County Commission may attempt to block state schools takeover
“If we do nothing then we are really leaving ourselves at the will of the state,” said Commissioner Shante Avant.
Topic: Shelby County Commission
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March 2025
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State Comptroller set to pay $3 million for MSCS audit
The money to hire and pay an accounting firm to conduct the audit is part of Gov. Bill Lee’s amended budget proposal.
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County Commission will continue giving grants, despite federal bribery case
A proposed one-month moratorium on the Shelby County Board of Commissioners’ grant program was voted down, but the commission may change how grants are made. There could also changes to the ethics board.
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County Commission has little appetite for giving itself a raise
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County Commission has little appetite for giving itself a raise
While only two commissioners voted to get a raise, the panel showed more warmth to a proposed minimum-wage increase for county employees.
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County Commission to mull grants moratorium, other ethics moves
The possible freeze, which follows the indictment of Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. on bribery and tax evasion charges linked to grants, is one of the items on the March 17 agenda.
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After 17 years in elected office, Edmund Ford Jr. is at a crossroads
The Shelby County commissioner faces federal bribery and tax-evasion charges as he nears the end of his second term on the Board of Commissioners and after 11 years on the Memphis City Council before that.
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Efforts to recall and term-limit MSCS board members advance
Proposals have bipartisan support in the Tennessee General Assembly, and Shelby County commissioners appear supportive of local efforts to bring recall questions to voters.
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Inside proposed ethics changes for Shelby County government
The proposals include ballot questions for voters countywide in 2026 and an attempt to bring to life the dormant Shelby County Ethics Commission — or abolish it.
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Ford Jr. steered more money to nonprofits, documents show
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright identified three additional instances where Ford steered county funds to nonprofits federal investigators associated with an alleged kickback scheme.
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Harris wants to suspend Ford Jr. from making more county grants
Mayor Lee Harris also said he wants to meet with attorneys and other elected officials to see if further steps need to be taken.
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Ford indictment spotlights County Commission ethics guidelines
There is no provision for removing a Shelby County commissioner facing criminal charges, but there is a push to strengthen the ethics commission’s role, Chairman Michael Whaley said.
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February 2025
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Edmund Ford Jr. turns himself in to federal authorities
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. entered the Odell Horton Federal Building in Downtown Memphis at about 9:35 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28.
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County Commission chooses Criminal Court Judge Bill Anderson’s replacement
The new General Sessions Criminal Court judge was chosen by Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Feb.24, on the third ballot. She takes office March 1.
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County Commission moves forward on sheriff’s pay raise, but not their own
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County Commission approves Regional One land purchase despite $240K increase
The commission approved more money to buy the property that goes with the old Commercial Appeal buildings. Deals on the three remaining adjacent parcels for the 16-acre site are still pending.
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County Commission moves forward on sheriff’s pay raise, but not its own
County commissioners are considering a raise for the whoever is elected Shelby County sheriff in 2026. Meanwhile, a proposal to give the next group of commissioners a pay raise was withdrawn.
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County Commission to pick new judge to finish Bill Anderson’s term
Commissioners could also have more to say about the forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools they approved last month. Plus, the body will vote on several millions of dollars for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
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Road to new county budget includes some red ink
County officials aren’t putting any dollar figures to the deficit they expect when County Mayor Lee Harris presents his budget proposal in late April. But it’s the talk of the County Commission’s early budget hearings.
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General Sessions Judge position draws 15 applicants
The current U.S. Attorney, several judicial commissioners and more current and former assistant district attorneys filed applications by the Wednesday, Feb. 12, deadline set by the Shelby County Commission.
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County Commission approves MSCS forensic audit
The resolution approved Monday, Feb. 10, calls for $50,000 in funding for the audit from the County Commission’s contingency fund.
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County officials told to ‘invite Halbert’ to hiring, funding talks
A group of countywide office holders was frustrated when the Shelby County Commission again delayed a vote on changes to hiring and funding they wanted. They were told that County Clerk Wanda Halbert needed to be included in the discussions.
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County Commission to vote on MSCS audit
The commission also votes Monday on a set of three resolutions buying four more parcels on land on the new site for a rebuilt Regional One Health campus.
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Did no-confidence vote set stage for state takeover of MSCS?
Shelby County Commissioners Mickell Lowery and Britney Thornton talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the political boundary between the commission and the MSCS board.
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Shelby County Commission considers MSCS audit
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners will vote on the resolution at its Monday, Feb. 10, meeting, authorizing $50,000 from the commission’s contingency fund to pay for the audit.
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January 2025
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Former CA building to be site of Regional One
There is a new plan for the construction of a new Regional One Health hospital at a site on Union near South Lauderdale.
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County plans to fill General Sessions judicial vacancy by March 1
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County plans to fill General Sessions judicial vacancy by March 1
The County Commission should have a replacement for retiring General Sessions Court Judge Bill Anderson by his March 1 retirement.
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