There are 986 article(s) tagged Memphis City Council:

• October 2018

  • Council funds ‘public information campaign’ on referendums

    Memphis City Council members voted Tuesday to use the council’s government affairs account to fund a “public information campaign” on the three city charter amendment referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot.

    By Bill Dries October 23, 2018

  • City Council to consider Overton Square hotel back-up plan

    Plans for a hotel at Overton Square would include some acreage for stacked townhomes or apartment buildings if the Memphis City Council approves an amended version of the hotel plan on Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries October 22, 2018

  • More than awareness, Komen M3 subsidizes breast cancer care for region’s poorest

    It’s that time of year again when women and men bring the pink apparel to the front of their closets; pink ribbons can be seen pinned on lapels across the business community and even Memphis Tigers players done pink footwear and gloves.

    By Michelle Corbet October 12, 2018

  • Bellefonte-powered MLGW pitch generates doubts, questions

    The former chief operating officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority wants Memphis Light Gas and Water Division to drop TVA as its electrical power supplier in five years.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2018

  • City Council approves New Bellevue development by Hein Park

    Memphis City Council members approved a New Bellevue Baptist Church sanctuary and set of 17 single-family homes Tuesday, Oct. 9, on 4.6 acres of land on the border of the Hein Park subdivision.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2018

  • Council to discuss pending vacancies, rapid bus route, TBI investigations

    Memphis City Council members could discuss the process of filling three upcoming vacancies on the body when they meet Tuesday, Oct. 9.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 2018

• September 2018

  • City Council to discuss bus lanes on Second and B.B. King, vote on de-annexations

    Second Street and B.B. King Boulevard between Union Avenue and A.W. Willis Boulevard would each have a lane just for buses and other mass transit under a proposal to be discussed by a Memphis City Council committee Tuesday, Sept. 25.

    By Bill Dries September 25, 2018

  • City ready to re-institute Beale Street Bucks cover charge for security

    The first weekend the Downtown Memphis Commission and Memphis Police Department considered reinstituting a cover charge on Beale Street did not occur.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2018

  • Protests, arrests, proposed new law follow ‘disturbing’ shooting

    Two days after Martavious Banks was critically wounded by a Memphis police officer in a shooting, protesters stood on the sidewalk at the entrance to the Airways police precinct calling for justice Wednesday night. About 50 protesters, some with bullhorns and carrying signs that read, “We have our cameras on," arrived shortly before 7 p.m. to the “Citywide Protest” organized by Memphis activist, Mac Freddie. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 20, 2018

  • Airways Middle School zoning change leads with billboard

    Few items to be voted on at City Hall kindle controversy like the prospect of a new billboard. The controversy usually pits council members who see billboards as blight and oppose any proliferation of them against members who see them as a money-maker for property owners who lease their land for billboard use.

    By Bill Dries September 20, 2018

  • Cost of traffic fines, fees limiting opportunities for thousands of Memphians

    About 18,000 times each year, the state of Tennessee suspends the driver’s license of a Shelby County resident for failure to pay traffic fines and fees, according to data obtained by the nonprofit advocacy organization Just City. A disproportionate number of those drivers are black, making the fines a social justice issue, said Just City executive director Josh Spickler.

    By Yolanda Jones September 17, 2018