High 5 Entertainment hopes to be open at Liberty Park in 2025
Austin, Texas-based High 5 Entertainment hopes to be open at Liberty Park in mid-2025, its CEO told The Daily Memphian Wednesday morning, Nov. 1.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development.
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City of MemphisMemphis bet $100 million on Liberty Park; now the city could be in the red on the bonds
Memphis is betting big on Liberty Park, but public records show a big shortfall in covering that bet.
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October 2023
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City of Memphis Memphis postpones argument over extending sewer service to the county until February
The Memphis City Council Tuesday, Oct. 24, postponed an ordinance dealing with the city extending sewer service into unincorporated Shelby County.
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Comcast clashes with City Council, rival company in broadband discussion
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City of Memphis MLGW moves one step closer to new HQ, leaving Downtown
The MLGW Board of Commissioners moved the City of Memphis owned utility one step closer to leaving Downtown and buying a new headquarters in Cordova.
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MLGW board approves electric rate hikes, City Council up next
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City of Memphis MLGW board approves electric rate hikes, City Council up next
Shelby County electric rates are one step closer to going up 12% over the next three years.
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Public Safety Former MPD members file motion to dismiss Tyre Nichols lawsuit
Attorneys for a former officer and a former lieutenant of the Memphis Police Department argue the $550 million civil lawsuit should have been filed by Tyre Nichols’ young son.
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On the RecordInside the strategy of a winning mayoral campaign
The On The Record podcast talks to Daniel Deriso and Grif Gray, who helped guide Mayor-elect Paul Young’s successful campaign.
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City of Memphis Amid stadium negotiations, Young will flip the coin at U of M-Tulane game
The University of Memphis’ athletic director says the U of M wants to start building a relationship with the mayor-elect.
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City of MemphisNew mayor wants pandemic-level response to crime
Memphis mayor-elect Paul Young answers questions from The Daily Memphian about his campaign, staffing plans, stadium funding and other issues.
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Memphis Tigers Football U of M athletic director: Delay on stadium could cost millions
Veatch says a delay could cost the University of Memphis years of revenue.
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Metro Janet Hooks dies at 70
Hooks served on the Memphis City Council for 14 years, ran the Memphis Parks Department under Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and was recently named special adviser to the troubled office of the Shelby County Clerk.
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City of MemphisAnalysis: What’s next for MLGW’s power-generating investments
MLGW president and CEO Doug McGowen’s plan, if approved, could help address Memphis’ present and future power needs.
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City of Memphis City votes to accept state money for stadiums as mayor, governor address negotiations
The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to accept $350 million in cash from the state, while Gov. Bill Lee said the state would always work to do what is in the city’s best interest.
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City of MemphisIn Young’s swagger and hope, Memphians see a chance for Memphis to turn tide
With those words and what he said in his victory speech, the mayor-elect embodied the swagger and the hope that his supporters believe he could bring back to Memphis.
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ElectionsPaul Young outpaces three strong challengers to take mayor’s seat
“This is not a me thing. This is a we thing,” Paul Young said from his campaign headquarters Thursday, Oct. 5.
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Blog: Election night in Memphis wraps with new mayor, three council seats headed for runoff
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ElectionsThe runoff what-if and other takeaways from election night
With no runoff to face, Paul Young will become the next Memphis mayor with just over 27% of the vote. And that doesn’t even factor in the low turnout for Thursday’s election.
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Janika White says Memphis voters want ‘the basics’
“To have a family that is safe; has a good educational system for you to be able to send your children to ... People want the basics. It’s not anything new,” said the Memphis City Council super district candidate.
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Cooper-Young residents vote, one says crime will be solved ‘as a community’
The biggest issue facing the city is crime, Steven Twombly said. He said the city would solve it “as a community.”
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‘The most important issue facing the city is crime’
Voter Jody Becker said most candidates focused on more police but she didn’t think that would help and the city needed “much stricter gun laws.”
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Paul Young votes at First Evangelical Church
Young said he voted for himself. “It was a tough decision,” he said with a smile.
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Sports Leftwich Tennis Center set for November public opening
The nonprofit that runs four of the city’s tennis facilities announced price increases for the newly renovated tennis center.
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ElectionsAttack ads blanket the airwaves in the home stretch of Memphis mayor’s race
Two polls made public – one in August and one in early September – showed essentially a four-way race for mayor among Floyd Bonner, Willie Herenton, Van Turner and Paul Young.
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September 2023
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City of Memphis Memphis unveils $750 million fiber plan with goal of covering low-income areas
City would chip in $7 million to help low-income residents afford fiber — plus $15 million over 40 years to own part of the fiber’s capacity.
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Metro Lorean E. Jones, first female federal parole officer in district, dies
“She had that quiet strength,” State Rep. G.A. Hardaway said of the first female federal parole officer in the Western District of Tennessee, who was also influential in the historic Glenview neighborhood.
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Public Safety Five former officers won’t be part of Nichols civil suit until after criminal cases
The five are defendants in both the criminal and civil cases.
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