‘How about we cut you off as the chair?’ — Ford tirade aimed at County Commission chairwoman
Also in the roundup: Amber Huett-Garcia opens Commission campaign, Marie Feagins’ bid for county mayor and Steve Cohen on a successor.
Topic: Shelby County Commission
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November 2025
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Is Shelby County’s cash crunch really about the Task Force?
While the Memphis Safe Task Force has had some impact on the county’s finances, the county is typically in this situation each year.
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MSCS board votes to move toward lawsuit about 2026 elections
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board is formally mulling a lawsuit about the “threat to the lawful function and democratic integrity” caused by new state and county actions that cut short terms for five members.
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Ford gets heated in County Commission debate about deputy’s benefits
The County Commission ultimately extended benefits for a severely injured Shelby County sheriff’s deputy.
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County fixes cash-flow crunch with $43 million loan
The “interfund tax anticipation note” solves the short-term cash-flow problem for county government. But long-term financial concerns around county reserves remain.
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5 MSCS board members could be voted out early. The board may sue.
Shelby County Commissioners’ enactment of the new state law is an “imminent threat to the lawful function and democratic integrity” of the board and district, according to a resolution sponsored by board Vice Chair Joyce Dorse Coleman.
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County to vote on $30M monthly payroll cash flow crisis
The county administration blames the shortfall on the Memphis Safe Task Force and federal government shutdown.
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October 2025
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Another National Guard resolution delayed at County Commission
The nonbinding resolution is the third the Shelby County Commission has considered to suggest alternatives to the National Guard.
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County Commission votes to put all 9 MSCS board seats on 2026 ballot — again
The Shelby County Commission voted to override Mayor Lee Harris’ veto of their original decision to make the school board change, meaning five MSCS school board members will see their terms cut short.
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County Commission to take critical vote on school board elections
Overriding a veto: The Shelby County Commission will vote on moving races for all nine Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seats to the 2026 ballot after Mayor Lee Harris’ veto of their September decision.
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Mayor Harris vetoes vote to put all MSCS board members on ballot
“Absent an emergency or in the case of criminal misconduct, I do not believe the terms of elected officials should be shortened. As such, I hereby veto,” Harris wrote.
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Changes coming to MSCS elections as lawmakers consider blunting board’s roles
The campaign season, with its new partisan battles, could also include a legal challenge from incumbent board members.
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County Commission approves fix for cash-flow crunch
Commissioners also began to talk Monday, Oct. 6, about the county’s other financial problem that prompted the Tennessee comptroller to bar approval of any new bonds for the next year.
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September 2025
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Resolution opposing National Guard deployment fails to pass County Commission
After much debate, the commission failed to pass any resolution on the National Guard. Discussion moved on to a new jail, grants and the county reserves.
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County Commission approves moving all MSCS board seats to 2026 ballot
The vote effectively shortens the four-year terms of office that five school board members were elected to in 2024.
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A divided County Commission to decide its response to National Guard
Shelby County commissioners will weigh in on the coming of National Guard troops to Memphis. Commissioners also return to the question of a new jail and moving Memphis school board elections.
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‘I don’t want to see a tank in my neighborhood’— County Commission debates Guard deployment
County Commissioners got their first look at two resolutions offering different responses to the coming deployment of National Guard troops to the city.
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Lakeland’s Wesley Wright won’t run for Shelby County Commission
Wesley Wright won’t run for Shelby County Commission, but is still eligible for either Lakeland commissioner or mayor under the suburb’s two-term limit for Board of Commission members.
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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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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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