As city faces tight budget, consulting contracts add up
The Daily Memphian examined city consulting contracts executed in 2025, which focus on technology, improving the police department’s efficiency and more.
Topic: City Of Memphis
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March 2025
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Ask the Memphian: Yes, Memphis, your city does actually recycle
Despite what many Memphians believe, the city does in fact recycle. But better efforts from Memphians could help successful recycling, officials said.
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Hospitality workers urged to use their ‘great power’ to change city’s narrative
“The more we can get people outside, the more we can create experiences, the more we invite people outside to join us, the better the perception will be about how things are going,” said Chandell Ryan, Downtown Memphis Commission President and CEO. “I want to just put that call of action.”
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In their words: Memphis-area leaders reflect on start of COVID-19 pandemic
While most Memphians were still oblivious to a virus spreading overseas, those charged with keeping the Bluff City safe were already alarmed in January 2020.
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Memphians ‘too hard on themselves,’ city crime consultant says
In his first interview since he came to Memphis last year, public safety consultant Fausto Pichardo said citizens should expect a further reduction in violent crime as the the police department builds cases against gang members.
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February 2025
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Memphis Downtown Sheraton could get different hotel brand
The hotel attached to the Renasant Convention Center might become a Marriott once renovations are complete.
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How the Memphis area is preparing for snow; what’s closed Wednesday
“It’s going to be a good couple of days in Memphis,” Memphis Police Department Assistant Chief Don Crowe said. “We’re gonna show Memphis what we’re made of.”
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City moves to dismiss Nichols lawsuit — again
The city filed a motion on Monday, Feb. 17, to dismiss the suit, just like it did in 2023 when the lawsuit was filed.
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City: Small number of employees paid twice
Several employees confirmed to The Daily Memphian that two paychecks appeared in their accounts on Friday and late Thursday.
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‘Clerical error’ delays payroll for some Memphis employees
The City of Memphis confirmed Thursday, Feb. 13, that payday is coming a tad later than normal for some of its 8,000-plus employees after a clerical error.
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Memphis could sell xAI land for greywater plant
XAI applied for a permit to construct the water reuse facility last year.
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Despite this week’s shootings, homicides are still trending down
A violent week in Memphis left crime scenes across the city. Several of those had multiple victims.
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January 2025
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Officials go two-by-two into Forum as Grizz ready renovations
Throughout the past week, pairs of elected officials have toured FedExForum two by two, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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As city’s legal challenges mount, so does spending on outside firms
Last year, Memphis taxpayers paid $4.9 million in private legal bills, which have climbed each of the past four years.
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Memphis Animal Services euthanizes nearly 100 dogs
A distemper outbreak at Memphis Animal Services has shut down the facility temporarily. Mayor Paul Young sent a letter to concerned citizens, outlining the situation and asking that people refrain from attacking the staff.
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Gun referendums don’t restrict firearms, city says. At least not yet.
The City of Memphis argued in court filings this week that gun-rights groups don’t have standing to sue the city about the gun-control referendums that passed this fall because they have no legal effect.
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Tyre Nichols family attorneys say Memphis hasn’t handed over key docs
That squabble spilled into court documents Jan. 10 with Nichols’ attorneys attempting to compel the city to turn over key documents for the ongoing civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit is set for trial in July 2026.
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November 2024
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No mean feast: Leaders join to feed community for Thanksgiving
The city and county are banding with Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church for its MemFeast event, where volunteers will deliver food boxes to 300 families across Memphis.
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Ahead of enhanced security measures, Downtown crime down 27%, city says
A planned surge of public-safety resources into Downtown Memphis comes after years of public perception souring on safety in the central business district.
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Memphis looks to add more officers, new police branch Downtown
The City of Memphis plans to invest additional resources Downtown — including almost 200 more cameras — to make the area safer.
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City makes claims about Nichols, family in new court filing
The claims add a new twist to the $550 million civil rights lawsuit that Tyre Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, and his estate have filed against the City of Memphis following Nichols’ 2023 beating and death at the hands of five now-former Memphis Police Department officers.
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City’s deputy chief legal officer retiring
Mike Fletcher has represented the city in court and other legal matters for 33 years.
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3 ballot questions could change Memphis politics
Voters could bring back mayoral runoffs, approve a residency requirement for city candidates for office and give the City Council more control over salaries.
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New ‘Green Bank’ hopes to make Memphis more climate resilient
“We see green banks as a critical player in creating lasting change,” the U.S. Department of Energy’s Yasmin Yacoby said Tuesday.
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Type 1 diabetes screening initiative announced by city
“A person’s not born with Type 1 diabetes; it develops over time,” said Kathryn Sumpter, Le Bonheur’s chief of endocrinology and a Type 1 diabetes patient. “It’s an autoimmune disease, so it takes time to progress.”
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