Opinion: Why we need to extend term limits in Memphis
Voting yes on this ballot question will afford elected officials the opportunity to make their case to voters on why they deserve a third term.
Topic: Dr. Jeff Warren
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June 2022
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March 2022
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Three council members call for review of MLGW proposals
Letter questions the validity of the process being used to determine what it would take to get a new electric power supplier and build a new system for MLGW to break its 80-year relationship with TVA.
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January 2022
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City Council delays police residency vote until April
City Council members have delayed the first reading on a police residency referendum until April to see if the Tennessee General Assembly passes a law banning such residency requirements for public safety employees statewide.
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August 2021
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Table Talk: Fig season means fig bread, a nice surprise, a sobering Sound Bites
A pleasant surprise on the scale inspires a renewed interest in cooking at home.
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Rising COVID numbers frightening for restaurateur and doctor
Dr. Jeff Warren believes it’s time for mandatory masking; Deni Reilly worries restaurants are going to bear the brunt of high COVID numbers once again.
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Hospitalizations soar; ICUs could be full by mid-month
Sunday, the situation was dire enough that Regional One Health diverted trauma cases to other emergency rooms.
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July 2021
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Raleigh used car lot controversy takes turn toward kayaks and bike rentals
Car lots and gas stations are getting more scrutiny from the Memphis City Council. But the idea of a proposed used car lot on Old Austin Peay Highway becoming a bike and kayak rental business instead is a new twist.
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May 2021
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Fight against Byhalia Connection continues ahead of key council vote
Many of the speakers reiterated concerns about the pipeline’s potential impact on the city’s aquifer and questioned why the Byhalia Connection had to run through predominantly lower-income Black neighborhoods in Memphis.
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April 2021
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Plains All American mounting fight against revised city ordinance
Plains All American Pipeline is launching a full-on offensive against the proposed legislation with the help of organizations that support the oil and gas industry.
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Existing pipeline makes Byhalia Connection unneeded, environmental groups say
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April 23 Byhalia Connection pipeline hearing delayed
Plans to build a 49-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from southwest Memphis to another pipeline at a connecting point near Byhalia, Mississippi, have run into delays on a couple of different fronts.
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January 2021
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Heads up! Second-dose vaccine notices coming this week
Nearly 1,000 people in Shelby County due second doses could start receiving them in the last week of January.
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State to begin vaccinating elderly next month
The Tennessee Health Department adds elderly to vaccine priority list in 10-year swaths, starting with those 75 and older.
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December 2020
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Shelby County hospital capacity reflects post-holiday surge
Shelby County’s hospital beds are filling up even though the county has one of the lowest new case rates in Tennessee, according to a New York Times database.
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Some businesses already feel pain of possible lockdown
A new health directive is looming – one that could significantly tighten restrictions for the upcoming holidays.
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Memphis looks at pre-Christmas lockdown; suburbs say no way
The Memphis City Council will consider asking health officials for another lockdown just before Christmas, but suburban mayors adamantly oppose such action.
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Health care employees most vulnerable in local workforce
Nurses in hospitals are the most vulnerable, according to contact tracing interviews conducted in the last 30 days.
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Expect pressure on hospitals to test staff more often
The next Shelby County Health Directive, expected soon, will include recommendations that hospitals test employees regularly.
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CA hospital, EMS surge facility prepared
People behind the COVID pressure-valve facilities in Shelby County are ready to go to work if the surge overwhelms hospital capacity.
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City lobbying disclosure voted down by City Council
The measure by council member Chase Carlisle was one vote short of the seven needed. It failed after a council debate that included one council member remembering his own brush with corruption charges. Others argued the proposal was arbitrary and cumbersome.
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November 2020
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Don’t make restaurants pay the price for your not wearing a mask
You might not think much of the latest health directive, but are you prepared for your favorite restaurants to pay a fine or be shut down if you don’t follow the rules?
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How we fare with peer cities on COVID-19
As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.
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State’s IT upgrade to blame for erratic COVID case numbers this week
An IT upgrade to the state’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System threw off COVID case data entry, creating lags in case numbers that persisted throughout the week.
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July 2020
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Don’t overreact to high positivity rate, experts say
Weekly averages tone down bumps that show up when tests come from a high-impact area or are delayed in being processed and are reported all at once.
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Testing delays cause strain in every facet of health care
Dr. Jeff Warren says Shelby County now has "too many people who are sick to be able to randomly test people who aren’t."
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June 2020
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Coronavirus cases continue to rise locally as transmission spreads
From June 3 to Wednesday, Shelby County averaged 131 new cases and 1,558 tests results a day with an 8.4% positive rate. Five of the six highest single-day totals of new coronavirus cases in Shelby County occurred in the past two weeks.
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