There are 30 article(s) tagged Martavius Jones:

• December 2018

  • City’s wish list from Nashville includes sports book on Beale, more THP

    City Hall is looking for mandatory jail time for road-rage convictions in the 2019 session of the Tennessee Legislature and a sports book on Beale Street as well as making it easier to get title to tax-delinquent property for tax sales.

    By Bill Dries December 29, 2018

  • NAACP concerned about ‘attempt to racially gerrymander’ council

    The Memphis Branch of the NAACP says the Memphis City Council should have consistent rules for filling vacancies on the body and suggests a special election if the council remains at an impasse in filling the three open seats at its Tuesday meeting.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2018

  • Council Confidential

    Just before his last meeting on Nov. 20 as a Memphis City Council member, Edmund Ford Jr. was feeling good about his 11-year tenure at City Hall.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2018

• November 2018

  • Johnson doesn’t want to consider implications of MLGW switch from TVA

    At $1 billion, the new TVA Combined Cycle plant has been described by Tennessee Valley Authority president Bill Johnson as a “Rolls Royce Lamborghini” and “the most technically advanced plant in the world.”

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2018

• October 2018

  • November ballot questions join long line in last decade

    Voters in Shelby County have decided 52 referendums in the last decade of elections, from wine sales in food stores to the formation of suburban school systems to amendments to the Tennessee Constitution.

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2018