Health Care
Methodist, BlueCross BlueShield still at odds
“The insurance company is really going to get out-flanked, from a PR standpoint, by the Methodist system. Who wants to see kids not get the health care they deserve?” Dr. John Rodney said.
Jane Roberts
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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Spirit of MemphisAlpha Omega’s $8 million project is a nod to Cordell Walker
The Jackson Avenue facility is the latest effort of a man who never served in the military but has dedicated 35 years to serving veterans with housing, food, clothing and offering sometimes simply a place to be understood.
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Financial Services Kudzukian, Momentum to help nonprofits up their digital game
Winners get free studio and production time; applications open Jan. 18.
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Metro Avant new head of Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Longtime leader Ruby Bright retired at the end of 2022.
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Real EstateAs greyhounds run last laps, Southland eyes expansion
Southland Greyhound Park opened in 1956 and catered to locals, but with expanded gaming, a new hotel and mobile sports books, the facility is now its parent company’s most lucrative.
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Metro Roger Wolcott, dedicated to homeless, dies in Calif. hospital
The founder of Memphis' Constance Abbey ministry to the homeless died early Saturday, Dec. 24, of injuries sustained in a biking accident near San Francisco.
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BusinessMemphis poverty disruptor expands efforts to 15 more nonprofits
“I think the biggest thing that we’ve done is shown that there is a way that you can actually measure poverty-fighting effectiveness objectively with analytics ... and still be compassionate and caring.”
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MusicConnect Music aims to put Black artists at the top of playlists
CEO George Monger is out to make sure independent performers artists get every cent they earn from royalties.
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Business Poplar-Highland Starbucks on strike over weekend; store closed Friday
Of the 100 stores Workers United says are honoring the strike, two are in Tennessee.
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Public Safety Judge Donald will join national mediation firm in January
Judge Andre Mathis replaced Donald on the federal appellate court.
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MetroConstance Abbey founder paralyzed in California bike accident
Roger Wolcott, 74, and his wife, Margery, started Constance Abbey in 2013 to meet the needs of homeless people by living among them.
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Arts & Culture Former Memphian blazed a path for fashion designers of color
East High grad Brandice Daniel followed her heart to create Harlem’s Fashion Row in 2007. This weekend, she’s back in her hometown with a sold-out show at Nike.
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East MemphisOak Court, whatever happens next, won the city’s heart in 1988
Oak Court, in its day, was a pinnacle of shopping and retail lore. It was also the first project that developers Jack Belz and Henry Turley did together.
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Visual ArtsThat’s the ticket! Local company changes film festival scene
This season, Sundance Film Festival attendees will buy their passes through Eventive, a ticketing app made for Indie Memphis by 15-year-old Theo Patt in 2015.
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Real EstateIn the Pinch: Developer maps out long-awaited plans
“We’re thinking about a Jewish deli and an Irish pub. And what if we could get a really nice Lebanese place that would be a nod to St. Jude. We’d like to honor the history of this being an immigrant neighborhood.”
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Education CBU honors Brother Terence, who integrated CBHS, on his 100th birthday
Brother Terence McLaughlin changed the timbre of life in Memphis by admitting the first Black student to the Brothers’ local high school before being sent away by church leaders incensed with his independent thinking.
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Real EstateLocal architect has liens against New York developer totaling $575k
Tom Intrator is developing a number of Downtown properties with the help of PILOTs.
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Real EstateInterest rates smothering developer’s $1B Pinch plans
The sentiment among almost anyone who can read a balance sheet is developments that couldn’t get off the ground in the past three years are going to need a lot more than luck in the inflation the Federal Reserve is trying to control with interest rates.
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Local architect has liens against New York developer totaling $525k
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Transportation & LogisticsMemphis transportation leaders look to D.C. to avoid rail strike
Forty percent of all freight in the United States moves by rail. Cutting off the supply, experts say, would cripple the economy and decimate the still-rebounding supply chain.
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Local leaders ask Buttigieg for more airport funding
Getting ice off the wings: The specs for the airport’s new consolidated de-icing facility
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Real EstateNumber of Downtown office workers may have decreased by 40%
In 2019, before the pandemic began, Memphis had an adult, daytime worker population of 47,337 people.
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Public Safety Should Memphis build its own crime lab or wait on TBI staffing and pay reforms?
As the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seeks millions of dollars to boost pay and fill crime lab staffing shortages, Memphis leaders look for answers in Nashville, Houston and other cities that built their own crime labs.
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A tale of two cities: How Nashville built the crime lab that Memphis couldn’t
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Public Safety A tale of two cities: How Nashville built a crime lab Memphis couldn’t
Following the murder of Eliza Fletcher, questions loom about MPD’s systems in investigating violent crime.
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Visual ArtsThe art of business: How Arrow Creative bolsters local artists
Memphis Fashion Week founders established Arrow Creative as an incubator and studio space for local artists to “really push that creative entrepreneur spirit.”
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South Memphis Louise Patterson, wife of former COGIC presiding bishop, set the standard
“She had a very unique way of connecting with women of all ages, concerning real-life issues. She would often share her personal testimony and human experiences about life.” — Bishop Brandon Porter
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Table TalkChickasaw Oaks store keeps your gifts under wraps
Last Christmas, in a mountain of boxes, wrapping paper and ribbon, the on-site gift-wrapper at Saddle Creek had an epiphany.
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