Political Roundup: DA’s race goes critical, August ballot shakeout
The Democratic primary race for district attorney is about to turn from general calls for change to who can upset incumbent Republican Amy Weirich.Related story:
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April 2022
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Star Trek Day is back, beaming into Black Lodge Video
Shelby County Star Trek Day returns with a live event this year Friday, April 8, at Black Lodge Video.
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Mulroy questions diversity in the DA’s office
Steve Mulroy said the ethnic makeup of the Shelby County District Attorney’s office does not reflect the city. Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich disputed this, saying her office has made an effort to increase diversity.
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What a Democratic District Attorney’s office would look like
Each of the three Democratic primary candidates for Shelby County District Attorney General pledge to make deep reforms in the prosecutor’s office.
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March 2022
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What change in the DA’s office could look like on first day
On The Daily Memphian’s On The Record Podcast, the three Democratic primary contenders for Shelby County District Attorney General discussed what happens in the prosecutor’s office on day one if they upset incumbent Amy Weirich in August.
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Moody’s friends come forward as he challenges Harris, hints at revealing memos
Democrat Ken Moody and Republican Worth Morgan have words of criticism for incumbent Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris as they campaign for his job.
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U of M law professors file brief in voting rights restoration case
Only nine states in the nation require former felons to pay off fines, fees or court costs before being allowed to vote again. Tennessee is one of them.
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Democrats call for unity to defeat incumbent DA
Two of the three Democratic candidates running for Shelby County District Attorney came together Monday to call for unity and a change to the criminal justice system by defeating current District Attorney Amy Weirich.
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February 2022
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Weirich, Gov. Lee post fundraising advantage over challengers
The dollar figures are among the campaign finance reports covering the past six months. They also show Republican county mayoral contender Worth Morgan has a balance of $159,540.
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January 2022
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Political roundup: Morgan talks differences with Harris; 3 Democratic DA contenders pledge changes
Republican mayoral contender Worth Morgan emphasized his differences on crime with Democratic incumbent Lee Harris. The three Democrats seeking to challenge Republican District Attorney Amy Weirich in August said the prosecutors office would change profoundly if any of them upset Weirich.
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December 2021
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Mulroy makes three as he announces for high-profile DA race
The race for District Attorney General is taking shape as a key moment and a key office in the debate about criminal justice reform in a city where violent crime is rising.
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Mulroy likely to enter District Attorney General’s race
Mulroy, a two-term Shelby County commissioner and 2014 candidate for Shelby County mayor, has invited several county elected officials for the Thursday, Dec. 9, announcement in Midtown.
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August 2021
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Both parties like ‘low-tech’ voting, former commissioner says
One of the county’s most vocal advocates for a new voting system with hand-marked paper ballots says the push for such a system isn’t part of the national political movement that contends Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.
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May 2021
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Personal injury law: A competitive game played out on TV
The local personal injury law marketplace is not for the faint of heart, as legitimate firms spend millions of dollars on advertising and “bad actors” in the profession engage in illegal solicitation of clients that has triggered the attention of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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February 2021
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Suspended SCS principal is suing district on free-speech grounds
Principal Barton Thorne called it “shocking and disappointing” to be removed for speaking to students about the First Amendment.
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January 2021
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Cordova High principal placed on leave for controversial comments
Principal’s comments on the power social media and big tech companies have are under scrutiny from Shelby County Schools officials.
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What will history say about COVID vaccine delivery, administration?
Delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine is just another step on the long road toward herd immunity. Getting there will require a level of effectiveness apart from the vaccine itself. History will judge leaders’ success as we all pursue a return to the “old” normal.
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November 2020
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A house divided: Political split often falls along city/rural lines
Political and cultural division in Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the country, is real. But as polarized as Americans might be, it has been worse and it can get better.
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July 2020
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State Supreme Court weighs expansion of absentee voting
The state's highest court heard the state's appeal of the recent expansion of mail-in absentee voting ordered last month by a Nashville Chancery Court. The state says absentee ballots are a privilege and not a right. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argue that in the current pandemic, in-person voting is a choice for voters between their health and their right to vote.
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February 2020
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As primary nears, campaigns heat up for ‘election of a lifetime’
Actor and activist Ashley Judd campaigned in the city Wednesday for Elizabeth Warren. Rival Michael Bloomberg comes to town Friday, and former Vice President Joe Biden's ads will saturate local television on the way to Super Tuesday.
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January 2020
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Hand-marked paper ballots for elections get new push
Commissioners talk about new voting machines next week, and the election commission plans to buy and begin using new voting machines this election year – but so far the focus has been on paper trails and not paper ballots to mark.
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October 2019
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Sanford: Shelby County Democrats embrace the L word
On the night Mississippi voters are deciding between two degrees of conservatism, Shelby County Democrats will gather in Germantown to ask the question, “How Liberal Are You?”
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October 2018
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November ballot questions join long line in last decade
Voters in Shelby County have decided 52 referendums in the last decade of elections, from wine sales in food stores to the formation of suburban school systems to amendments to the Tennessee Constitution.
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