There are 3 articles by Lee Harris :

• January 2019

  • Guest Columnists

    County Mayor Harris calls on U of M, SCS to lead way on minimum wage

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris calls on the University of Memphis and Shelby County Schools to lead the way on higher minimum wages. 

    By Lee Harris January 24, 2019

• April 2020

  • GUEST COLUMN
    Opinion

    Mayor: Daily COVID-19 data reports help county marshal its resources

    “When it comes to the racial implications of the data, most observers note the correlation between race and pre-existing conditions. Also, I suspect that the relatively large number of African American cases is partly a function of the disparities in wealth and access and distribution of resources.”

    By Lee Harris April 19, 2020

• March 2021

  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: County mayor urges move beyond ‘vaccine skepticism’

    ‘All told, Shelby County has lost over 1,500 lives,’ Mayor Lee Harris writes. ‘That’s more than the number of soldiers from Shelby County lost during the Vietnam War, Korean War and World War II, combined.’

    By Lee Harris March 28, 2021