Commissioners hear Harris’ solid waste services plan for Northaven
If the plan is approved, Shelby County could start providing solid waste services to Northaven residents by spring 2020.
There are 318 article(s) tagged Lee Harris:
If the plan is approved, Shelby County could start providing solid waste services to Northaven residents by spring 2020.
A former EPA official told Shelby County commissioners Wednesday the county can fight pollution by investing in public transportation.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will bring in local health department officials and a national environmental advocate to help make the case to county commissioners Wednesday to invest in transit to aid the environment.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses the sales tax referendum, MATA and more with host Eric Barnes and The Daily Memphian’s Bill Dries.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said on "Behind The Headlines" he would veto an attempt by the county to take a share of the revenue from a city sales tax hike approved by voters to restore fire and police benefits.
Shelby County officials presented their plan to provide garbage collection service for Northaven residents at a community meeting Tuesday night.
The University of Memphis will receive $1 million from Shelby County government under a resolution approved by the County Commission Monday that does not include any mandates for when it will pay all university employees $15 an hour.
The race for mayor in particular highlighted different kinds of change at work in the city's politics, from cutting edge to much more gradual changes begun 12 years ago. With the winners and losers decided, the different kinds of change remain in play.
Lee Harris wants the University of Memphis to give a timeline for when its lowest-paid workers will be paid $15 an hour as part of the release of $1 million budgeted for the university to update its swim facility.
Shelby County will celebrate 200 years of history Nov. 24 at Shelby Farms.
A Shelby County Commission committee is being asked to approve a task force that would address the devaluation of real estate in Orange Mound.
FedExForum is now home to West Tennessee’s first lactation pod, purchased in June by Shelby County and installed last week at the sports and entertainment venue.
The plan would cost Northaven residents about $27 a month and would achieve a county goal to eliminate illegal dumping in that part of Shelby County.
Shelby County Commissioners may not approve the plan by County Mayor Lee Harris to charge a countywide sustainability fee to fund public transportation, but Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley said Harris has forced the community to talk about funding the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Shelby County opened the county’s second veterans services office at Millington City Hall Monday. There are 55,000 veterans living in Shelby County, more than any other county in Tennessee.
On The Daily Memphian Podcast, the Shelby County mayor said he's open to other ideas for a "$10 million-plus" commitment to MATA. He framed the call to action around broader changes in local issues as he outlined a start by funding more frequent trips on the eight most popular bus routes as soon as possible.
The pitch for a third car sustainability fee to fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Movers and shakers at the weekly lunch meeting of the Frayser Exchange Club questioned Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday about his plan to help fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority through a proposed $145 sustainability fee for addresses with three vehicles.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has appointed Dwan Gilliom, a longtime public employee, chief administrative officer.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and the County Commission announced Friday $180,000 in special grant funding for the "Destination Graduation" college scholarship.
In building the new Shelby County Health Department building, Turner Construction has exceeded the county's goals for minority contractors and is on track to finish the building weeks ahead of deadline.
The Tennessee Equality Project and director of OUTMemphis each issued statements on a 2014 tweet by Memphis mayoral contender and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer about outing a gay teacher.
A proposal by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to fund Memphis Area Transit Authority improvements, largely through a $145 per vehicle sustainability fee, isn't popular with some bus riders.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has appointed a chief of staff and human resources administrator.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was honored with three others in Washington this week by the Memorial Foundation, the organization that raised the money and installed the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.