Memphis International Airport begins $700 million upgrade
The airport improvements, funded in part by $50.6 million in federal grants, will take about six years.
Topic: Steve Cohen
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September 2025
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Cohen says mayor has little choice in National Guard deployment to Memphis: ‘The mayor’s got a tough job’
“If (Trump) will say ... after the National Guard leaves and tells the world that Memphis is the safest city in the world, Donald come on,” U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday.
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Politics infiltrates festivals; school board races show signs of life
Also in the political roundup, County Mayor Lee Harris has connections to several contenders on the 2026 ballot and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen signs onto the Epstein files discharge petition.
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August 2025
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$50.6M in federal grants awarded to Memphis International Airport
“Memphis International Airport isn’t just the busiest cargo airport in North America; it’s a critical gateway for passengers and businesses,” said Congressman Steve Cohen in a release. “These federal resources strengthen our economy, support jobs, and ensure Memphis remains connected as a vital hub to the rest of the world.”
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Israel-Hamas war hot topic at Steve Cohen town hall
Tennesee’s only Democratic U.S. Congressman also gave his support to a Memphis City Council member’s run for governor.
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July 2025
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Epstein files fight draws a Tennessee politico into the ring, while another stays on the ropes
U.S. Rep. John Rose, who’s running for governor, blames turmoil on “liberal media.” Possible GOP primary challenger U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is silent on the topic.
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How Memphis’ two Congressmen voted on the $9B federal funding takeback
The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and David Kustoff in the Friday, July 18, final vote on the $9 billion spending-cut bill that the Senate approved Thursday.
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D.C. Scorecard: Memphis US reps split on Big, Beautiful Bill
The One Big, Beautiful Bill of tax and spending cuts cleared the U.S. House of Representatives in a 218-214 vote.
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June 2025
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Political Roundup: XAI divide grows, Young in D.C. and the race for governor
Also in the Political Roundup: City vs. county at Southwind High, a short history of going from the Senate to the governor’s mansion in Tennessee and Lee Harris on his successor and his next campaign.
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Tennessee leaders push federal legislation to fix roads around airports
The Don’t Miss Your Flight Act would “create a discretionary grant program” and use existing funds for improvements to road, bridge, tunnel, passenger-rail or transit projects at or within 5 miles of a public airport.
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May 2025
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Le Bonheur revs up new high-tech ambulances
Dr. Trey Eubanks, Le Bonheur president and surgeon-in-chief, said they are “fully equipped to take care of the tiniest babies — premature infants to trauma patients to severely ill patients with pneumonia — from all across our community.”
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D.C. Scorecard: How Memphis’ reps voted on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The scorecard tracks how the city’s representatives voted in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate where the state’s two U.S. senators have already indicated they favor it.
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March 2025
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Opinion: Cohen says Memphis wants results, not chaos
“Congressman John Lewis taught us that sometimes we have to get into ‘good trouble.’ Necessary trouble. Because when the system is under attack, silence eventually becomes complicity.”
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Political Roundup: The race for Democratic chair; Tesla and townhalls
The political roundup focuses on a busy Saturday. Democrats discussed what has gone wrong in the party, and we look at some tumultuous Congressional townhall meetings of the past.
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Steve Cohen pillories Trump before hundreds at town hall
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen holds a town hall meeting Tuesday night, blasting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk while trying to calm nervous constituents.
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D.C. Scorecard: Federal government avoids shutdown
The D.C. Scorecard tracks how Memphis’ representatives in Washington voted in the passage of a continuing resolution and looks at past trips to or near a government shutdown.
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February 2025
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Political Roundup: NYC mayor dropped charges recall Ford Sr. case
Also, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn goes to the White House with the new FBI director, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen tracks Trump and the City Council walks the line with Elon Musk.
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D.C. Scorecard: Trump administration is ‘cleaning house’
Also, the TacoNGanas raid is felt in the nation’s capital, Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty pushes back on “Face the Nation,” Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says Secretary Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” and more.
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January 2025
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D.C. Scorecard: What Memphis’ elected officials are saying ahead of Trump’s second term
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, has called on the Senate to reject several of Trump’s appointees, including Robert Kennedy Jr
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Blackburn says Senate priorities are Trump nominees, immigration, tax cuts
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee talked with reporters online after taking the oath of office Friday, Jan. 3, to begin her second six-year term in the upper chamber.
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Young: ‘Turn down the drama and the foolishness’
Memphis Mayor Paul Young marked the first year of his four-year term as mayor at a New Year’s Day prayer breakfast where he talked about “turmoil” in schools and other “drama” locally.
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December 2024
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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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November 2024
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‘It’s all about love': Memphian honored as industry group’s Caregiver of the Year
On Friday, Sharon Young was honored for her decades of providing daily, hands-on care for her patients at Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab.
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Tennessee Democratic, Republican officials digest election results
After the presidential general election, those on the prevailing side already moving on plans that were made as voters were casting ballots. Those on the losing side were weighing close margins between the ideologies.
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Top of the ballot: Johnson, Blackburn and the 8th and 9th Congressional Districts
Here are the federal races at the top of Shelby County’s ballot, including a presidential field that has more candidates than just the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
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