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The guard’s early actions appear more casual than the federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have flooded the streets as part of President Donald Trump’s Task Force, a multiagency crime reduction effort.
A map of local recipients of Tennessee’s voucher program expansion shows that most live in Shelby County’s top-earning zip codes.
“Absent an emergency or in the case of criminal misconduct, I do not believe the terms of elected officials should be shortened. As such, I hereby veto,” Harris wrote.
The campaign season, with its new partisan battles, could also include a legal challenge from incumbent board members.
A $271 million bond issuance from May helps cover funds needed for schools and hospital projects in Shelby County’s budget for the current fiscal year, Shelby County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Shante Avant said.
Losing access to bonds could jeopardize funding needed to improve schools, a trauma hospital and upgrade 201 Poplar.
The Bayer building was once meant to be the district’s new headquarters.
Board member Natalie McKinney won the position in a 6-3 vote that appeared to reveal lingering rifts among board members over its decision to oust Marie Feagins from the superintendent seat in January.
Gov. Bill Lee outlined plans for Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force on Friday, saying that the first personnel could be in the Bluff City on Monday, Sept. 29.
About 1,200 students will have to attend a new campus in the fall if the board approves Memphis-Shelby County Schools' plan to close four buildings and transfer a fifth.
Assessments of Memphis-Shelby County Schools' buildings estimated repair costs throughout the next 10 years. Costs to keep buildings in shape are expected to be among the factors that determine which Memphis schools may close.
WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines” remembered Smith, who died Sept. 17, for his early contributions to the show. The reporter’s roundtable edition also discussed the pending National Guard deployment to Memphis.
Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the National Guard will not be doing any detainment.
Daily Memphian reporters talked to Memphis residents to find out if they support President Donald Trump’s new task force. See The Daily Memphian’s full coverage of the Memphis Safe Task Force
A former FedEx board member suggested President Donald Trump send the National Guard to Memphis.
“I did not ask for the National Guard, and I don’t think it’s the way to drive down crime. However, that decision has been made,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said.
Shelby County Re-Entry executive DeAndre Brown, who was recently indicted on a slate of felony charges related to alleged misappropriation of public money, has stopped another legal effort to regain his gun rights.
MSCS received one bid for the property on 3030 Jackson Ave. from New Day Tennessee, which seeks to create a workforce development training ground for teens aging out of foster care across the state.
The closure proposals, set for the school board’s review in the coming weeks, will be the first part of a larger plan that’s now expected in December. A committee recently reviewed the types of data that district officials will rely upon to determine which schools will be slated to close.
Several donors supporting the renovations at the private school for girls gave in memory of Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, the former student and teacher who was killed three years ago in Memphis after being kidnapped during a morning run.
Roderick Richmond, the interim leader of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, pointed to failures of Tennessee’s state-run Achievement School District during a town hall meeting opposing takeover of the school system.
Damon Curry Morris, a frequent critic of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, faces a misdemeanor charge for violating a restraining order brought by MSCS board member Stephanie Love, according to police and court records.
The district is dealing with teacher vacancies and laptop problems, but otherwise reports a “smooth” first day of school.
As Porter-Leath works to enroll thousands more prekindergarten students, early-childhood education organization First 8 Memphis is continuing efforts toward free, quality classrooms for kids.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools has offers to purchase Humes Middle School in North Memphis from public utility Memphis Light, Gas and Water and local dance studio New Ballet Ensemble and School.