There are 5 article(s) tagged State Rep. Mark White:

• May 2025

  • Sanford: Taylor, White put MSCS takeover bill in spin cycle

    After the Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover bills failed to make it to the finish line, state Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, and state Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, changed their messaging. 

    By Otis Sanford May 01, 2025

• April 2025

  • Opinion: Why state legislators decided to wait on MSCS oversight board

    “Our decision to wait reflects our belief that effective reform must be evidence-based. Without the audit’s insights, we risk implementing solutions that are either too heavy-handed or insufficiently robust.”

    By Brent Taylor, Mark White April 30, 2025

• February 2025

  • Opinion: Local schools must meet demand of economic opportunity

    “It’s the responsibility of administrators, teachers, parents and elected officials like myself to ensure children in Shelby County are receiving the high-quality education they deserve.”

    By Mark White February 12, 2025

• November 2024

  • In two purple districts, blue challengers hope to unseat red incumbents

    If Democrats are going to dent the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly, Districts 83 and 97 will be key. 

    By Samuel Hardiman November 06, 2024

• June 2024

  • Leaders, lawmakers applaud xAI plans for Memphis as ‘historic’

    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.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2024