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The commission initially planned to only pay the back rent for Wanda Halbert’s Shelby County Clerk’s Office, but decided Monday to approve money for future rent, too.
“If I was asking you to give me 300 bucks a month every day for five years and get nothing — what would you do?” one of the property owners said.
A Nashville-based investor has spent 18 months looking “relentlessly” for properties to house his modular AI data centers.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners pushed Mayor Lee Harris to send more than $10 million in funding to local prekindergarten classrooms in a vote Monday, Jan. 12.
Thousands of people have been arrested within the past three months in Memphis, and prosecutors in both state and federal courts are feeling the increased load.
“The arena experience at FedEx Forum is always enjoyable. Good to see it translate globally. And we do have the best mascot, Armani certified! 😄” — Monika Natarajan about A blue bear in Berlin: Grizz adds to authentic NBA experience overseas
“I always thought that the noon law was because the folks that are church goers didn’t want the rest of us to get an early start on them. :)” — Bonnie Walker about Germantown could sell alcohol on Sunday mornings under proposed ordinance
“Fixing this broken system needs to be a top priority.” — Kate Dernocoeur about Memphis prosecutors feel weight of Task Force cases
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The NBA wants Berlin (and London) to get an authentic Memphis experience, and what is a Grizzlies game without Grizz?
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Initial public records provided to The Daily Memphian showed only a fraction of xAI’s true electric consumption and almost none of its natural gas usage, prompting questions about incomplete disclosure.
The Germantown-based center, which started operating as its own clinic last week, will continue to work closely with Baptist.
Sunday may have been Ja Morant’s last appearance at FedExForum as a Grizzly. If so, it was a fittingly disappointing end.
Down more than 160 pounds, Memphis native Reggie Morrow blends delicious with healthy, and his protein-packed chicken salad is flying off local shelves.
Jessie Medlin brings a lot of history and experience to the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors, and this year he will serve as the body’s president.
The National Ornamental Metal Museum’s “Taster” classes are meant to do just what the name implies: give folks a taste of different styles of the metal arts with the hope that they fall in love with it.
Sunday may have been Ja Morant’s last appearance at FedExForum as a Grizzly. If so, it was a fittingly disappointing end.
It’s a big week in politics and governance.