There are 192 article(s) tagged Steve Cohen:

• December 2019

  • Fields set for March Tennessee presidential primaries

    Two Republican challengers to President Donald Trump and 16 Democrats have made the ballot for the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2019

• November 2019

  • Feds announce $6 million grant for airport de-icing

    Memphis International Airport has added $6 million in federal funding for centralized aircraft de-icing facilities.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 22, 2019

  • Governor hopes to add people to TennCare with Medicaid block grant proposal

    Gov. Bill Lee hopes to add people and services to TennCare through the state’s Medicaid “modified” block grant proposal to the federal government, but admits he has no idea how negotiations will turn out.

    By Sam Stockard November 21, 2019

  • MATA gets $12M federal grant for Bus Rapid Transit line

    Memphis Area Transit Authority will receive a $12 million federal grant for a rapid transit line from Downtown Memphis to the University of Memphis.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 07, 2019

  • Cohen seeks answers from governor on ballooning reserve for needy

    With Republican Gov. Bill Lee slow-walking the spending of $733 million in reserve funds for low-income families, Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is demanding the money go toward people in need.

    By Sam Stockard November 07, 2019

• October 2019

  • Kyle pushing gun safety legislation after Memphis town hall

    State Sen. Sara Kyle is set to promote legislation in 2020 designed to cut gun violence, initiatives likely to bump into Republican opposition. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen will hold a press conference Thursday in Memphis on gun safety. 

    By Sam Stockard October 10, 2019

  • Nelson: The ghosts of politics past – four of them – paid a visit to Memphis last night

    Of the Ghosts of Politics Past that voters turned away, the first was the 79-year-old former mayor, Willie Herenton, who resigned the office in the middle of his fifth term in 2009. 

    By Michael Nelson October 07, 2019

• September 2019

  • Cohen and Kustoff differ on Trump impeachment inquiry

    Reaction to the opening of an impeachment inquiry announced Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also included Republican U.S. Senate contender Bill Hagerty.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2019

  • Cohen calls for federal administrator to reject Tennessee block grant proposal

    Congressman Steve Cohen is urging a federal official to reject Tennessee’s block grant proposal for Medicaid funds, saying it would violate federal law and “inflict serious harm to recipients in Memphis and Shelby County.”

    By Sam Stockard September 22, 2019

  • Campaign Notes: Foote Homes milestone, return of Mark Clayton, City Hall appointments

    The city campaign season this week saw a milestone in the move away from large public housing developments, an endorsement ballot topped by a questionable political figure and discussion about new appointments at City Hall beyond the Oct. 3 election results.

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2019

• August 2019

  • Lee pinpoints cybersecurity as potential tool to stop shootings

    Gov. Bill Lee is analyzing gun control legislation in the wake of two mass shootings nationally but appears most interested in cybersecurity to stop people who show signs of radicalism or mental “instability.”

    By Sam Stockard August 05, 2019

  • Strong to challenge Cohen in 2020 Democratic Congressional primary

    Former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong will challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in the August 2020 Democratic Congressional primary.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2019

• July 2019

  • Memphis ballot changes on way to certification by Election Commission

    The Shelby County Election Commission meets Thursday to certify the ballot for the Oct. 3 nonpartisan elections. Meanwhile, city council contender Cody Fletcher said on the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that criticism of his switch to another council race takes time away from discussion of more substantial issues.

    By Bill Dries July 24, 2019

  • Decisions, political red meat and summer heat meet at city filing deadline

    The ballot for the October Memphis elections is almost set with Thursday's filing deadline for candidates. Meanwhile, candidates barely paused for the deadline before resuming the summer campaign.

    By Bill Dries July 19, 2019

  • Sanford: His seat is a target, but Cohen is having the time of his political life

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, first elected in 2006, plans to seek reelection in 2020 and 2022, but it's no secret that more than a few Democrats are positioning themselves to run for the seat the moment he decides to step aside.

    By Otis Sanford July 11, 2019

• June 2019

  • Supreme Court lets states continue gerrymandering unchecked

    The impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in which it declined to set limits on partisan gerrymandering could be felt in Tennessee when it starts redistricting in two years, drawing support from Republicans and opposition from Democrats.

    By Sam Stockard June 28, 2019

  • Bryant sees reparations focused on access to education and scaling up of internships

    The founder of Operation HOPE was in Memphis Thursday to keynote the closing day of city government's symposium on minority business. Bryant also outlined his goals for sustaining the nonprofit that works with financial institutions and some of the world's biggest corporate names.

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2019

• May 2019

  • Cohen calls Barr ‘chicken’ as Republicans back attorney general

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis reacted to Attorney General William Barr's no-show before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday by bringing a ceramic chicken and a bucket of KFC. The reaction of the city's Republican representatives in Washington has been decidedly different.

    By Bill Dries May 02, 2019

• April 2019

  • Memphis congressional leaders react to redacted Mueller report

    Local legislators reacted along party lines Thursday to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

    By Omer Yusuf April 19, 2019

  • Strong cautions Democrats against ‘deficit mindset’ at local party convention

    Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says local Democrats made a good start in the 2018 county elections, sweeping every countywide office on the ballot and improving the Democratic majority on the Shelby County Commission to eight seats.

    By Bill Dries April 01, 2019

• March 2019

  • Mueller report reaction and constituent issues mix at Cohen town hall in North Memphis

    The public becomes more willing to accept the four-page summary letter of the Mueller Report the longer it takes for the full report to be released, Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday during a town hall meeting.

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2019

  • Kelsey calls for TVA to expedite Allen Fossil Plant coal ash removal

    State Sen. Brian Kelsey is urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to be “expeditious” in removing toxic coal ash from containment ponds at Allen Fossil Plant on President’s Island in Memphis.

    By Sam Stockard March 27, 2019

  • Memphis’ congressional representatives react to Mueller report

    The Mueller report hasn’t been released publicly, but local representatives in the U.S. House and Senate have differing views based on what they know about it.

    By Bill Dries March 25, 2019

  • Nelson: Steve Cohen’s push for impeachment is doomed

    Trump is going to be on the ballot in 2020. By the time an impeachment process got under way, voters would already be casting ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire. Let the American people take care of removing Trump if that’s what they want.

    By Michael Nelson March 07, 2019

• February 2019

  • Cohen testimony draws no reaction from three of Memphis’ four Congress members

    As President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Memphis' congressional representatives were each doing other things in the course of their duties – and three of the four were saying nothing about Cohen’s testimony.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019