Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert says her office has been hand-stuffing envelopes, but she remains baffled by what caused the backlog. In the interim, county government has asked for a weekly inspection of the clerk’s license plate and car tag storage space. 

The 9-2 vote at the Monday, June 27, commission completes city and county action to create an ongoing tax revenue stream expected to total $30 million in the next 8 years.

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The new system includes a paper trail along with updated touch screen machines and an option to vote hand-marked paper ballots. 

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved its $210.9 million budget and reviewed the first building in the redevelopment of Carrefour at Kirby Woods.

Memphis Public Libraries Director Keenon McCloy did not give a figure for the price of the contract, but may cost about $12 million.

The university’s case and objections are laid out, as well as the panel’s responses and its own objections.

And one approach starts with Tyus Jones.

And with almost half of Shelby County Commissioners leaving office in two months, they have a firm deadline to find $350 million in funding, their share of the project’s funding, for the county-owned hospital. The Commission also has ambitious plans to revamp the county’s MWBE program. 

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Grace Medical plans a $2.8 million expansion at its Bartlett headquarters to enhance its position in otology.

Joseph Scates plays with confidence but didn’t join the Tigers with a big ego. “I just want to work,” he said. 

After battling in high school, Hardaway and Phillips will be on the same bench this season.

The housing will provide a home for four ex-offenders who are participating in the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry’s FOCUSED program, an 11-week training program that combines job readiness with the opportunity for selection into vocational training programs.