There are 42 article(s) tagged Miska Clay Bibbs:

• June 2025

  • Outgoing leader navigated health department through turbulent times

    Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor, a White Station High graduate, takes the helm of the Baltimore City Health Department on Aug. 4.

    By Aisling Mäki June 29, 2025

  • In critical week ahead, County Commission will wrangle budget and tax rate

    Budget Committee Chair Miska Clay Bibbs said commissioners have little time to iron out details of 23 amendments to Mayor Lee Harris’ budget proposal.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2025

• March 2025

  • For years, Mayor has tried to appoint new members to ethics board. County Commission hasn’t taken a single vote

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has produced six letters, going back to April 2021, in which he asked the County Commission to vote on new ethics board members. 

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2025

• December 2024

  • Shelby County Commission looks for smoother, swifter budget season

    The rules discussed at a Saturday, Dec. 14, retreat at Shelby Farms Park include a budget subcommittee to hash out details of budget amendments.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2024

• November 2024

  • Hickory Hill to get 26 new surveillance cameras

    “Anything that we can do to deter crime is the issue,” said Miska Clay Bibbs, the Shelby County commissioner who represents District 11, which includes Hickory Hill.

    By Jody Callahan November 22, 2024

• August 2024

  • County Commission leaders talk new schools, Regional One

    The incoming and outgoing chairs of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners talked on “Behind The Headlines” about new Cordova and Frayser schools funding and rebuilding Regional One Health’s campus.

    By Bill Dries August 26, 2024

  • County Commission to weigh reworked pay-raise proposal

    The commission meeting also marks the last for Miska Clay Bibbs as chairwoman of the body. Michael Whaley becomes chairman next month.

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2024

• June 2024

  • County Commission has several hitches on way to ending budget season

    The Shelby County Commission is unlikely to wrap up its budget season Monday, June 3, despite having an agenda with final votes scheduled on the budget and the property tax rate. 

    By Bill Dries June 03, 2024

• May 2024

  • County to add three new mental health diversion facilities

    Three new mental health facilities, which provide diversion opportunities for those struggling with mental health issues, are under development in Shelby County. 

    By Julia Baker May 20, 2024

• January 2024

  • County budget retreat: missing figures, job vacancies and ‘gobbledygook’

    Shelby County commissioners and about 40 other people including county finance and other division leaders met at Shelby Farms ahead of Mayor Lee Harris’ budget proposal.

    By Bill Dries January 28, 2024

  • Minerva Johnican Building honors ‘trailblazer’ in earlier era of change

    The former county commissioner, city council member and Criminal Court clerk who died in 2013 was remembered Thursday, Jan. 11, as the marker bearing her name was unveiled outside the 99-year-old building.

    By Bill Dries January 11, 2024

  • County Commission to start 2024 by diving into parliamentary procedure

    Shelby County commissioners start the new year Monday, Jan. 8, with a short agenda and a deeper dive into the details and rules of getting to votes on resolutions and ordinances.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2024

• November 2023

  • County Commission Scorecard: The new chair, committee assignments and police reform

    The County Commission Scorecard catches up to a trio of police-reform ordinances — two approved and a third falling one vote short. Also, the 10 rounds of balloting to elect a new leader demonstrated ongoing divisions on the commission.

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2023

• August 2023

  • County Commission tries to break stalemate on new chairman election

    Democratic commissioner Miska Clay Bibbs was one vote short of the seven votes needed to become the new chairwoman during nine rounds of voting at the July 17 commission meeting. Three of the 9 Democrats abstained in a rift that goes back to a June vote to raise the county wheel tax by $25.

    By Bill Dries August 07, 2023

• July 2023

  • Wheel tax divide leads to stalemate in vote for county commission chairman

    The wheel tax hike approved last month is a done deal. But the commission’s Democratic majority is still fractured over the decision. 

    By Bill Dries July 17, 2023

• June 2023

  • With community crime poll, perceptions match reality

    “The perception is that crime is up. But the reality is that crime is up,” said Bill Gibbons, president of the Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission. “No doubt about it.”

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023

• October 2022

  • Three seeking school board seat vacated by Clay-Bibbs

    The Shelby County Commission is expected to select a replacement on Oct. 17.

    By Aarron Fleming October 07, 2022

• August 2022

  • Who’s Who at Memphis-Shelby County Schools

    Here’s a look at key players at Memphis-Shelby County Schools as the system investigates allegations of sexual misconduct against Superintendent Joris Ray. 

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    Here’s a look at the changes MSCS has seen over the past decade

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2022

• June 2022

  • Recount confirms Henri Brooks, Miska Clay-Bibbs won Democratic primaries for County Commission

    The recount requested by two second-place finishers in the May primaries and approved by the state Democratic party’s primary board did not change the certified results.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • Recounts underway in two Democratic County Commission districts

    The Shelby County Election Commission has until Monday to complete the process for primary races that each got fewer than 3,000 votes.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2022

  • Two races in Shelby County Democratic primaries get recount

    The Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary board ordered recounts for the Shelby County Commission Districts 7 and 11 races.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2022

• May 2022

  • Election Commission certifies Shelby County May primary results

    The certified results show more than 100 additional votes than the election night unofficial totals in the one-candidate Republican primary races for Shelby County Mayor and District Attorney General. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2022

• January 2022

  • Miska Clay Bibbs, Willie Brooks target new jobs

    Shelby County Schools board member Bibbs is seeking a County Commission seat. Meanwhile Commission Chairman Brooks is aiming for the Shelby County Register’s job. 

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2022

• September 2021

  • TSU presents scholarships to senior class at Middle College High School

    In a surprise ceremony in the school’s gym, Tennessee State University granted scholarships to the entire senior class at Middle College High School.

    By Daja E. Henry September 23, 2021

• April 2021

  • Superintendent ‘reimagines’ new name, other changes for SCS

    Joris Ray previewed his Reimagine 901 plan, which will include higher teacher salaries, smaller class sizes and new educational programming.

    By Daja E. Henry April 16, 2021