There are 11 article(s) tagged Harold Collins:

• August 2025

  • Jerri Green’s run for TN governor hits a red road

    Green acknowledged that part of her campaign’s struggle is to convince Democrats that a Democrat can win in Republican-dominated state political landscape.

    By Bill Dries 16 hours ago

• September 2024

  • County Commission delays vote to fund sheriff’s ‘emergency’ jail repairs

    Sheriff Floyd Bonner wants $15.5 million for jail repairs that’s already planned for a mental health diversion center. The County Commission is sending the problem to committee for a possible Sept. 28 vote.

    By Bill Dries September 09, 2024

  • Sheriff asks for $15.5M for ‘emergency’ jail repairs

    More than 630 jail doors as well as light fixtures, a walk-in freezer and access-control systems damaged in a power surge this past March are said to need to be repaired or replaced. 

    By Bill Dries September 07, 2024

• October 2022

  • County Clerk misses Halloween office opening deadline

    County chief administrative officer Harold Collins says the office is fully equipped, but Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert says the office won’t open until early December, missing a deadline set by Shelby County commissioners. 

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2022

• May 2022

  • Former City Council member named new county CAO

    Harold Collins served two terms on the City Council, leaving in 2015 to run for Memphis mayor in a challenge of incumbent Mayor A C Wharton.

    By Bill Dries May 26, 2022

• July 2021

  • Shelby County models collaborative with nonprofits on COVID response

    The collaborative with more than 150 local nonprofits is to tackle long-terms needs and problems in the same rapid and sustained way the countywide COVID task force has handled the local response to the pandemic.

    By Bill Dries July 14, 2021

• October 2020

  • Police reform discussion focuses on questions of what is real change

    Former Memphis City Council member Harold Collins and Just City Director Josh Spickler said on “Behind The Headlines” that for all of the talk of changing police, MPD is still policing the way it has for decades. 

    By Bill Dries October 16, 2020

• October 2019

  • Office of Re-Entry turning vacant buildings into transitional housing

    The Shelby County Office of Re-Entry is converting vacant buildings in South Memphis into transitional housing for ex-offenders.

    By Elle Perry October 18, 2019

• September 2019

  • Collins: Conduct media mayoral debates even if Herenton, Strickland are no-shows

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, 2015 mayoral contender Harold Collins also talked about the claim of vote-splitting in Memphis mayoral races and the difference between the current mayor's race and the 2015 contest.

    By Bill Dries September 06, 2019

• February 2019

  • Office of re-entry shifting focus to helping ex-offenders obtain living-wage jobs

    Over the past few months, Memphis and Shelby County Office of Re-Entry executive director Harold Collins has restructured the organization with the vision of those released from incarceration having a better chance at obtaining a living wage job.

    By Omer Yusuf February 18, 2019

• September 2018

  • Harris appoints former councilman to run Office of Re-entry

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has appointed former Memphis City Council member Harold Collins to serve as administrator and executive director of the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry, according to a news release Tuesday.

    By Omer Yusuf September 25, 2018