City Council to take final vote on gun control, discuss $10 million budget moves
Most of the budget amendment would come from city reserves and includes $5 million for the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
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February 2025
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January 2025
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New neighborhoods division would consolidate some city functions
The Division of Neighborhood Improvements was outlined as a more focused approach to persistent blight in the city’s residential areas. City Council members want to know more about the latest shift in the city’s blight strategy.
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Chickasaw Gardens street closures hit indefinite roadblock
The long-delayed Memphis City Council votes on closing two Chickasaw Gardens streets to auto traffic has been delayed indefinitely.
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City Council reappoints C.J. Davis
The Memphis City Council took up the reappointment of C.J. Davis, which had been on hold for a year.
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Chickasaw Gardens street closures hit indefinite roadblock
New neighborhoods division would consolidate some city functions
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Memphis mayor to propose new Neighborhoods Division
The city council agenda also includes a discussion of the proposed Chickasaw Gardens street closures but no vote on the long-delayed pair of resolutions for another two weeks.
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City Council deciding how to enact gun-control measures
The Nov. 5 referendums on a set of three gun-control measures that would apply to Memphis were just a first step toward a local ordinance that would counteract current state gun laws.
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Gun-control ordinance, ironically a ‘trigger’ law, clears first vote at City Council
None of the provisions can take effect until or unless state laws are changed to permit the provisions in the ordinance.
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Hollywood actress takes leading role in Chickasaw Gardens gate controversy
A group of Memphians opposed to the gates, including a Golden Globe-nominated actress, has retained Alex Wharton of the Wharton Law Firm to look into potential First Amendment issues associated with the proposed barriers.
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City Council takes next step for Memphis gun control
The ordinance, which is up for the first of three votes, would make a set of gun-ownership limits a part of the city code of ordinances.
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December 2024
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Taxes, guns, cops and schools: The top City Council votes of 2024
Here’s a review of some of the major decisions the Memphis City Council made in 2024, including tax hikes, gun referendums and more.
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Political Roundup: The school board’s bad night, tracking D.C. votes and new council meeting time
The MSCS board has a history of lots of citizens showing up at its meetings in a bad mood. The political roundup also tracks how the city’s D.C. representatives voted on the plan to keep the federal government open. Meanwhile, the city council will meet at 4 p.m. in the new year instead of 3:30 p.m.
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City Council punts vote on Chickasaw Gardens gates to new year
The proposed gates have been met with opposition, with an attorney for those in surrounding neighborhoods saying it gives “at least the appearance of being elitist and exclusionary.”
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City Council takes final vote on ‘More for Memphis’ startup
The last City Council meeting of 2024 also includes the return of a pair of Chickasaw Gardens street closings to the agenda and the appointment of a new city public works director.
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City Council shuffles money around as needs change in ‘tight’ budget
The Memphis City Council addressed changing fiscal needs, and approved funding shifts for a Downtown Police Command Center and annual property-tax payments by MLGW.
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Memphis may sue Hyundai over car thefts
The lawsuit would claim that “defects in the vehicles” have contributed to a “dramatic increase in car thefts locally” that have cost the city by way of increased law enforcement.
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November 2024
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At least 48 gangs active in Memphis, interim police chief says
The Memphis Police Department’s new fugitive task force has made around 614 arrests in the two months it has been operating, Col. Frank Winston told Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Nov. 26.
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Memphis City Council delays state violence-intervention funding to ensure coordinated effort
Memphis City Council members expressed support for the violence-intervention funding but delayed a vote. The council also discussed ways to overcome the stalled fight against blight.
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MLGW budget sails through Memphis City Council vote
MLGW’s $2.5 billion budget doesn’t include any rate increases for the current year, but a previously passed 4% electric rate increase will take effect next year.
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City could ask MLGW to study cost of moving offices
The Memphis City Council has an eye toward the future of Downtown and MLGW’s place in it.
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New state crime grant for Memphis tops $39 million
The Memphis City Council is also expected to take up gates to the Chickasaw Gardens neighborhood and more at its next session.
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With Council’s Cordova high ‘death blow’ vote, Frayser high could be built first
“We’ve got to face the reality,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said. “The (Cordova) project may not be dead permanently, but it’s suffered a pretty big death blow.”
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City Council votes down permit for new Cordova high school
City Council members cited concerns about traffic safety around the site as well as hazardous materials and industrial uses at that location in the past.
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City Council discusses game plan after approval of gun referendums
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More for Memphis wants to create united front against childhood poverty
Organizers of the More for Memphis plan are pitching elected officials on a new board to assign more than $1 billion in funding to efforts they say would solve the city’s economic mobility problem.
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City Council discusses game plan after approval of gun referendums
Also, public art of a rat drew the ire of some council members. “We’ve got one guy who is sort of stepping in the poop, and we are all having to smell it,” Jeff Warren said.
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City, county collab raises $100M to help Memphians in poverty
The Memphis City Council will dig into the “cross-governmental” More for Memphis plan, solar arrays to power the zoo and more at their meeting Tuesday, Nov. 12.
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