There are 6 article(s) tagged Jim Kyle:

• July 2022

  • Disbarred Memphis lawyer hauls in big pay from political candidates

    Former lawyer Bret Thompson was disbarred in 1996 for stealing client funds. He’s been repeatedly convicted since then for posing as a lawyer and stealing from “clients.” But as his list of victims grows, judges and other candidates pay him thousands of dollars as a political consultant.

    By Marc Perrusquia July 13, 2022

• June 2022

  • Amber Mills cleared by Chancery Court for reelection run

    A Shelby County chancellor has ruled that the county commissioner is eligible to run for reelection despite a question of whether her house is in Fayette County.

    By Michael Waddell June 02, 2022

• October 2018

  • Kyle dismisses challenge of council referendum campaign

    The Memphis City Council can spend $30,000 to $40,000 of city funds on a “public information campaign” about the three city charter amendment referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot, a court ruled Tuesday, Oct. 30.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2018

  • Chancellor Kyle stops council spending on referendum material

    The Memphis City Council cannot spend any money publicizing the three city charter referendums on the November ballot until Chancellor Jim Kyle holds a hearing Tuesday on a lawsuit filed Friday by members of the group Save IRV, which is among those campaigning for the defeat of all three amendments.

    By Bill Dries October 27, 2018

  • Kyle rules charter referendums stay on November ballot

    Questions on three city charter changes will stay on the Nov. 6 ballot. Shelby County Chancellor Jim Kyle denied Thursday a legal motion by critics of the referendums to remove them from the ballot as misleading and in violation of state law.

    By Bill Dries October 11, 2018

  • Chancery lawsuit challenges Nov. 6 ballot referendums

    A group of citizens and an organization trying to preserve instant-runoff or ranked-choice voting in city elections filed a Chancery Court lawsuit Friday, Oct. 5, against the Shelby County Election Commission and the city of Memphis seeking to take a repeal of IRV off the Nov. 6 ballot.

    By Bill Dries October 05, 2018