There are 47 article(s) tagged Rhonda Logan:

• August 2024

  • Whataburger complicates Midtown mixed-use project

    The issue for the multi-use development is adding another set of drive-thru lanes to an area already dominated by fast-food restaurants.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 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

• November 2023

  • MPD’s aggressive approach to crime stats will focus on re-offenders

    Some City Council members say crime data spotlighting those arrested several times could help Memphians better assess their risks. Others say the lack of data isn’t what’s driving fear of crime in the city.

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2023

• September 2023

  • Council District 1 incumbent calls public safety ‘top of mind with everybody’

    Rhonda Logan, who is running for re-election in District 1 against challenger Kymberly Kelley, cites public safety and economic opportunity as top issues. 

    By Don Wade September 06, 2023

• October 2022

  • City Council sends curfew enforcement proposal back to committee

    The proposal for more police enforcement backed by centers for juveniles to wait out the night drew ran into a series of questions and concerns.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2022

• September 2022

  • Cleanup group talks long-term and short-term fixes for blight, illegal dumping

    The city is adding a convenience dumpster site soon at Collins Yard and next year, plans to roll out artificial intelligence tracking to address blight and illegal dumping.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 2022

• August 2022

  • Raleigh leaders hope to activate Neighborhood Protection Act

    During an emergency meeting Monday evening in response to the area’s recent violent crime, leaders announced a new Raleigh Community Action Plan.

    By Daja E. Henry August 23, 2022

  • Community leaders urge action on gun violence after high-profile murders

    Neighborhood leaders got together during a press conference Tuesday, Aug. 16, to respond to the recent slaying of Yvonne Nelson, a community leader who led the Whitehaven Development Corporation and wrote community news for years.

    By Julia Baker August 16, 2022

• June 2022

  • Council approves city’s share of recurring funding for MATA

    The growing pool of property-tax funding is expected to reach the $30 million goal in the next seven to eight fiscal years — with city and county combined funding.

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    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • City Council rejects used-car lot on Elvis Presley Boulevard

    The council also discussed the riverfront’s Cobblestone Landing, a blight and illegal dumping task force and police escorts for Donald Trump’s Southaven speech.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • City Council to take final vote on partisan primaries

    The ballot question would be the second amending the city charter in this election year. Also on the budget are Memphis Area Transit Authority funding and the city’s blight problem.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

• May 2022

  • Extending city term limits goes on ballot for second time in four years

    A city charter change that would allow the mayor and members of the city council to serve three consecutive terms goes on the ballot in August. 

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2022

• December 2021

  • Council resurrects gas station project at Broad and Tillman

    City Council members resurrect a project they killed three weeks ago on a tie vote for a January re-vote. And the debate was contentious.

    By Bill Dries December 07, 2021

• September 2021

  • City Council makes it more difficult to build pipelines near water wellheads

    The measure is one of three proposals to limit and require local government approval and regulation of new oil pipeline projects. It’s broader than the other two measures delayed Tuesday over lingering legal questions.

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2021

  • City government’s low vaccination rate spotlights larger solid waste issues

    A low vaccination rate is just one of the problems the city faces as it wrestles with chronic problems surrounding solid waste disposal. 

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2021

• July 2021

  • Raleigh used car lot controversy takes turn toward kayaks and bike rentals

    Car lots and gas stations are getting more scrutiny from the Memphis City Council. But the idea of a proposed used car lot on Old Austin Peay Highway becoming a bike and kayak rental business instead is a new twist. 

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2021

• April 2021

  • Overtime, emergency contracts get Cordova, Area E garbage picked up

    On April 10, the city could terminate its contract with Waste Pro for poor service or determine that Waste Pro has made good on dealing with the backlog of trash. The council voted Tuesday calling on the administration to cancel the city’s contract.

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2021

• March 2021

  • Five council members call for changes to garbage collection by Waste Pro

    Waste Pro is the second private contractor in three years to have the solid waste contract for parts of Cordova, Hickory and East Memphis, known on solid waste routes as Area E.

    By Bill Dries March 23, 2021

  • Council members question why police candidate interviews will not be public

    Some council members questioned why they, along with the public, will not get a chance to question the seven police candidates before Mayor Jim Strickland nominates one of them for the top police job. 

    By Bill Dries and Yolanda Jones March 16, 2021

  • City Council comes out against Byhalia pipeline project

    Questions about opinions and litigation Tuesday in council committee turned into a rallying cry for some to join a legal fight in the name of the city’s underground water source.

    By Bill Dries March 16, 2021

  • Couple’s dream to build veteran housing edges closer to reality

    Paul and Debra Brantley started Memphis nonprofit BHW Estate with the goal of building permanent housing for homeless and at-risk veterans.

    By Omer Yusuf March 15, 2021

  • Council member says community policing should be priority of new police leadership

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, council member Rhonda Logan says the police force needs more officers but also needs to change the way those officers are used with a return to community policing.

    By Bill Dries March 13, 2021

• February 2021

  • First phase of new $45M Civic Center set to open this spring

    The new Raleigh Springs Civic Center includes a library, walking trail, lake and police station. The city is building it on the former Raleigh Springs Mall site. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 25, 2021

  • MLGW’s water crisis came after funding for infrastructure overhaul was delayed

    When the city’s water system became a crisis last week, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division was several months underway with a five-year $142.4 million overhaul of water system infrastructure. 

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2021

  • Bottled water goes quickly in city giveaway

    Long lines marked most of the eight sites the city operated Sunday, Feb. 21, to give families with no or slow-flowing water a case of bottled water per car. 

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2021