There are 11 article(s) tagged J.B. Smiley Jr.:

• November 2025

  • Memphis officials vow challenge after guard deployment halted by judge

    State and local leaders who sued the state over the guard deployment gathered to celebrate what they called a historic victory and discuss next steps.

    By Aarron Fleming November 20, 2025

• December 2023

  • Council member’s push for U of M foundation board seats could stall stadium deal

    The U of M has said that the city can’t have seats on the foundation board, setting up a potential showdown over the vote Tuesday to transfer ownership of the city-owned stadium.

    By Samuel Hardiman December 04, 2023

• March 2022

  • LeMoyne-Owen College celebrates 160 years

    “The history of this institution is pivotal to the Black history of Memphis,” Michaela Thomas, a graduating senior who serves as the current Miss LeMoyne-Owen College, said of Memphis’ only HBCU.

    By Daja E. Henry March 11, 2022

• March 2020

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Trio of new Memphis City Council members

    Memphis City Council members Rhonda Logan, Chase Carlisle and JB Smiley Jr. discuss their first impressions after four city council meetings and the residency referendum with host Eric Barnes and Bill Dries of The Daily Memphian.

    By Eric Barnes March 01, 2020

• January 2020

  • Council moves on MLGW reflect skepticism utility is moving fast enough

    The city council voted last week to seek a legal opinion key to the question of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division cutting ties with the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2020

• November 2019

  • Smiley emerges from campaign to new role as one of 13 on new City Council

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, incoming City Council member J.B. Smiley Jr. said he would like to have a voice in the current council's decision about residency requirements. But he said he accepts if the referendum on the matter is approved by the current council before members leave office. He also said concerns about reliability if MLGW breaks ties with TVA might be a "scare tactic."

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2019

• October 2019

  • Campaigns move to city election day as voters decide

    As Memphis voters put to rest another season of campaigns for a place at City Hall, there are several last-minute dramas unfolding in a city where election night is the same night as Memphis Madness.

    By Bill Dries October 03, 2019

• September 2019

  • Early voting in city elections picks up pace

    The numbers for early voting in the Oct. 3 Memphis elections show Friday's total was the first this year that exceeded the same day four years ago.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2019

• August 2019

  • Calvo and Smiley council campaigns reflect unique setting for council races

    Mauricio Calvo, on the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, said last year's council deadlock on filling a council vacancy prompted him to run on the Oct. 3 ballot. J.B. Smiley Jr. is making his bid for a different council seat after a bid last year for the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries August 23, 2019

• April 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council contender J.B. Smiley Jr.

    Memphis City Council candidate J.B. Smiley Jr. talks about his bid for a council seat a year after his inaugural run for County Commission.

    By Natalie Van Gundy April 25, 2019

  • Smiley comes to quest for council with lessons learned from 2018 run

    Making his second bid for elected office in a year, J.B. Smiley Jr. says his city council campaign this year is a mix of millennials and local political veterans.

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2019