There are 62 article(s) tagged Michalyn Easter-Thomas:

• June 2020

  • SCS considers adding 15 days to school year to help students catch up

    The district plans to present a proposal to the school board on Tuesday, and estimates a longer school year would cost between $25 million and $30 million. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede June 15, 2020

• February 2020

  • Ed Rice center to close in May for construction

    Demolition on the current Ed Rice Community Center is set to begin in May, but community members still have questions about what the new facility will offer and what alternative services will be available during construction. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 27, 2020

• January 2020

  • ‘A new day dawning’ with a diverse, younger City Council

    'We must be a unified and united body. If we are not, we run the risks of watering down our legislative authority and allowing outside entities comprised of individuals not elected by the citizens of Memphis, essentially, to make legislative and budgetary decisions.' 

    By JB Smiley Jr. January 19, 2020

• November 2019

  • Sanford: Berlin Boyd couldn’t un-ring the bell

    It wasn’t just the insulting language that cost Berlin Boyd his council seat. Many voters were upset that he tended to favor big business over the needs of neighborhoods.

    By Otis Sanford November 21, 2019

  • Rhonda Logan kept ‘faith’ in pursuit of City Council seat

    Rhonda Logan's journey to the District 1 seat included a 100-vote marathon City Council meeting when she repeatedly fell one vote short of getting the appointment in late 2018. 

    By Omer Yusuf November 21, 2019

  • Logan, Easter-Thomas claim city council seats in low turnout runoffs

    Michalyn Easter-Thomas upset incumbent District 7 council member Berlin Boyd by a wide margin in runoff elections Thursday. And In District 1, challenger Rhonda Logan upset incumbent Sherman Greer.

    By Bill Dries, Omer Yusuf November 15, 2019

  • Final day of early voting in final election of 2019 is Saturday

    The five voting locations in two runoff city council races open Saturday for the last day of early voting. Election day is Nov. 14.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2019

• October 2019

  • Boyd, Easter-Thomas continue push for District 7 seat

    Early voting in the November runoff election for two City Council seats continues through Nov. 9. Election day is Nov. 14. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 30, 2019

  • Boyd, Easter-Thomas head to District 7 City Council runoff

    Incumbent City Councilman Berlin Boyd and Michalyn Easter-Thomas are preparing for a runoff to decide the city council's District 7 seat. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 05, 2019

• September 2019

  • Early voting in city elections picks up pace

    The numbers for early voting in the Oct. 3 Memphis elections show Friday's total was the first this year that exceeded the same day four years ago.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2019

• July 2019

  • Summer heat tests door-to-door campaign strategies

    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.

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2019

• June 2019

  • City Council challengers make Juneteenth campaign stops

    With several Juneteenth observances in different part of the city Saturday, candidates in the October Memphis elections were moving among them and other events on their summer political calendars.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2019