Federal suit filed in Memphis late Thursday afternoon. 

Freelancer Ziggy Mack shot these photos of FedEx loading planes with aid to alleviate the suffering on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.

“Why are we now debating whether children should be protected amid a raging pandemic that has killed more than 600,000 in the U.S. alone?”

Current zoning allows for 60 dwelling units per acre, and 18 Main’s development plans call for 133 dwelling units per acre. 

A Florida-based developer wanting to build a 92-unit multifamily apartment complex in the University District is one step closer to doing so. 

CBRE will handle management and leasing of the 15-story office tower at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Third Street.

Nurses have until Sept. 10 to sign up for the two-year program. The first $10,000 installment will be paid Sept. 24.

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The 1918 influenza pandemic killed tens of millions worldwide, but 30 to 40 years later, it had evolved into a much less serious disease. COVID-19 will likely follow a similar path — never going away, but becoming less deadly over time.

Travel nurses filling the gaps make two to three times more an hour than staff RNs; it rankles, nurses say. But there are other reasons, including appreciation, exacerbating the nursing shortage.

Good commercial real estate trumps a pandemic and any surge in e-commerce, figures Ray Gill of Gill Properties. Exhibit A: His new White Oak at White Station center is 96% filled.

Shelly Pilkington is the owner of a barber shop in Arlington’s Depot Square, maintaining an old-school approach to cutting hair, trimming beards and shaving chins.

East Memphis pub has a bounty of board games for guests to play as they munch snacks and sip beverages.

The approval is the second for an outparcel in The Lake District.

Three leaders of the federally-funded effort to help pay overdue rent and utility bills talked on “Behind The Headlines” about what the new market reality means for the city’s growth with a shortage of quality affordable housing.

The $5 million project not only will provide a complete makeover of the old golf course in South Memphis, but build a new golf house in a new place for easier access.

The Tigers kick off the season by hosting Nicholls at 6 p.m. on Sept. 4.

“The patent is the backbone of our platform of solutions we are going to launch in the future,” says Esra Roan, co-founder of SOMAVAC Medical Solutions. 

Vinyl record sales are at a 30-year high. Thanks to market conditions, Memphis Record Pressing LLC asked the EDGE Board for a Fast Track PILOT to expand. 

The CEO of the region’s trauma center and safety net hospital said national competition among hospitals for the skilled specialists needed to put 21 beds back in use at Regional One is intense and costly. 

“I anticipate, honestly, that everyone that got the vaccine is going to want the booster. That is the feedback I have been getting,” says Melanie Keller, CEO of Meritan.

Since its formation in 2011, the EDGE board has awarded 99 PILOTs to businesses seeking tax incentives.

The newly planted greens of MiniVerde Bermudagrass are 99% ready. But the Bermuda Certified 419 fairways and tees still have bare spots, and the tall fescue for the natural areas and habitats must be reseeded this fall, the city’s top golf official says.

A state agency also finds that a carpentry subcontractor inappropriately used an automotive winch to lift and lower wood beams, columns, joists and decking from the roof of the historic Butcher Shop Building.

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