There are 105 article(s) tagged Daily Memphian Politics podcast:

• February 2021

  • Wanted: Better paying jobs to attract talent to Memphis

    ‘We haven’t gone after those jobs ... that would make people drop everything and move to Memphis,' City Council member Martavius Jones said.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2021

• January 2021

  • PILOT reform discussions try to avoid PowerPoints and path of past efforts

    Before Shelby County Commissioners and Memphis City Council members get together to talk about changing the most used tax incentive in local economic development, they want to do more than watch PowerPoint presentations on PILOTs – payments in lieu of taxes.

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2021

  • Remus says Democrats will challenge Lee in 2022 governor’s race

    The new Tennessee Democratic Party chairman says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that challenging Republican majorities in the Tennessee Legislature will take longer. 

    By Bill Dries January 23, 2021

  • State GOP chairman says ‘redder’ Tennessee also comes with challenges for Republicans

    Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Scott Golden, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the map to winning Tennessee may have changed with some suburban areas turning purple. 

    By Bill Dries January 16, 2021

  • Local Democrats look to Georgia model to end GOP dominance in Tennessee

    Former local Democratic party Chairman Corey Strong, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the Georgia model of bringing activists and organizers into the state party machinery will take time — probably six to 10 years to take Tennessee from red to purple.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2021

• December 2020

  • Pandemic, police reform, political divide and county budget rift top Year In Review podcast

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast offers a review of the year 2020 centered on four major events. Three of the four were national in scope. The fourth is a local story that has broad implications for the gap between aspirations and the reality of governing.

    By Bill Dries December 25, 2020

  • Organizers say down-ballot races key to Tennessee Democrats

    Several dozens activists and organizers working for Democratic candidates in the 2020 elections have drafted a “roadmap to renewal” for the state party. A Memphis organizer talks about the roadmap on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. The recommendations come as the party prepares to elect a new statewide leader in January.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2020

  • Lamar Avenue leads the way in how Memphis 3.0 could change city’s look

    The six-mile stretch through Orange Mound is changing, using the year-old Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan. Lots of other parts of the city want to follow the same path.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2020

  • Alexander Exit Interview: Trump’s influence on GOP will continue

    Sen. Lamar Alexander also said President Donald Trump has a record to be proud of during the interview on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. And he said he carried Memphis in his five statewide general election wins by campaigning everywhere in the county, not just the Republican suburbs.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2020

• November 2020

  • Voter alliance uses familiar political tools for nonpartisan outreach

    The Shelby County Voter Alliance is working after its debut effort in the presidential general election cycle to hold the interest of voters through 2021.

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2020

  • Parkinson renews call to change marijuana laws

    The chairman of the Shelby County legislative delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly talked about the issue on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. 

    By Bill Dries November 14, 2020

• October 2020

  • Growth in voters and voter turnout comes with questions

    The founder of one of the get out the vote groups working locally says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that higher turnout is part of a national trend. But detailed numbers also show ongoing problems in access to the vote.

    By Bill Dries October 24, 2020

  • Absentee votes will complicate election night returns

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the unofficial vote count may be tallied by midnight Nov. 3. But counting absentee ballots is a complex process.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2020

  • MLGW-TVA discussion must move faster, city council member says

    Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast says there could still be an agreement on the next step in the MLGW-TVA issue. He also warns that the Tennessee Legislature could close the door on a possible MLGW exit from TVA if there isn’t a shorter timeline.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2020

  • Gibson outlines ‘front-loaded’ redevelopment plan for South Memphis

    Business leader and developer J.W. Gibson talks about the South Memphis TIF taking in Soulsville, LeMoyne-Owen College and the old Metro Plaza on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries October 04, 2020

• September 2020

  • City Council grants process evolves and adjusts for pandemic

    Martavius Jones, the Memphis City Council budget committee chairman who oversaw pitches by more than 150 nonprofits seeking a share of $1.95 million, has problems with the way grants are awarded. 

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2020

  • Van Turner: Reform vote ‘is not against law enforcement’

    Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner has seen first hand the impact of violent crime on his commission district which includes Hickory Hill. But Turner says it’s possible to back law enforcement and be opposed to a militarization of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Memphis Police Department.

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2020

  • Mississippi Blvd. pastor calls for ‘clear, identifiable shifts’ in policing

    The pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church thinks the first part of Mayor Jim Strickland’s effort to reform the Memphis Police Department didn’t go far enough.

    By Bill Dries September 06, 2020

• August 2020

  • A political valley on the road to Nov. 3

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast recaps some events from the past week and some of the recently certified election results are cause to go looking through some numbers from the historic 1991 city elections.

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2020

  • City Parks director says parks seeing ‘renaissance’ in pandemic

    Nick Walker, who recently went from interim to permanent director of the city’s division of parks and neighborhoods, talked about the change and the move to a parks master plan on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2020

  • The August Election Roundup: What Happened and Why

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast features a 10-minute roundup of what the Thursday vote count means.

    By Bill Dries August 08, 2020

  • Police force of 2,800 key to community policing, city experts say

    Phyllis Betts and Richard Janikowski have set a new bar for growing the Memphis Police Department ranks to 2,800. They talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about calls for more police amid calls locally for changing the fundamentals of policing and even the share of government funds devoted to policing.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2020

• July 2020

  • Billingsley says Ford-Ray dueling letters ‘pretty antagonistic’

    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 July 25, 2020

  • Morgan says local reaction to George Floyd still awaits real legislative police reform

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Worth Morgan talks about his possible move to take police out of the city's civil service system and calls a move to cancel the November referendum allowing the city to hire police from outside Shelby County "the ultimate hypocrisy."

    By Bill Dries July 11, 2020

  • MLGW-TVA decision enters critical phase

    The public comment period on the first draft of the study that plays a crucial role in whether the city-owned utility stays with the federal agency ends Monday.

    By Bill Dries July 04, 2020