There are 6 article(s) tagged Regina Morrison Newman:

• June 2022

  • Property assessor warns of rental housing crisis

    “We will lose young professionals, new college grads and young families to surrounding areas of other cities where there is substantial affordable housing available.”

    By Daja E. Henry June 24, 2022

• March 2021

  • Property values jump in reappraisals; tax calculations still to come

    About two-thirds of the new property values, done once every four years, have been mailed. The reappraisal starts a complex and political process across all of the local governments in Shelby County that ends with setting new property tax rates.

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    Reappraisals: Some answers to your questions

    By Bill Dries March 16, 2021

• June 2020

  • Shelby County Budget: The email trail

    Internal emails show disagreements between the county administration and some of the countywide elected officials outside the administration of Mayor Lee Harris about budget cuts and other changes to the consolidated county budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. 

    By Bill Dries June 22, 2020

• April 2020

  • Harris says budget preview will outline challenges

    COVID-19 has changed the Shelby County's fiscal landscape, and responding to that is now the budget priority, county Mayor Lee Harris says.

    By Linda A. Moore April 15, 2020

  • History shows budget problems predate pandemic, Burgess says

    A memorandum from Melvin Burgess to the elected officials details why he says Shelby County has a budget deficit.

    By Linda A. Moore April 06, 2020

• July 2019

  • Free financial help now available for all Shelby County residents

    The Greater Memphis Financial Empowerment Center is now open and offers financial counseling to any Shelby County resident, without income restrictions and for as long as the help is needed.

    By Linda A. Moore July 16, 2019