Intent on returning kids to classrooms, reversing months of “learning loss” and improving literacy, the Tennessee General Assembly approved a handful of bills Thursday and Friday, Jan. 21-22, and $110 million in spending.
The museum in Overton Park will reopen under the new Health Directive 17.
The Downtown Memphis Commission has hired a search committee consultant to help meet its goal of identifying by Feb. 25 the final candidate for the CEO/president position.
The Grizzlies lead the NBA in steals per game and rank second in defensive efficiency behind the reigning champion Lakers.
Major films including “Wonder Woman 1984” and “One Night in Miami” will be showing as theaters reopen following the newest health directive.
The 337 cases come from 4,172 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 8.1%.
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Superintendent Joris Ray posted a video Friday, Jan. 22 urging state legislators to vote against a bill that could “defund public education” if Shelby County Schools remain closed.
After months of frustration, the Tigers’ performance against Wichita State was reason to exhale.
A bill by Rep. Steve Cohen would remove the name of the late segregationist congressman Clifford Davis from Memphis’ Downtown federal building and courthouse.
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The plan was outlined in a Thursday State of the City speech by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland. Strickland also outlined two violent crime intervention programs.
Legislators passed four bills Thursday, Jan. 21, during the third day of a special education session amid protests from Democrats, education advocates and at least one Republican.
Mid-major attention is already there but interest could soon pick up as Justin Morgan continues to enhance his profile.
The new president also is seeking to expand testing and vaccine availability, with the goal of 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office.
The United Soccer League season will start on or around May 1.
Another Memphis assistant is headed to the SEC.
Memphis won’t play again until the Jan. 27 game against the Chicago Bulls.
Union workers have fought for increased wages at the University of Memphis for several years.
The county’s large-scale evictions, relatively affordable housing and median unemployment rate make it representative of hundreds of communities in the nation.
“We want to remind people that we saw that it was necessary to change the health directive in response to changes we are seeing in the data,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said. “We are making progress. There is a downward trend in a lot of our metrics.”
The new site will be the first in Shelby County outside of Memphis.
After two days with no new deaths attributed to the coronavirus, the Shelby County Health Department reported 14 on Thursday.
Melton is one of the Grizzlies best defenders, so his absence from the floor is strange. But Coach Taylor Jenkins said, “I just wanted to try something different.”
The NBA has postponed the Grizzlies’ next three games due to unavailable players and contact tracing.