New Shelby County Assessor Javier Bailey said he and other county assessors are working on legislation to tax data centers differently than they’re currently assessed.

It was the first item on the agenda of more than 30, but the rest of the meeting was canceled after police and City Hall security cleared the Memphis City Council chamber, those on the scene said.

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Seven Republican members of the U.S. House’s Finance Ways and Means Committee held a historic hearing in Collierville on Tuesday, focusing on the benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Living Spaces explored Memphis in 2021, filing a site plan with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development for a large furniture store.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is launching a homicide investigation after an inmate’s death on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 201 Poplar. 

Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as Tennessee officials attempted to put her to death.

The Tigers lost last year’s game at UAB in heartbreaking fashion. First-year Memphis coach Charles Huff said there is no reason to discuss a game he and most of the roster wasn’t a part of.

Halfcourt offense remained a focus as the Grizzlies gathered Tuesday afternoon for practice.

Mathile Walker won by five strokes to bring the Eagles their first-ever girls championship.

The businessman painted a stark, dire picture of Downtown.

Mempho Music Festival returns to Memphis this weekend with three days of live music at Radians Amphitheater, featuring a lineup that brings together electronic music, rock, blues, hip-hop, reggae and funk.

Pick your horror, so to speak, this weekend, both starring former Best Actress Oscar winners. 

The Union Depot development continues to move forward, but the Guffin Estates residential development hits a snag before the Planning Commission because of the size of lots.

The second phase of development for Belle Mont in Crosstown, which will include affordable duplex housing, has applied for a PILOT grant.

In 2025, an official said the data center project would create more than 250 jobs with an investment of more than $500 million.

The Republican congressman said Tuesday in Collierville that the bill could pass Congress this year, possibly as part of a larger package.

The soul and funk band founded by Memphian Maurice White will be making a stop in the area on its 2027 tour.

“I think: ‘Does anyone get it?’” U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker said of several letters from other elected officials urging leniency for Ford. “I think there may be a blind spot when it comes to public service.”

The Memphis City Council will vote on a nonbinding resolution calling for the removal of ICE and National Guard personnel from the Memphis Safe Task Force.

State Rep. and Congressional candidate Justin J. Pearson held a press conference endorsing a data center moratorium ahead of a possible City Council vote.

If Bluff City Pickleball moves into Liberty Park, it could save the city up to $40,000 a year in operating costs. 

It’s one of two payment-in-lieu-of-taxes applications the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Revenue Finance Corp. will hear at their Oct. 13 meeting.

The jump in electric bills is directly tied to customers using much more electricity during the September “heat dome” that hovered over Memphis and Shelby County for days. 

Admission for the festival is free.

MLGW CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council that the utility’s electric distribution system has enough capacity to accommodate nearly double the residential customers.