police and firefighter benefits cut four years ago has become more complex now that the petition signatures are being verified.
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City of Memphis Strickland’s re-election bid begins with soft opening
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says his bid for a second term as mayor seeks to go beyond the "brilliant at the basics" mantra of his 2015 campaign to get into the stubborn issues of crime and poverty.
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City of Memphis Outgoing TVA president touts authority’s role in Memphis economic development
Retiring TVA president Bill Johnson told a Memphis group Tuesday that the federal power provider is the best value for MLGW, its largest customer, beyond the electricity the utility buys from TVA.
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Shelby County Early voter turnout in state Sen. Dist. 32 dominated by Tipton Republicans
Republican voters in Tipton County make up most of the first week early voting turnout in the special primary elections for state Senate District 32.
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Metro Council changes signal start of city election year
The three newest Memphis City Council members may be a good indication of a change in who runs for the council in the 2019 city elections.
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Metro Kerner Commission update confronts questions of time, change and familiar issues
Alan Curtis, president of the Eisenhower Foundation, was in Memphis last week to talk about an update of the landmark Kerner Commission report on 1968 riots.
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State Government Norris takes oath as federal judge
State Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris became federal judge Mark Norris at a formal ceremony Friday Downtown -- part of a larger season of transition in politics.
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