There are 6 article(s) tagged Alan Crone:

• June 2020

  • We’re all responsible for safe workplaces

    As we move along on reopening the “Weconomy,” employers and employees need to understand that both have crucial roles to play in making reopening safe.

    By Alan Crone June 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • The Early Word: New year, new youth program; a deuce of a lawsuit

    Good morning; it’s Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Today marks the beginning of Hoopfest Memphis, which includes 13 high school basketball games and used to be called the Penny Hardaway Classic.

    By Mary Cashiola January 02, 2020

  • Alan Crone preparing to leave role in Strickland administration

    Special counsel Alan Crone will soon take his leave from Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration. As Strickland starts his second and last term, Crone, a long-time friend, will return full-time to his own law practice.

    By Don Wade January 01, 2020

• March 2019

  • City sues big pharma companies over opioid addiction

    The city of Memphis is suing 21 opioid manufacturers and distributors in a federal lawsuit claiming “opioid addiction is ravaging Memphis.”

    By Bill Dries March 13, 2019

• February 2019

  • City Hall pushes coexistence of Tom Lee Park redevelopment and Memphis In May festival

    City Hall says a redeveloped Tom Lee Park can be done in coexistence with the Memphis In May International Festival and that the festival will likely have to move out of the park temporarily in 2020.

    By Bill Dries February 12, 2019

• December 2018

  • City’s wish list from Nashville includes sports book on Beale, more THP

    City Hall is looking for mandatory jail time for road-rage convictions in the 2019 session of the Tennessee Legislature and a sports book on Beale Street as well as making it easier to get title to tax-delinquent property for tax sales.

    By Bill Dries December 29, 2018