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Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland opened his reelection campaign headquarters Tuesday in Poplar Plaza, citing his record and setting a goal to "accelerate momentum" if elected to a second term.
Mayor Jim Strickland and former Mayor Willie Herenton have raised their rhetoric about each other in recent days after initially avoiding direct criticism of each other.
The site for a new Raleigh farmers market and community park is near the Raleigh Town Center development site.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says the Memphis in May International Festival will move to an alternate site temporarily in 2021 to accommodate construction in Tom Lee Park.
Mayoral contenders Tami Sawyer and Jim Strickland are mixing old-fashioned door-to-door campaigning with canvassing apps that show the voting histories of households.
The second quarter campaign finance reports show a big difference between Mayor Jim Strickland and his two closest challengers by the amount of money raised. But one of those challengers outspent him for the quarter.
Memphis mayoral contender Willie Herenton says plans to change Tom Lee Park are “asinine” and he accused Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland of delaying a decision on the changes proposed by the Memphis River Parks Partnership until after the Oct. 3 race.
As many as 30 more new homes could follow two new homes completed recently on Whitney Avenue in Frayser. The effort comes with some city investments and some remaining challenges from the Great Recession.
A Thursday "job fair on steroids" at the Fairgrounds includes 71 employers and a dozen training programs as well as such basics as a business headshot and resume advice.
Mayoral contender Tami Sawyer and incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland differ greatly on how they believe the Memphis Police Department should be set up to fight the city's violent crime issues.
Former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton has a campaign war chest of $62,037 as of July, according to his campaign finance report filed Wednesday.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s campaign war chest stands at more than $1 million in a second-quarter campaign finance report to be filed with the Shelby County Election Commission by Wednesday.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talks about his re-election bid, the sales tax referendum and crime as we review early campaign finance reports.
Memphis mayoral contender and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer is calling for a neighborhood council to brings concerns of communities to City Hall as well as an immigrant support services office for city government and an action plan to combat infant mortality.
As former Memphis mayors Dick Hackett and A C Wharton can attest, the top city job requires political skill in the face of bad news or calamity.
Mayor Jim Strickland talks about improving MATA as former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young discusses how a mass transit system was built there beginning in the 1970's.
M&M Enterprises of Memphis will lead private redevelopment of the Fairgrounds, the city announced Tuesday.
The annual political picnic in southwest Memphis might be considered an enclave of old guard Memphis politics. But picnic host Sidney Chism warns veteran politicians have to make their case to win support from the new generation of activists and voters.
Tami Sawyer talks about the Brandon Webber shooting, MATA funding and other issues on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.
The South's first black millionaire was remembered Tuesday, on what would have been his 180th birthday, with a Beale Street parade where the heart of his business empire once stood.
The city's minority business service center in the recently renovated and reopened Universal Life Building has been renamed the Fred L. Davis Innovation Center.
A two-day visit to Memphis by Gov. Bill Lee included signing a bill dropping state fees for expungements. The move comes against a backdrop of reaction to the weekend slaying of financial executive Glenn Cofield and a rise in homicides compared to this time last year.
Having a criminal record can be a tough barrier to workforce entry, and we don’t want a lack of funds to be the barrier between getting a job or going back to a life of crime.
Our history of cross-racial voting calls into question whether Memphis might not be ripe for a redistricting of city council and county commission districts that intentionally makes them racially diverse instead of solidly black or solidly white.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Thursday the City of Memphis has partnered with Operation HOPE to bring HOPE Inside financial coaching and education to city employees and their families