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The best-case scenario assumes statewide testing and improved contact tracing.
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The best-case scenario assumes statewide testing and improved contact tracing.
Did we do enough – soon enough – to avert a catastrophe that could overwhelm our local hospitals?
Shelby County elected officials will keep unspent funds the county mayor's administration had hoped to cut to balance the budget and cover COVID-19 pandemic expenses.
A memorandum from Melvin Burgess to the elected officials details why he says Shelby County has a budget deficit.
Shelby County elected officials say county Mayor Lee Harris' administration went too far with proposed cuts to the current fiscal 2020 budget.
“This is not just a recommendation but a requirement supported in law,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, health department medical officer.
Health department confirms six positive cases in unnamed East Memphis assisted living facility.
As COVID-19 impacts tax revenues and creates other demands for Shelby County government, funding MATA will probably have to wait.
“We’re building an airplane in the air and doing it on a stopwatch. We’ve got a minute to build it.”
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Monday he and municipal mayors are issuing Safer at Home orders and closing non-essential businesses.
Mayor Jim Strickland announces churches, dine-in restaurants and gyms must close.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris declared a state of emergency Thursday. Shelby County has been approved for public assistance and some federal aid.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says in an exclusive interview with The Daily Memphian that he would not have gone with a Memphis In May delegation to Ghana had he had any idea of how quickly the coronavirus pandemic would explode.
The county plans to renovate the facility to house about 146 young people.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris remains in constant contact with staff and health department officials while on “a very important trip to a very important place.”
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
The new policy launches July 1 and gives six weeks pay for county employees who have a baby or adopt.
Details on how the county defines residency and what employees need to prove it passed in an ordinance on first reading.
Shelby County commissioners want to send a message about following the sexual harassment policy, regardless of who is accused.
The labor union official says the ordinance that allows some public safety workers to live outside the county is not "morally or fiscally responsible."
The corrections officer says in lawsuit against Shelby County that the corrections division is a sexually hostile environment for female officers.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris sees Frayser as a good place to start expanding educational opportunities for students.
The impatience to build a new facility from scratch caught the attention of the company holding title to an existing, unoccupied facility. Now instead of an $11 million annual lease agreement, the county could acquire the building and property for just a fraction of the original expense – $3.4 million.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will speak on the past year and upcoming plans in his second State of the County address.
There are things the Shelby County can and can't do to raise $10 million for public transit.