There are 105 article(s) tagged Daily Memphian Politics podcast:

• February 2019

  • New ‘People’s Convention’ planned in April for 2019 city elections

    A new "People's Convention" is being organized to run a slate of candidates in the 2019 Memphis elections. It shares some features of the 1991 gathering that backed Willie Herenton's historic bid for mayor, but there are some significant differences as well.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2019

• January 2019

  • Harris says proposal for new detention facility has ‘momentum’

    A second vote on Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' proposal for a new Juvenile Justice and Education Center is expected to take place at the next Shelby County Commission meeting Monday. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 25, 2019

• December 2018

  • Robinson and Morgan say council discord has broader context

    Memphis City Council members say there were some indications of discord before the rift over filling three vacant council seats. But when the rift settled in for the rest of the year it was a surprising turn.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2018

  • Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council vacancies, sports betting, Union Row and more

    Memphis City Council members Patrice Robinson and Worth Morgan join us to talk about the council's three vacant seats. Plus: Union Row gets a thumbs-up from the County Commission and sports betting could be coming to Tennessee.

    By Natalie Van Gundy December 20, 2018

  • Change is constant in newly published Overton Park history

    Brooks Lamb was making final edits on his book about Overton Park when he found out the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art was planning a move out of the park to Downtown Memphis.

    By Bill Dries December 18, 2018