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Mayor Lee Harris vetoed the commission’s September vote that would move all nine Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seats to the 2026 ballot, shortening the four-year terms of office of five of the school board members elected last year.
“Instead of waiting for the school board election, we demand an immediate, concrete commitment to fix our schools and restore public trust.”
“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.
“This isn’t about outside firms coming in, taking out dollars and leaving,” the Regional One president and CEO said. “This is about combining specialized health care expertise with Memphis proven capabilities, ensuring that Memphis business grows.”
Sheriff Floyd Bonner’s lawsuit seeks $67 million in proposed funding for his office that he says was not included in the county’s $1.7 billion consolidated budget.
Wednesday’s signing won’t actually cause any changes at the jail as the facility has been implementing this policy since 2023.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is changing the county property tax rate his administration is proposing to match the state’s certified rate.
For the past several months, Memphis City Councilman Jeff Warren has been giving tours of Methodist University Hospital. His goal is simple: Convince the community it doesn’t need to spend $1 billion on a new campus for Regional One.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says his budget proposal for the new fiscal year will reduce the county property tax rate by 20% and raise the county wheel tax by another $5.
The new pass is now available at Memphis libraries and community centers. It provides elementary students and their families free access to performances and events hosted by more than 30 local arts organizations.
The Shelby County Commission met for a retreat where the aim was to get at the working relationship among the body of 13. That relationship has been rocky during the first half of the group’s four-year term.
“We’ve got to face the reality,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said. “The (Cordova) project may not be dead permanently, but it’s suffered a pretty big death blow.”
“No matter what happens with respect to the Trump administration, the city and county are prepared to make this office sustainable and continue the commitments,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said of the question of continued federal support in the Trump administration.
EDGE received the “Outstanding Local Development Finance Agency of the Year” award from the National Council of Development Finance Agencies.
Memphis City Council member Jerri Green is moving from senior policy adviser to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to deputy chief of staff in the county administration.
The commission gave final approval to sweeping changes to the Shelby County Land Bank at its last meeting in June. Mayor Lee Harris vetoed the resolution saying it costs too much and is an unclear plan. The commission meets in special session Wednesday, July 17, to vote on overriding Harris’ veto.
The 60 and older prom was a groovy way to get Shelby County seniors out of the house and onto the dance floor. “One of my favorite things I ever heard was that this is the best party that they’ve ever been to on a Monday.”
Reaction to word of an AI supercomputer coming to southwest Memphis drew bipartisan support from elected and other officials in the city and the region.
School board candidates on the August ballot talk about MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins’ vision for the district.
The study would cost $250,000, and the new center $18.6 million. County Mayor Lee Harris meanwhile has said the diversion center is a more immediate priority that could help with conditions in the current jail.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. knows the area has a lot of needs, but he says 201 Poplar is showing its age — and Shelby County should start thinking about a new jail.
One of the biggest issues in the mayoral campaign is how candidates intend to fight crime, including whether they will maintain current strategies.
The 50,000 customers still waiting on power to be restored can cool down at Baker Community Center as temperatures approach triple digits. MLGW expects boil water advisory to end tomorrow 55,000 MLGW customers without power as triple-digit temperatures approachRelated stories:
The $25 a year increase in the wheel tax was a last-minute compromise that funds the three major projects it is aimed at, but does not build funding for future schools projects. The commission takes a second crucial vote on the tax hike Wednesday.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will include a $10 million ask to restart work on a new Memphis-Shelby County Schools high school in Frayser when he presents his fiscal year 2024 budget proposal to county commissioners on Wednesday, April 26.