City Council deciding how to enact gun-control measures
The Nov. 5 referendums on a set of three gun-control measures that would apply to Memphis were just a first step toward a local ordinance that would counteract current state gun laws.
Topic: Ford Canale
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January 2025
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May 2024
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Solid-waste fee goes up in city budget proposal, too
The $6.89 fee hike was among the focal points as City Council members held the first in a series of public forums Thursday, May 2, to gauge public opinion on the proposed 75-cent property-tax hike.
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March 2023
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‘Everybody has a weapon:’ Officials talk violent crime at summit
“In the past, most bar fights ended up being just that — a bar fight,” Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said. “Now everybody has a weapon, and we’re seeing more and more simple arguments turning into gun battles.”
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Party bus rules pass first checkpoint
Memphis City Council members advance an ordinance for party buses. Supporters of the ordinance cite a lack of regulations and public disturbance problems for Downtown patrons.
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February 2023
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Student-led forum talks solutions for MATA transit issues
Members of the reform group Stop Poverty with Policy have been riding MATA bus routes in recent months to understand how transit issues affect passengers’ everyday lives.
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November 2022
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Compromise could cost Audubon Park golf course one of its holes
The compromise announced by Memphis City Council members Ford Canale and Chase Carlisle Monday, Oct. 31, does away with a hole in the expanded golf course by the park’s lake.
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August 2022
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Las Savell Jewelry building getting new life as police, fire recruiting station
The City of Memphis paid $600,000 for the high-visibility location at 61 S. McLean.
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February 2022
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East Memphis, Midtown, Binghampton hit hardest by power outages
The city is forming a citizens group to review the ice storm response and how recent power outages have been handled by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.
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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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December 2021
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City Council Scorecard: A resurrection at Broad and Tillman
The City Council Scorecard examines the procedural votes that brought a controversial commercial development project and a key intersection back to life after the council killed the project in November on a tie vote.
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Council resurrects gas station project at Broad and Tillman
City Council members resurrect a project they killed three weeks ago on a tie vote for a January re-vote. And the debate was contentious.
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Council session has police, fire residency on agenda
Memphis City Council members talk about a new bid to allow police officers and firefighters to live outside Shelby County at a special committee session Monday, Dec. 6.
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November 2021
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City redistricting process comes back to life
A move to form an ad hoc redistricing group for more public participation on the front end of drawing new district lines was tabled by the council in October. The sponsor brought it back briefly Tuesday, Nov. 16, in committee discussions.
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May 2021
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Short-term Audubon Park golf course plans could get longer look by city
The temporary fix of cart paths on the golf course could wait to get a feel for what a larger makeover similar to that underway on the Overton Park golf course might involve.
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Memphis City Council opposes Scott Street closure
Council unanimously approves a resolution opposing the proposed configuration that would eliminate Scott Street’s southern connection to Poplar Avenue.
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April 2021
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MLGW to get energy bids; council to get more info in process
The City Council voted Tuesday, April 6, to approve a consultant’s contract that is the next step leading to recommendations by the end of this year. But there was some dissent on the council before the vote.
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Overtime, emergency contracts get Cordova, Area E garbage picked up
On April 10, the city could terminate its contract with Waste Pro for poor service or determine that Waste Pro has made good on dealing with the backlog of trash. The council voted Tuesday calling on the administration to cancel the city’s contract.
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March 2021
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FEMA reimbursing up to $9,000 for COVID burials
The application process will open in early April; FEMA has not yet set the date.
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Opinion: Waste Pro has got to go
It’s time for the city to cancel its five-year, $33.1 million contract with Waste Pro.
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Five council members call for changes to garbage collection by Waste Pro
Waste Pro is the second private contractor in three years to have the solid waste contract for parts of Cordova, Hickory and East Memphis, known on solid waste routes as Area E.
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Council passes drag-racing ordinance, delays Byhalia decision again
Proposed rules delay action on the city adding a $2.6 million community grants program to its next budget.
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February 2021
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Final drag racing ordinance votes delayed
Legal questions prompt delay of consideration on three measures.
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Opinion: Driving us crazy
It’s one of the more interesting things about daily life in Memphis, and one that just might kill you. We can’t drive. Worse. We’re proud of it.
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January 2021
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Unposted speed limit goes from 30 mph to 25 mph in close council vote
By a narrow 7-6 vote, the Memphis City Council has changed the default speed limit on city streets without speed limit signs from 30 miles an hour to 25 miles an hour.
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December 2020
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Street racing, muffler crackdown draws council concerns
A set of three proposed ordinances aren’t due for a vote by the full council until the new year. But several council members are concerned about how police will carry out the ordinances if they are passed.
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