The school board voted 8-1 at a special meeting Monday to approve $11 million toward a four-year lease for laptops and tablets from Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

Shelby County will not move to the third phase of reopening in the COVID-19 pandemic right now.

The six-hour special meeting Monday sets the stage for a final budget vote in a week. But there are questions about the dollar figures approved by the Commission and how much red ink there is to be dealt with after the moves. Two social media posts during the meeting by County Mayor Lee Harris also complained that there would be layoffs and cutbacks in critical county programs.

The Memphis City Council has three resolutions on its Tuesday, June 16, agenda dealing with law enforcement.

The Shelby County Health Department confirmed 256 new cases Monday, surpassing the previous single-day increases on June 9, with 192 new cases and June 2, with 190 new cases.

The open letter issued Monday calls for police reforms and anti-poverty initiatives. It also accuses Memphis Police of an "egregious" response to peaceful protest in the city. The black-led coalition includes a diverse group of many of the city's nonprofits, from community development corporations to arts groups to housing initiative leaders as well as social justice groups.

Baptist will host the training program, with direction from IAC Associates and in collaboration with Meharry Medical College in Nashville.

After closing, approximately 56% of the combined company will be held by legacy First Horizon shareholders and approximately 44% will be held by legacy Iberiabank shareholders.

General Sessions Civil Court resumed in-person hearings Monday with nearly 300 eviction cases on the docket for the day. But don’t construe that to mean the court is like some “assembly line or factory,” the chief judge says.

Developers of the 106-room boutique hotel have just rolled out some of the branding and concepts for the hotel that already towers over Overton Square.

The House finance committee approved a $39.4 billion budget plan for fiscal 2021 Monday night that leaders said would make the state “structurally” sound in two years instead of three.

The House finance committee passed a bill Monday creating the observance of Juneteenth in Tennessee to recognize the freedom of the slaves in Texas 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. But it appears to be going nowhere in the Senate, like many other House measures.

As the House digs into a proposed $39.4 billion budget for fiscal 2021, lawmakers are coming to grips with the idea of building up reserves while cutting programs such as education in the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 50 restaurant visits, we spotted 51 violations, the majority having to do with employees not wearing masks or wearing them improperly.

After George Floyd's death and the upheaval that followed, Harding basketball standout Makyah Thomas-Malone took her school's teachings to heart and spoke out.

Union and Macon Cove campuses will open for classes that require hands-on learning. Lecture-based courses will still be online for summer session.

The district plans to present a proposal to the school board on Tuesday, and estimates a longer school year would cost between $25 million and $30 million. 

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court.