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Blight remediation, economic growth and a delicious sandwich to boot
Knowledge Quest’s new Green Leaf Cafe is opening officially in April and serving microgreens salads, salmon paninis and several burgers.
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 MemphisCrosstown Concourse lead architect sought to build equality, community
For his work on that project and other large, historic restorations, LRK managing principal Tony Pellicciotti will receive the American Institute of Architects’ highest honor.
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Health CareWhat to make of measles: The situation in Shelby County
Tennessee’s herd immunity is high, but most physicians practicing now have never treated a case of measles. And adults, especially those between 40 and 68 years of age, might want another dose of the vaccine.
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Health CareHealth department activates emergency plans after measles case confirmed
“Knowing where the case is and what population they are in ... that will really shape what we do over the next several days.”
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April 2025
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx laying off 200+ outside Nashville
The company is closing a site in Lebanon, Tennessee, as it is ceasing service to a key customer.
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Arts & CultureLocal museums, library organization brace for federal funding cuts
Appeal letters to Memphis Library Foundation supporters have already gone out as a new executive order would eliminate the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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BusinessHopes and fears swirl around tariffs in Memphis, starting at car lots
Depending on people’s points of view, tariffs will jumpstart U.S. manufacturing and create jobs or mire the economy in inflation. There’s little in-between.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash
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Spirit of Memphis Memphis entrepreneur, inventor framed his life in stained-glass
Dan Oppenheimer’s children say he saw no reason in retiring because his work gave him creative expression and avenues for improving the world.
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Business‘Now, we have to scale’ — local leaders talk AI opportunities
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is using AI to build three-dimensional models of patient tumors while IMC is using it in customer service. And Southwest Tennessee is creating a new two-year associate degree in AI programming.
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Education Tom Nenon guided U of M as philosopher, mentor and provost
“I mean, Tom was the kind of person that made a university a community,” said former university president M. David Rudd of Tom Nenon, who died Friday, April 4, of cancer.
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EducationCBU hit in purge of foreign students
As international students at CBU and the U of M, like others across the country, have their visas revoked, the issue is setting up new quandaries for college administrators.
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BusinessLocal company turns rice waste into ‘carbon gold’
Graphyte is trying to be one part of the climate solution, straight from the ground up.
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Education Trump-ousted National Endowment for Humanities head to talk at Rhodes
Shelly Lowe, who was asked to step down as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities by President Donald Trump in March, is giving a public lecture Thursday.
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Arts & Culture Former NEH head says agency will survive, but won’t be the same
Some state humanities councils, funded primarily by the agency, will begin closing in the next month, Shelly Lowe said.
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Education5 U of M students lose visas; told to leave country
As college enrollments have dwindled in the United States, many colleges have stepped up international recruiting to close the gap.
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May 2025
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Visual ArtsLamar Sorrento paints world only way he knows how
“Some people, their goal in life is to be their authentic selves. Most people never get there,” said a longtime friend. “(Lamar Sorrento’s) gotten there and gone past it, I think.”
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Education As executive order looms, PBS chief, WKNO fans fear for educational broadcasting
Public broadcasting has been threatened in the past, but local ties have largely enabled the stations to escape cutbacks — legislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting them down. The current threat is seen as the most serious in the system’s history.
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Arts & Culture Mellon Foundation gives $15M for emergency support of humanities councils
Tennessee Humanities will receive $200,000 for operations and an additional $50,000 to seed a challenge fund.
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Transportation & LogisticsLove low-cost stuff from China? The gettin’ just got complicated
For people who shop at Shein and Temu, online merchants of low-cost fashion and electronics that are based in China, prices have gone up.
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Spirit of MemphisGrand Carousel is a magic time machine for generations of one family
Jeannine Barganier’s father ran the ride in the 1940s, met his wife between the soaring horses and passed its magic to the next four generations.
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Spirit of Memphis Calvary’s stolen organ pipes are back and ready to be heard
Calvary Episcopal Church will celebrate the reconstruction of its 1935 Aeolian-Skinner organ, which was nearly silenced by the 2023 theft of its pipes.
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Education Rhodes welcomes new endowed humanities professor
“I am excited to grow creative collaborations around environmental humanities, especially care for water as our lifeblood,” Gretchen E. Henderson said.
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Education CBU studies partnership with Illinois university
As part of a long-term survival strategy, Christian Brothers University is considering a partnership with a sister campus located outside of Chicago.
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Transportation & LogisticsFedEx renews ties with Amazon after six-year split
It signs on to carry undisclosed volume of residential delivery, in multi-year contract.
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Arts & CultureFeeling a certain ennui about life? Have you tried mahjong?
The Chinese tile game is social, strategic and good for one’s cognitive ability. It’s also becoming increasingly popular.
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