There are 8 article(s) tagged Steve Mulroy:

• January 2021

  • Cordova High principal placed on leave for controversial comments

    Principal’s comments on the power social media and big tech companies have are under scrutiny from Shelby County Schools officials.

    By Linda A. Moore January 13, 2021

  • What will history say about COVID vaccine delivery, administration?

    Delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine is just another step on the long road toward herd immunity. Getting there will require a level of effectiveness apart from the vaccine itself. History will judge leaders’ success as we all pursue a return to the “old” normal. 

    By Don Wade January 11, 2021

• November 2020

  • A house divided: Political split often falls along city/rural lines

    Political and cultural division in Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the country, is real. But as polarized as Americans might be, it has been worse and it can get better.

    By Don Wade November 29, 2020

• July 2020

  • State Supreme Court weighs expansion of absentee voting

    The state's highest court heard the state's appeal of the recent expansion of mail-in absentee voting ordered last month by a Nashville Chancery Court. The state says absentee ballots are a privilege and not a right. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argue that in the current pandemic, in-person voting is a choice for voters between their health and their right to vote.

    By Bill Dries July 30, 2020

• February 2020

  • As primary nears, campaigns heat up for ‘election of a lifetime’

    Actor and activist Ashley Judd campaigned in the city Wednesday for Elizabeth Warren. Rival Michael Bloomberg comes to town Friday, and former Vice President Joe Biden's ads will saturate local television on the way to Super Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries February 27, 2020

• January 2020

  • Hand-marked paper ballots for elections get new push

    Commissioners talk about new voting machines next week, and the election commission plans to buy and begin using new voting machines this election year – but so far the focus has been on paper trails and not paper ballots to mark.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2020

• October 2019

  • Sanford: Shelby County Democrats embrace the L word

    On the night Mississippi voters are deciding between two degrees of conservatism, Shelby County Democrats will gather in Germantown to ask the question, “How Liberal Are You?”

    By Otis Sanford October 31, 2019

• October 2018

  • November ballot questions join long line in last decade

    Voters in Shelby County have decided 52 referendums in the last decade of elections, from wine sales in food stores to the formation of suburban school systems to amendments to the Tennessee Constitution.

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2018