Shelby County ballot question on legal counsel advances
The measure, which would go on the Nov. 5 ballot, allows the Shelby County Commission to hire its own legal counsel. A final vote to put it to county voters is expected some time next week.
Topic: Brandon Morrison
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August 2024
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December 2022
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Mission Impossible? DA says criminal justice reform and crime reduction can mix
Memphis has a massive crime problem. Steve Mulroy has lofty ideas about criminal justice reform, but priority is to reduce crime and make the city safer.
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May 2022
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Election Commission certifies Shelby County May primary results
The certified results show more than 100 additional votes than the election night unofficial totals in the one-candidate Republican primary races for Shelby County Mayor and District Attorney General.
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Sanford: It’s time to end costly, divisive, disinterested county primaries
Turnout for Tuesday’s primary was 10.7%, the lowest for a county primary since 2014.
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Morrison edges Carpenter in District 4 Republican race
District 4 was the only contested Republican race on the May 3 ballot.
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April 2022
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County Commission approves MATA funding but wants more oversight of transit authority
The MATA funding has also become an issue in the May Republican primary for commission District 4.
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Morrison-Carpenter matchup draws distinctions, few sparks at Southwind
Shelby County Commissioner Brandon Morrison defends her conservatism while opponent Jordan Carpenter targets what he calls “dangerous ideologies” and “perversion.”
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March 2022
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Political Roundup: Walking local party lines
As some Democrats pledge to try to censure Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland for endorsing a Republican candidate for state Senate in the August primaries, local Republicans have their own internal differences.
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Former court clerk eyes state Senate bid in wake of Kelsey’s withdrawal
Former Probate Court Clerk Paul Boyd says he hasn’t made up his mind on filing his qualifying petition for the August ballot.
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February 2022
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District 4 Republican primary skirmish survives challenge
The county commission Republican primary between incumbent Brandon Morrison and challenger Jordan Carpenter is the only contested GOP primary on the May ballot.
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County Commission to get final list for Senate vacancy
The commission won’t fill the vacancy until next month but most if not all of the names on the list are expected to be those running in the August primaries for a full four-year term in Nashville.
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County Commission Scorecard: COVID tests, CHOICES playground and Juvenile Court
The County Commission Scorecard finds basic ideological differences remain on the 13-member body, as it moves into the home stretch of its four-year term.
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Morrison, Sawyer disagree on bipartisanship and county lobbying firm
Commissioner Brandon Morrison wants the county commission to rehire the lobbying firm it has used in the past and called for a “compromise to purple.” Commissioner Tami Sawyer said the call for bipartisanship “makes absolutely no sense at all.”
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January 2022
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In split vote, Shelby County decides to distribute COVID test kits
Three county commissioners voted against the $1.44 million purchase of 180,000 tests in 90 kits with two tests a piece. One cited comments by Dr. Ben Carson on Fox News earlier this week complaining that more tests would mean a rise in COVID cases.
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County Commission Scorecard: Top 5 Votes of 2021
The top five include property taxes, redistricting, pay raises, a takeback on critical race theory and the strategic battle for a new commission chairman.
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Sugarmon to run again for Juvenile Court Judge
Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon will run against incumbent Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael. Meanwhile, Marcus Mitchell is running for Juvenile Court Clerk County Commissioner Brandon Morrison is running in a new district.
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November 2021
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County Commission makes last-minute moves, approves final district map
The redistricting map approved Monday keeps a new Cordova-based district, restores the Collierville 7 precinct to District 2 and Germantown 4 to District 4. It also separates two incumbents expected to run again.
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County Commission approves redistricting plan, but must vote again
Democrats voted for it and Republicans voted against it. But the party line was not enough to make it the final vote on the redistricting plan that creates a new commission district built around Cordova, where most of the growth was in the 2020 Census.
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Shelby County Commission to take final vote on new district lines
It might be a long day at the county building Monday, Nov. 1, when Shelby County commissioners are scheduled for the final vote on the once-a-decade process of drawing new district lines.
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October 2021
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Commissioners debate district changes, set up final vote
Meeting in special session Wednesday, Oct. 27, Shelby County commissioners set the stage to approve a redistricting ordinance on third and final reading at their regular Monday meeting. They also increased the recommendations from the ad hoc group on redistricting to a total of four maps.
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Top 3 redistricting maps on way to Shelby County Commission
The ad hoc group, made up mostly of county commissioners, included in its top 3 a map that drew the ire of commissioner Brandon Morrison last week for endangering her re-election prospects last year.
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Redistricting and reelection: uneasy coexistence surfaces
An ad hoc group is drafting recommendations on new district lines for the Shelby County Commission.
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County Commission approves most federal COVID aid use
Commissioners approved the plans for using $58 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding, but several challenged Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ plans for the remaining $10 million.
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Two new county redistricting maps start to show changes
The county’s redistricting effort is on its third and fourth proposed maps of what the new boundaries could look like for the 13 County Commission districts going into the 2022 elections. A “Poplar-Midtown corridor” in the East Memphis district caused a lot of debate.
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September 2021
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Chairman’s new committee causes rancor in County Commission
When chairman Willie Brooks created a study group Monday on possible local government changes without a vote, some commissioners call it a consolidation committee in all but name, causing chairman Reginald Milton to quit.
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