Firestone site in North Memphis won’t house new jail
The Shelby County Commission has approved a resolution that rules out the New Chicago area of North Memphis from being the site of any new jail county government may decide to build.
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September 2025
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Commission narrowly avoids moving MSCS board elections (for now)
After a motion to move all board elections to the 2026 ballot failed on a tie vote, the commission voted to try again in two weeks on a proposal for the 2030 ballot.
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After County Commission delay, mayor ‘not coming back’ with ethics appointments
The vote came after harsh words were exchanged between Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr.
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School board elections, a new jail and ethics top County Commission agenda
The Shelby County Commission is scheduled to vote on cutting short the terms of some Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members and a new jail resolution that would rule out the old Firestone plant site.
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Memphis Zoo expands ‘Free Tuesdays’ program, adds new rules
The Memphis Zoo is expanding its program to offer free admission on Tuesdays year-round.
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August 2025
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County Commission plans next steps for Shelby County Jail
The Shelby County Commission has an amended plan to seek proposals on where and how to build a new jail. The detailed process was pushed Monday, Aug. 25, to a Sept. 3 committee meeting for more discussion.
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Steps toward county jail planning on commission agenda
Major moves by the county toward a new jail are on hold, but County Commission votes could push it closer to more specific plans.
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Questions continue to swirl around how, where new jail could happen
The maneuvering for a new jail plan at the site of the old Firestone plant in North Memphis has been pushed off until at least October.
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Read the room: Push for county commissioners to ‘vote your party’ on school board gets chilly response
Also Republican contender for governor John Rose on Medicaid expansion and “Tennessee values,” and Democratic contender Jerri Green on debating Senator Marsha Blackburn.
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County Commission punts on when to get school board races on same ballot
The Shelby County Commission agreed to start term limits for Memphis-Shelby County Schools board elections with the 2026 election. But it delayed a decision on when to get all those races on the same ballot.
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How the County Commission’s debate on school board elections has turned
The move to put all nine MSCS board seats on the ballot in 2026 took a few turns last week in County Commission committee sessions.
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‘We know we need a new jail': Commission reacts to ambitious Firestone jail plan
While most county commissioners support building a new jail, not all of them agree on where its built, who pays for it and who’s included.
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New jail targets Firestone site, aims to move more than jail
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New jail plan targets Firestone site, aims to move more than jail
A plan to build a new jail and relocate every criminal and civil justice institution in Shelby County to the former Firestone plant site in North Memphis was presented to the Shelby County Commission.
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Long-serving county commissioner who had a passion for theater dies
Julian Bolton, an attorney who also mentored younger politicians in the community after leaving the County Commission in 2006, died Monday. He was 75.
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July 2025
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County Commission postpones MSCS board changes vote
While some commissioners said the resolution the could end terms early for some MSCS board members is “unfair” and that there were “pure hypocrites in this room,” unhappy community members said, “It’s time for change.”
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County Commission to vote on putting all school board seats on 2026 ballot
A resolution on the Monday, July 28, County Commission agenda would cut in half the four-year terms of five elected Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members.
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School board members say lawsuit possible if terms shortened
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members Natalie McKinney and Michelle McKissack talked on “Behind The Headlines” about a coming Shelby County Board of Commissioners vote that could shorten the terms of five elected board members.
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Commissioners consider cutting terms of MSCS board members
Five of seven County Commissioners present for a Wednesday test vote supported a move that ultimately would cut in half the terms of five school board members elected in 2024.
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County commission considers putting all school board seats up for reelection in 2026
Commissioners will discuss putting all nine Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seats on the ballot. Some say this amounts to a voter recall of the board.
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June 2025
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County Commission re-mixes budget on eve of new fiscal year
A special meeting of the Shelby County Commission Monday was delayed for two hours in a dramatic rewriting of a key budget provision.
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Political Roundup: Lowery stumps, red state strategies and new voter numbers
The Political Roundup looks at some sparks in the early field for Shelby County in the 2026 county elections and examines the political divide over what kind of a relationship a majority Democratic or blue city should keep with leaders of a red state.
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County Commission passes budget — with no property tax hike
A majority of Shelby County commissioners favored some kind of small property tax hike in the new budget, but ultimately couldn’t get seven votes on how to split up the additional revenue.
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Property tax face-off will close out county budget season
A potential property tax hike looms as the Shelby County Commission tackles its budget and the Sheriff’s Office fights for funding.
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Mayor Harris wants to add crime lab funding to budget
County commissioners wrestled with budget amendments Wednesday totaling well past the $100 million mark, including the county mayor’s proposal.
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After Mayor Harris vetoes grant, Ford moves to override
County mayor accused Ford of “not taking seriously” the federal indictment against him. At stake, right now, is a nearly $180,000 grant for an entertainment industry nonprofit.
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