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The Memphis area seems to be dealing with the continued fall-out from COVID-19, as schools adjust and reconfigure their opening plans and testing delays hamper businesses and the health care system. The county’s positivity rate for the virus continues to rise, while activists look to shift funding from the police to education. We hope you enjoy catching up on the latest news stories from our community. If you’re a Daily Memphian subscriber, we appreciate your support. If not, please consider signing up for unlimited access to all of our local news coverage.
District officials are also looking for community partners to help parents unable to be home with their school children.
By Linda A. Moore
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On Sunday, July 26, the overall positivity rate of coronavirus tests in Shelby County reached 10%.
By Elle Perry
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Some parents protested the district’s new in-person option for five days per week. Others feel the district made a difficult call, but the right call.
By Abigail Warren
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Dr. Jeff Warren says Shelby County now has "too many people who are sick to be able to randomly test people who aren’t."
By Jane Roberts
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DeCarcerate Memphis, a task force made up of criminal justice advocates and others, formed to demand transparency and accountability of the federal Operation Relentless Pursuit initiative launched in January in the city. The initiative includes a federal task force to fight violent crime.
By Yolanda Jones
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Despite calls from a White House task force leader for Tennessee to take stronger steps to curb the coronavirus spread, Gov. Bill Lee reiterated he doesn't plan to close down the state economy again and resisted the call for a statewide mask mandate.
By The Associated Press
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An attorney is looking into the deaths of three Shelby County Jail inmates who died within days of one another.
By Yolanda Jones
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As pandemic, racial injustice and political divisiveness ramp up stress, religious faith may offer comfort
United in the fight against COVID-19, but divided by social and political issues, faith may offer America its best opportunity for community and shared healing.
By Don Wade
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On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the County Commission chairman says the differences between the two don't appear to extend to the rest of the commission. Mark Billingsley also said he hopes to move to lift the county hiring budget freeze once there is a reconciliation of the budget approved by the commission last month after rejecting Mayor Lee Harris's original proposal.
By Bill Dries
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Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter's county health board proposal is drawing some resistance from suburban leaders who want to know more about its powers. The last county health board was abolished in 1909 and was no stranger to controversy.
By Bill Dries
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A protest about police funding moved from Overton Park to the steps of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Saturday. When protesters attempted to move inside 201 Poplar, they were turned away by sheriff's deputies.
By Jared Boyd
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