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The trio of ordinances affecting the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and corrections officers advanced automatically in Monday’s first of three votes on the measures. A second reading will be held in two weeks and a third is tentatively set in October.
Shelby County commissioners approved a waiver to the freeze Monday for county firefighters but put off another waiver for 78 more positions in other departments.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' administration officials answered questions as county commissioners prepare for another review of the fiscal 2021 budget.
The Shelby County Commission's public transit ad hoc committee's work will be reviewed, but there won't be more money in the budget for transit.
Shelby County's proposed budget for fiscal 2021 includes $13.5 million in cuts and prioritizes COVID-19 necessities.
Shelby County's human resources officials now have tools to enforce the county's residency mandate for employees.
As COVID-19 impacts tax revenues and creates other demands for Shelby County government, funding MATA will probably have to wait.
Details on how the county defines residency and what employees need to prove it passed in an ordinance on first reading.
There are things the Shelby County can and can't do to raise $10 million for public transit.
The proposal could still pass on third reading.
Commissioner Tami Sawyers defends her opinion on law enforcement officers living where they work.
Participants at a Shelby County public transportation ad hoc committee examined a number of ways the county can find dedicated funding for MATA.
The Shelby County commissioners chairing the ad hoc committee sorting out county funding for city buses talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about eliminating some of the bells and whistles that have emerged to get to the funding.
Shelby County Commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mick Wright talk about the effort to get some kind of county funding for the city bus system back on the road and what that means in terms of accountability and what taxpayers can afford.
Shelby County Commissioners voted down on first reading Monday an ordinance that would let voters decide if county workers must live in the county.
An ad hoc committee of the County Commission on residency for Shelby County workers is considering limited exceptions for sheriff's deputies and fire department personnel.
A Shelby County Commission ad hoc committee intends to make it harder for county workers to live outside the county.
An ordinance that would put the question of residency requirements for employees to Shelby County voters failed in committee Wednesday.
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley thinks the full commission will be able to vote on revised county residency rules for workers by late January.
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley will establish an ad hoc committee to clarify the county's residency requirements for county employees.
The Shelby County Commission's general government committee will discuss ways to tighten employee residency requirements or getting rid of them all together on Wednesday.
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright had hopes of unifying the county through a redesigned flag, but that won't happen right away.
Implicit in Mayor Lee Harris' $145 transit fee proposal is the notion that the county’s revenue is fully optimized, and that additional collections would be best directed toward bus subsidies, ahead of all other investments. I don’t agree with either of these assumptions.
James Meredith is scheduled to attend the dedication ceremony Friday for the James Meredith Building at 157 Poplar Avenue. In 1966, Meredith began his march in Memphis through Mississippi to encourage African Americans to register to vote.