Council delays Waste Connections plan vote
A light City Council agenda Tuesday got a bit lighter with delays in decisions on a controversial Whitehaven planned development and amendments to the Unified Development Code.
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June 2019
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Council delays Graceland vote, warns EPE against changing terms
Memphis City Council members delayed a vote Tuesday setting up Tourism Development Zone funding to partially finance an $80 million expansion of Graceland.
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City Council returns to stalled Graceland development deal
Memphis City Council members return Tuesday to Graceland’s expansion plans, specifically a delayed development plan outlining the terms of the expansion in Whitehaven.
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City Council members, Whitehaven residents tour waste facility
Memphis City Council members tour a Waste Connections facility on East Brooks Road Wednesday prior to a vote next week that would authorize an expansion of the waste transfer operation.
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Budget votes breeze through City Council, Beale Street cover charge extended
The City Council stuck with a compromise 4% pay raise for police and firefighters and kept the city property tax rate at $3.19, but also extended a controversial cover charge for Beale Street on summer weekends.
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City Council could finalize 2019-2020 budget Tuesday
Two council members expressed concerns last week about the Strickland administration's "brilliant at the basics" philosophy, but that probably won't affect votes on a 4% raise for police and firefighters.
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May 2019
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Council set to vote on compromised 4% raise for firefighters, police
A proposed 4% public safety raise goes to the full City Council Tuesday for a final vote as part of an amended budget with no property tax hike for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There could be more budget changes at the council session.
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Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution
The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.
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Price of police and fire pay raises approved by council put at $5 million
The decision by the council to side with unions over the administration in impasse proceedings is hardly unprecedented. But finding the money in the budget sometimes takes the council and mayor around the impasse procedure.
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Council sides with police and fire unions in pay raise impasses
The Memphis City Council has tentatively approved a bigger raise for police and firefighters than the 3 percent Mayor Jim Strickland proposed for public safety employees.
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Strickland says council faces tough choices over pay raises
City council members Tuesday will vote on the recommendations of seven council impasses committees concerning pay raises for city employees.
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City budget proposal could grow by $6 million
The Memphis City Council votes Tuesday on recommendations from seven impasse committees, and that could leave the city's budget for the new fiscal year in the red.
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Politics Podcast: City Council Budget Committee chair Martavius Jones
City Council Budget Committee chairman Martavius Jones discusses the mayor’s Memphis 3.0 executive order, finding $6 million more for pay raises, and the city budget process.
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Strickland moves ahead with Memphis 3.0 as council vote is awaited
Mayor Jim Strickland signed an executive order implementing the Memphis 3.0 plan Tuesday at a South Memphis CDC, a week before the Memphis City Council takes the first of three votes on the plan.
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Council again delays Memphis 3.0 and Graceland decisions
The Memphis City Council Tuesday delayed a vote on the Memphis 3.0 plan after a vocal critic filed a lawsuit against the council in federal court. The council also delayed for fourth time a vote on a Graceland expansion agreement.
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Beale Street $5 cover to return for rest of May
A city council decision to return to a Beale Street cover charge for the remainder of May reignited a long-running debate. It follows two crowd "surges" and a shooting after two sold-out nights at the nearby Beale Street Music Festival last weekend.
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Memphis 3.0 plan and Graceland agreement await council's return after three-week break
The Memphis City Council returns to action Tuesday with Memphis 3.0, a Graceland expansion and $150 million in bonds for Memphis International Airport on the agenda, among other items.
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City Council budget committee begins operating budget review with police spending
Memphis City Council members begin scrutinizing the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.
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Hospitality Hub continues efforts to help the homeless in Memphis
The Hospitality Hub may be undergoing a potential relocation and expansion if the city and county approve millions in additional funding over the next month.
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Are city planners listening to the neighborhoods?
In response to the phrase, “You can't tell someone what to do with their own property,” a preservationist responds, “Well, you really can, and it happens all the time.”
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Organizations raise questions about Hospitality Hub expansion
Questions about the Hospitality Hub expansion come less than a week after Memphis and Shelby County announced a proposal to relocate and expand the facility Downtown.
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April 2019
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Memphis City Council begins detailed budget review
The process for getting neighborhood speed humps and their distribution, and the cost of a modernized traffic intersection were among detailed line items City Council members reviewed on the first day of budget hearings Tuesday.
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Memphis, Shelby County announce effort to reduce homelessness
A plan to address homelessness in Memphis includes funding a new women's shelter as part of a relocation and expansion of Hospitality Hub.
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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.
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Greer tends to basics as he decides to seek full term in council District 1
District 1 City Councilman Sherman Greer comes from a political background of detailed constituent services and keeping an eye on the Tennessee Legislature as he prepares to run for a full four-year term on the council.
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Budget talks could include looking at bigger pay hike for non-public safety city workers
City council members start budget hearings next month and there are still a few more details to come about how much revenue the council will have as it considers amendments or changes in Mayor Jim Strickland's proposal.
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Strickland budget proposal includes surprise initiatives
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s fourth budget proposal, totaling $709 million, includes an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to accelerate the development of new and rehabbed multifamily and single-family housing.
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Strickland budget plan, Graceland development agreement on Tuesday council agenda
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland takes a budget proposal to the City Council Tuesday that has a stable city property tax rate and pay raises for city employees. Council members also will consider a development agreement between the city and Graceland as part of a busy agenda.
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City Council returns to Memphis 3.0 plan, Graceland development deal
The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to take the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 plan and to vote on the agreement between the city administration and Graceland for further expansion of Graceland’s Whitehaven campus.
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March 2019
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Conrad says look for new city strategy on homelessness
Memphis City Council Chairman Kemp Conrad says the three-year goal of ending "street homelessness" could include a city shelter.
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City Council members, TVA officials meet against backdrop of possible MLGW split from TVA
Memphis City Council members met Tuesday in Chattanooga with Tennessee Valley Authority officials.
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Emotion and mechanics surround Memphis 3.0 plan
Despite the high hopes of some for the proposed Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan, there are some basic concerns and some criticism about how the land use and development guidelines will be used.
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Brown to run for City Court clerk on October ballot
Memphis City Council member Joe Brown is running for City Court clerk.
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MLGW adjusts budget, tracks 'customer minutes interrupted'
The political battle over MLGW rates and calls for upgrades in the utility's infrastructure shows every sign of returning for another budget year.
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Council delays Graceland development plan, first reading of 3.0 plan
The council also delayed the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines and approved the Poplar Arts Lofts project. And the council got a first hand look at the FedEx "same day bot" to be tested on Memphis streets this summer.
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Council to vote on Graceland development plan
A Graceland master plan that does not include an arena tops Tuesday's Memphis City Council agenda. Also on the agenda is the Poplar Arts Lofts project and a discussion about urban art.
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Boyd disclosure form on council website updated as other members post theirs
Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd has amended his disclosure to include his job with FedEx Logistics on a form dated last week on the council's website.
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Jeff Warren seeks council seat after time of historic change on school board
Former Memphis City Schools board member Jeff Warren is running for a super district council seat, citing his experience as a family physician and as a school board member as terms were set for the merger of public education in Shelby County.
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Boyd's employment by FedEx Logistics missing from state disclosure form
Council member Berlin Boyd has worked for FedEx Logistics for seven months, taking in the time the FedEx division decided to relocate Downtown at Boyd's urging.
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Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council candidate Jeff Warren
Former Memphis City Schools board member Jeff Warren discusses his return to the political arena in a bid for the Memphis City Council.
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Explore Bike Share nets new support from FedEx, city
Explore Bike Share has picked up funding from Memphis-based FedEx, $150,000 over three years; and Memphis, $75,000 a year for four years, from fees on Bird and Lime.
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Memphis 3.0 plan draws more questions than reviews in first council discussion
Memphis City Council members looked for a quick bottom line in the Memphis 3.0 plan during their first discussion of the 400-page proposal Tuesday.
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City and Graceland break standoff over Whitehaven expansion minus arena
The city and Graceland appear to have an agreement that allows the Graceland master plan to move ahead in some form beyond litigation over an arena that has been a part of the plan.
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Council to review fine print, recent amendments to Memphis 3.0 plan
A review of the Memphis 3.0 plan tops Tuesday's City Council agenda, along with new residential development in Cooper-Young and a neighborhood near the Fairgrounds.
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Council moves deeper into consideration of MLGW changes
Memphis City Council members are to meet with TVA officials in Chattanooga to talk more about changes at MLGW. Meanwhile, there is discussion of other possible changes at the utility.
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February 2019
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Fourth Strickland budget plan marks shift in recovery of city finances
An early look at Mayor Jim Strickland's still forming budget proposal to come in April shows in 2026 the city will be paying $40 million less in debt. Meanwhile, the budget plan will mark the city's final of five installments toward an annual pension liability payment estimated at around $78 million going forward.
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Commission to appoint new SCS board member, vote on pre-K ordinance
The Shelby County Commission is expected Monday to appoint a new member to the board of Shelby County Schools to serve until August 2020.
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MLGW to talk with other electric providers as it weighs long-term future with TVA
MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young says the utility will talk with some alternate electric providers as it weighs a long-range examination of ending or altering its 80-year relationship with TVA.
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Sheraton expands effort to block public incentives for rival Loews
Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins said he'll rule Monday, Feb. 25, on a city motion to dismiss a Sheraton bid to block public incentives for a Loews hotel in Downtown Memphis.
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MLGW water rates go up 3 percent, gas and electric hikes rejected
The plan for multiyear MLGW gas, electric and water rate hikes was rejected Tuesday by the Memphis City Council. It's the second year the council has gone instead for smaller one-year rate hikes – this time a 3 percent hike in water rates starting next month.
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City Council gives final OK to South Cordova de-annexation
The Memphis City Council gave final approval to the de-annexation of South Cordova Tuesday.
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Council expected to take final vote on South Cordova de-annexation
The last in a set of five de-annexations, South Cordova, goes to the Memphis City Council Tuesday for a final vote and probably more debate than the council had with the four other de-annexations.
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Vote on MLGW rate hike mixes with talk of TVA split
Memphis City Council members will try again Tuesday to make a final decision on Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division's rate hikes in an atmosphere that has come to also include questions about the future of the utility’s 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Council rules change draft ruffles feathers anew
Memphis City Council members are reviewing changes to their rules after the two-month stalemate in filling three open council seats. And some of the proposed changes are prompting renewed debate.
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City Council financial disclosures to go on city website
With just enough votes, the Memphis City Council approved a resolution that will post the financial disclosure reports of each council member next to his or her bio on the city's website.
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Memphis police oversight board calls bill to limit power of groups 'over reaching'
Memphis' civilian review board wants to challenge proposed state legislation that would restrict the power of police oversight boards.
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City Council resolution on second convention center hotel answers Sheraton lawsuit claim
A city council resolution on the financing of a second convention center hotel added to Tuesday's agenda is an answer to changes in a lawsuit filed by the owners of the city's original convention center hotel recently.
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Council delays action on MLGW rate hikes as utility takes case to the public
Memphis city council members again delayed approval of Memphis Light, Gas and Water rate increases Tuesday, instead urging the utility to make its case to the public for an infrastructure overhaul before the council tries again later this month.
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Council weighs MLGW rate hikes, reviews rules for vacancies
Memphis City Council members are expected to vote Tuesday on a set of gas, electric and water rate hikes that would raise the average residential utility bill 10.5 percent over a five-year period with no rate hike until January 2020.
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City, county propose joint ordinance to expand countywide pre-K program
A Shelby County and city of Memphis joint ordinance is proposed to create the structure to allow the countywide prekindergarten program to expand by 1,000 seats next school year.
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January 2019
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City Hall’s recurring marble problem a sign of age and times
More than 50 years since City Hall opened for business, the marble slabs that define its seven-story exterior are again a problem. It's just one of the challenges facing the aging building that houses city government.
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Sheraton fires back in court battle against Loews incentives
Sheraton Downtown Memphis Hotel attorneys say the City Council committed a series of missteps in approving public incentives for a rival Loews Hotel project in August.
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Council greenlights Union Row garage financing, hears new MLGW rate hike plan
The city council approves $50 million in financing for a Union Row garage with Bird Box analogies during the debate. The council also heard a new plan Tuesday for an MLGW multi-year rate hike that would delay the increase for this calendar year.
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City Council delves deeper into proposed MLGW rate hike options
After rejecting an MLGW rate hike proposal in December, Memphis City Council members review three alternative options Tuesday toward infrastructure upgrades for the gas, electric and water sectors of the utility.
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Politics Podcast: County Commissioners Billingsley and Sawyer talk juvenile justice reform
Shelby County commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mark Billingsley talk about juvenile justice reform with county beat reporter Omer Yusuf, and city government reporter Bill Dries recaps the three new Memphis City Council members and the rocky transition in the Criminal Court clerk’s office. -
Council changes signal start of city election year
The three newest Memphis City Council members may be a good indication of a change in who runs for the council in the 2019 city elections.
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Council ponders fine print of sports betting bills
Memphis City Council members back the general plan for sports betting on Beale Street, but they want to see what kind of split of revenue is proposed when it comes down to a specific bill in Nashville.
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Greer, Johnson and Currie appointed to City Council
Sherman Greer, an administrator at Southwest Tennessee Community College, is the new District 1 member of the Memphis City Council.
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MLGW tries again on rejected rate hikes
The first Memphis City Council meeting of the new year could see a second look and some revisions to proposed rate hikes from MLGW the council rejected at year's end.
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City Council tries again to fill three vacancies
After a break for the holidays, Memphis City Council members try again Tuesday to fill three vacancies. If the council is still gridlocked, the next move could be to put the three council seats to voters in a special election.
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December 2018
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Nelson: Mid-South politics – here’s what’s coming in 2019, part 1
Whether in Memphis, Mississippi, Tennessee or Washington, politics in 2019 promises to be more interesting than usual in an odd-numbered year. -
2018 elections offer surprises, confirmations and plenty of litigation
There were more than votes to count in the 2018 local elections. There were voters, early voting locations and lawsuits – six of them – against the Shelby County Election Commission.
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Sanford: This year's top news stories hint at what's ahead in 2019
A steady flow of mostly positive economic news for Memphis and Shelby County – coupled with the solemn and tasteful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination – was overshadowed at times by political bickering and grandstanding in 2018.
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Robinson and Morgan say council discord has broader context
Memphis City Council members say there were some indications of discord before the rift over filling three vacant council seats. But when the rift settled in for the rest of the year it was a surprising turn.
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Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council vacancies, sports betting, Union Row and more
Memphis City Council members Patrice Robinson and Worth Morgan join us to talk about the council's three vacant seats. Plus: Union Row gets a thumbs-up from the County Commission and sports betting could be coming to Tennessee. -
City Council votes down MLGW rate hikes, approves Union Row TIF
Memphis City Council members have rejected gas, water and electric rate hikes proposed by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division. On three separate 3-7 votes Tuesday, the council voted down the rate hikes to take effect in 2019 and again in 2021 across all three divisions of the publicly owned utility. -
City Council rejects Logan, punts filling vacancies to new year
Memphis City Council members put off filling three empty seats on the council Tuesday at their last meeting of the year. -
Bond bid for council seat sidelined by diagnosis
Theryn Bond got some bad news in her quest to get the appointment to the open City Council District 6 seat. -
City Council's 3 empty seats take center stage
The Memphis City Council has three empty council seats to fill Tuesday. And if the 10 council members can’t break the gridlock that has delayed the appointment to the first of those vacancies, there will be more calls for special elections to fill all three. -
Politics Podcast: Overton Park, Union Row and empty council seats
The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast looks at Overton Park's controversial history, Union Row's trip to the county building and what's next for those three empty Memphis City Council seats. -
City Council fields narrow for appointments
Ten citizens have applied for one of the two latest vacancies on the Memphis City Council, and 16 have applied for the other. -
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. -
Council contenders: Who's in the mix for three open city council seats
All three open positions on the Memphis City Council are in play starting Thursday at noon, the deadline for those interested in the District 6 seat and the Super District 8 Position 2 seat to file their applications with the council office. -
City Council calls six a quorum, as four hire attorney
Six Memphis City Council members on Tuesday, Dec. 11, approved 39 resolutions from the delayed Dec. 4 agenda as the four members not present sent their lawyer to the special session at City Hall. -
County still in 'research phase' on finding MATA revenue stream
The recently formed Memphis and Shelby County ad hoc transportation/transit committee met Tuesday afternoon – continuing its discussion on finding a dedicated funding source for the Memphis Area Transit Authority. -
City Council gives quorum call another try Tuesday
Within minutes of each other and just a few yards apart at City Hall last week, council members Joe Brown and Berlin Boyd each told reporters the vacant and hotly contested council District 1 seat is “the people’s seat.” -
Week ends without City Council quorum as District 1 stalemate continues
On the fourth consecutive day of what Memphis City Council chairman Berlin Boyd calls “the situation,” the council again could not muster a quorum of seven members to transact business. -
No quorum on third day of city council stalemate
Memphis City Council members assembled at City Hall for about 10 minutes Thursday in an attempt to get a quorum of seven members to transact business. -
Treadaway out of City Council appointment standoff
One of the contenders for the appointment to the open District 1 Memphis City Council seat withdrew from consideration Wednesday, opening the possibility for a compromise among council members on the deadlocked appointment process and a return of a quorum for the council to transact other city business. -
Council Chronicle
Since the turnover of nine of the 13 Memphis City Council seats in the 2007 elections, the council has charted a new path at City Hall. The largest change on the body in the 50-year history of the mayor-council form of government was followed by the largest return of incumbents four years later and changes in the mayor’s office. -
City Council standoff continues with walkout, potential lawsuit
The Memphis City Council’s impasse over appointing a new member is on its way to Chancery Court after four of the 10 council members walked out of Tuesday's meeting, leaving the body without the necessary quorum to vote on anything. -
City Council, suburbs consider nixing noon beer sale restriction
Having to wait until noon on Sunday before buying beer may soon be a thing of the past in several local jurisdictions. -
City Council tries again to break appointment deadlock
Memphis City Council members resume Tuesday their attempt to fill one of three vacancies on the 13-member body. -
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.
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November 2018
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Boyd says deals, partisanship, race are factors in council standoff
Memphis City Council chairman Berlin Boyd says the council was on its way to a partisan and racial divide when it tried to appoint someone to fill the vacant District 1 seat last week. -
Interest high in two Memphis City Council vacancies
Former Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. is among six applicants for the District 6 seat held by his son Edmund Ford Jr. -
Council opens applications to fill two more vacant seats
At least one of the spectators who watched the Memphis City Council vote more than 100 times to fill a vacant council position Tuesday will be among those vying for an appointment to one of two other open council seats. -
City Council's District 1 deadlock spawns theories
The Memphis City Council’s deadlock over filling a vacancy on the body began to read like a political whodunit, even while the council was in the process Tuesday of taking more than 100 votes on the appointment. The usual suspects of race, political power and political deals were all mentioned and hinted at during the standoff between council members backing Raleigh Community Development Corp. executive director Rhonda Logan and Flinn Broadcasting sales manager Lonnie Treadaway. -
Rallings says answer to police shootings is to support law enforcement
Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings led a chorus this week of the law enforcement agencies who have an agreement with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to investigate fatal shootings by police: Leave the agreement as it is. -
City Council vote marathon ends without council appointment
Memphis City Council members took more than 100 separate votes on an interim council member Tuesday in a meeting that stretched past midnight before chairman Berlin Boyd recessed the meeting and the decision until the Dec. 4 council session. -
City Council to fill first of three vacancies
Memphis City Council members will fill a vacancy at their Tuesday session and elect a new chairman and vice chairman for 2019. -
Seven file for City Council appointment
Seven citizens including the mother of former Memphis City Council member Bill Morrison, the leader of Latino Memphis and the former Shelby County Probate Court clerk have applied to fill Morrison’s vacant District 1 council seat. -
City Council turnover begins before 2019 elections
With a proposal to extend City Council term limits rejected, the stage is set for the first significant change on the 13-member council since nine new members were elected in 2007. -
Eight apply for open City Council seat so far
The head of Latino Memphis and the former Shelby County Probate Court clerk top a list of eight citizens who have applied to fill a vacancy on the Memphis City Council. -
Council session features Fullilove exit, head of TVA, South Cordova de-annexation
The Memphis City Council will be down two members when it meets Tuesday in an Election Day session. -
Janis Fullilove 'blessed' in new role as juvenile court clerk
At first, longtime Memphis City Councilwoman Janis Fullilove had no desire to be Shelby County Juvenile Court clerk, much less consider entering the race. -
U of M gets $5M to study ‘breaches’ in Memphis aquifer
The University of Memphis’ Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research has been awarded a five-year, $5 million contract to conduct extensive research on the water quality of the Memphis aquifer.
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October 2018
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City Council takes applications for Morrison vacancy
The Memphis City Council will begin accepting applications Thursday to fill the District 1 council seat that becomes vacant that day with the resignation of council member Bill Morrison. -
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. -
Memphis police force increases for first time since 2011
Over the last five years, the Memphis Police Department has seen officers leaving every year, but grant funding from private donors has allowed the department to recruit and retain more officers, and for the first time the police force has seen something it has not experienced since 2011 — growth. -
Politics doesn’t always make you nauseous (only most of the time)
There’s a bit early in Primary Colors, Joe Klein’s written-as-Anonymous 1996 roman a clef on the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign, that comes to me from time to time. -
Cohen: I urge Memphians to vote against the charter amendments
Throughout my career in politics, I have always worked to amplify the voice of the voters that I have been fortunate enough to represent. In that spirit, I urge everyone to vote against the creatively worded charter amendments on the ballot in the Nov. 6 election. -
Council funds 'public information campaign' on referendums
Memphis City Council members voted Tuesday to use the council’s government affairs account to fund a “public information campaign” on the three city charter amendment referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot. -
City Council to consider Overton Square hotel back-up plan
Plans for a hotel at Overton Square would include some acreage for stacked townhomes or apartment buildings if the Memphis City Council approves an amended version of the hotel plan on Tuesday. -
More than awareness, Komen M3 subsidizes breast cancer care for region's poorest
It’s that time of year again when women and men bring the pink apparel to the front of their closets; pink ribbons can be seen pinned on lapels across the business community and even Memphis Tigers players done pink footwear and gloves. -
Bellefonte-powered MLGW pitch generates doubts, questions
The former chief operating officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority wants Memphis Light Gas and Water Division to drop TVA as its electrical power supplier in five years. -
City Council approves New Bellevue development by Hein Park
Memphis City Council members approved a New Bellevue Baptist Church sanctuary and set of 17 single-family homes Tuesday, Oct. 9, on 4.6 acres of land on the border of the Hein Park subdivision. -
Council to discuss pending vacancies, rapid bus route, TBI investigations
Memphis City Council members could discuss the process of filling three upcoming vacancies on the body when they meet Tuesday, Oct. 9.
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September 2018
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City Council to discuss bus lanes on Second and B.B. King, vote on de-annexations
Second Street and B.B. King Boulevard between Union Avenue and A.W. Willis Boulevard would each have a lane just for buses and other mass transit under a proposal to be discussed by a Memphis City Council committee Tuesday, Sept. 25. -
City ready to re-institute Beale Street Bucks cover charge for security
The first weekend the Downtown Memphis Commission and Memphis Police Department considered reinstituting a cover charge on Beale Street did not occur. -
Protests, arrests, proposed new law follow ‘disturbing’ shooting
Two days after Martavious Banks was critically wounded by a Memphis police officer in a shooting, protesters stood on the sidewalk at the entrance to the Airways police precinct calling for justice Wednesday night. About 50 protesters, some with bullhorns and carrying signs that read, “We have our cameras on," arrived shortly before 7 p.m. to the “Citywide Protest” organized by Memphis activist, Mac Freddie. -
Airways Middle School zoning change leads with billboard
Few items to be voted on at City Hall kindle controversy like the prospect of a new billboard. The controversy usually pits council members who see billboards as blight and oppose any proliferation of them against members who see them as a money-maker for property owners who lease their land for billboard use. -
Cost of traffic fines, fees limiting opportunities for thousands of Memphians
About 18,000 times each year, the state of Tennessee suspends the driver’s license of a Shelby County resident for failure to pay traffic fines and fees, according to data obtained by the nonprofit advocacy organization Just City. A disproportionate number of those drivers are black, making the fines a social justice issue, said Just City executive director Josh Spickler.
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