There are 8 article(s) tagged Regina Newman:

• March 2024

  • More audits of Halbert’s office likely after special prosecutor’s visit

    Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp and her investigators finished their two-day visit to look at problems within the Shelby County Clerk’s office. 

    By Bill Dries March 22, 2024

• February 2024

  • Wanda Halbert’s revenue reports miss mark — for the third time

    On Tuesday, Clerk Wanda Halbert submitted revised revenue reports to County Trustee Regina Newman, who said they were wrong. Meanwhile, a state audit team is due in Memphis to begin a review for the Tennessee comptroller.

    By Bill Dries February 29, 2024

  • Tennessee Comptroller sending audit team as ‘boots on the ground’ to clerk’s office

    “The evidence of incompetence and willful neglect by management in the Shelby County Clerk’s Office is overwhelming,” Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower wrote in a letter to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2024

  • County Clerk’s revenue figures still missing; County Trustee goes to state auditors

    Trustee Regina Newman has “unposted” inaccurate revenue figures from County Clerk Wanda Halbert. The revenue figures, including those for last year’s wheel-tax hike, are needed to build next year’s county budget.

    By Bill Dries February 26, 2024

• November 2023

  • County Commission wants ‘status update’ from Wanda Halbert prosecutor

    New documents show Halbert’s office owes more than $9,800 in rent on the Poplar Plaza location she vacated last week. She hasn’t turned in a monthly report on time for revenues collected by her office since July 2021, and the commission is asking questions.

    By Bill Dries November 14, 2023

• September 2022

  • During the pandemic, many evictions and foreclosures were halted; local tax sales weren’t

    The Institute for Public Service Reporting found that, between August 2020 and February 2021, the height of the pandemic, local governments auctioned off nearly 1,700 tax-delinquent properties, about a fourth of which seem to be owner-occupied homes. 

    By Jessica Jaglois September 19, 2022

• June 2022

  • County weighs bonuses along with pay raise — again

    The June 28 Shelby County Commission session saw an attempt to bring back to life bonuses some elected countywide officials proposed three weeks ago. 

    By Bill Dries June 28, 2022

• May 2022

  • Commission delays decision on adjusted county property tax rate

    The rate of $3.399 advanced Monday, May 9, on first reading with uncertainty ahead for the second of three votes on May 23. 

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