There are 18 article(s) tagged Pearl Walker:

• February 2025

  • City Council delays emergency funding decision for MATA

    City Council members said Tuesday they still need a financial accounting of how MATA spent past city funding before a new board was installed in October.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2025

• August 2024

  • Memphis v. Tennessee: A Republican majority meets a Democratic one

    How do groups who disagree work together? They go to court, if the lawsuit filed by the City Council against the Election Commission about not including a gun-control referendum on the ballot is any indication.

    By Bill Dries August 31, 2024

  • Residents, activists voice concerns, hear details of xAI project

    The meeting hosted by MLGW alongside Memphis City Council member Pearl Walker came after months of community worry about the project, which promises to add the electrical equivalent of several thousand homes to the utility’s distribution system. 

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    Permits not required for temporary xAI turbines

    By Samuel Hardiman August 11, 2024

• July 2024

  • MLGW, xAI on ‘dual tracks’ to design greywater treatment plant

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water announced its plans for a greywater treatment facility, running parallel to the greywater facility plans of Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence company xAI. 

    By Sophia Surrett July 09, 2024

• March 2024

  • City Council members say perception and data go together in fighting crime

    Perception and fear have to be part of the conversation when political leaders are weighing solutions for Memphis’ crime problem, they say.

    By Bill Dries March 09, 2024

• December 2023

  • Incoming council member addresses shooting in her district

    Pearl Walker talks about solutions to crime after five people were shot, leaving two dead, at a car wash on Riverdale Road.

    By Aarron Fleming, Julia Baker December 15, 2023

• November 2023

  • Green, Walker and Easter-Thomas win council runoff races in historic shift

    The winners of the three races make a majority of seven women on the city council that takes office in January — the first majority of women on the 13-member body in the 55-year history of the mayor-council form of government.

    By Bill Dries November 16, 2023

• October 2023

  • City Council District 3 race heads for runoff with Pearl Walker, James Kirkwood

    Walker and Kirkwood will battle for the Memphis City Council district that covers Whitehaven and parts of Parkway Village, Oakhaven and Hickory Hill. 

    By Julia Baker October 06, 2023

• March 2023

  • Political Roundup: Elections warm up with residency challenge, People’s Convention, council races

    The lawsuits over the five-year residency rule in the mayor’s race get their first court hearing Friday. Meanwhile, four of the mayoral contenders show up for a People’s Convention gathering at LeMoyne-Owen College and council candidates Meggan Kiel and Pearl Walker kick off their bids.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2023

• December 2022

  • New Year’s Eve event brings hope for the homeless

    “I pray that all of us can live in the moment and that we can get some of the best moments we can out of life” in 2023, host Eric Brinson said.

    By Alicia Davidson December 31, 2022

• November 2022

  • Whitehaven residents try to replace ‘Charlie Brown tree’ at Southland

    “That tree is a part of the experience. It’s one of those good old fashioned family experiences that you can have.”

    By Jasmine McCraven November 25, 2022

• August 2022

  • Whitehaven advocate Yvonne Nelson killed Saturday

    The community advocate and former journalist was shot to death Saturday night in Raleigh. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 22, 2022

• February 2022

  • Whitehaven leaders discuss history, look to future

    Whitehaven is much more than Graceland, FedEx and the airport, with its rich history, independently owned businesses and a deep sense of pride – or “neighborhoodism” as one leader calls it.

    By Julia Baker February 20, 2022

• January 2022

  • Community members react to Tom Lee Park lawsuit

    After a meeting held by plaintiffs suing the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign, community members expressed a few concerns about the project.

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    Tom Lee Park redesign plaintiffs want parking lots restored

    By Julia Baker January 06, 2022

  • Tom Lee Park redesign plaintiffs want parking lots restored

    The plaintiffs are taking the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership to court over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign.

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    Community members react to Tom Lee Park lawsuit

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2022

• November 2021

  • About Town: What a week for Whitehaven

    This week was a busy one for Whitehaven as it wrapped up its appreciation week, Elvis Presley Boulevard received new Christmas ornaments, and a restaurant moved locations. 

    By Julia Baker November 26, 2021

• November 2020

  • ‘I Love Whitehaven Weekend’ aims to draw visitors to community

    This week of events kicks off the holiday season for Whitehaven.

    By Linda A. Moore November 17, 2020

• January 2019

  • Whitehaven Black Restaurant Week builds energy for community, small businesses

    Whitehaven creates its own energy in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream with Whitehaven Black Restaurant Week.

    By Cole Bradley January 22, 2019