The budget season is among the topics discussed on this week’s “Behind The Headlines.” Listen to Toby Sells of The Memphis Flyer and Omer Yusuf of The Daily Memphian, discussing the budget season as well as the removal of what’s left of the memorial in Health Sciences Park to Confederate general, slave trader and Ku Klux Klan grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Be sure to listen the Grizzlies season recap with Drew Hill and Geoff Calkins. How far do they think the Grizzlies can go next season? Do they think the Grizzlies should pay Jaren Jackson Jr.?

On Sound Bites, Jennifer Biggs talked about the Roar and Pour at the Memphis Zoo and her two guests were a big part of the event at the zoo. Alex Castle, the master distiller at Old Dominick and McCauley Williams, CEO of B.R. Distilling.

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The path of the two budget seasons and the use of federal funds to close financial gaps — plus other topics — are the focus of a reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines.”

The Grizzlies’ season is over. Where will Memphis go from here? By Drew Hill

Roar and Pour is the first big event at the Memphis Zoo since the onset of COVID. By Jennifer Biggs

BLDG Memphis’ Deveney Perry and Stand for Children Tennessee’s Cardell Orrin join host Eric Barnes to discuss the budget priorities for 2021-22 budgets for the City of Memphis and Shelby County. In addition, guests talk about local economic issues the new budgets are and are not addressing. By Eric Barnes

On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the leader of the coalition of nonprofits calling for different budget priorities questions the resetting of the city and county property tax rates by state law. Cardell Orrin says the city and county rates should stay where they are and not be viewed as a tax hike for all. By Bill Dries

The Grizzlies have leaned on the hot hand of Ja Morant through their first two playoff games.  By Drew Hill, Chris Herrington

City Parks and Neighborhoods Division Director Nick Walker, on “Behind The Headlines,” talks about the importance of outdoor areas in post-pandemic life. By Bill Dries

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