The council also passed a resolution opposing the state legislation that allows teachers to go armed on school property after the bill cleared the House earlier Tuesday in Nashville.
The developers shouldn’t be able to pursue any similar projects for five years, but a representative of the project said otherwise.
Although the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a similar bill in March, both houses would have to approve such a bill before it could head to the governor for his signature.
Some opponents of the bill hope liability concerns may make teachers and schools think twice before adopting the program.
Young presented his budget propsosal including the first tax hike in more than nine years for the city Tuesday, April 23, at the top of Tuesday’s Memphis City Council meeting. Council budget deliberations begin next month.
When considering a request for $12 million for Youth Villages’ Memphis Allies program, the state Senate’s Finance, Ways and Means committee cut $1.75 million from four other Memphis nonprofits.
The Saturday shooting that killed two and wounded seven came up in Tuesday, April 23, City Council committee sessions where Interim MPD Chief C.J. Davis talked about federal charges and a shift in strategy.
County Commission asks Halbert for a plan, Lee’s school voucher plan is dead and the Patty Daddys are bringing burgers to the Edge.
The national trend of chronic absenteeism trickles down to the Shelby County suburbs. District-wide numbers are up post-pandemic.
Keith Williams, the district’s assistant superintendent of operations, said the updated dress code concerns discrepancies between current fashion trends and expectations for attire within the educational environment.
The commission also killed an appeal by an Eads developer seeking to start on a multi-phase project and a tie-in to the City of Memphis sewer system.
The call for a corrective action plan isn’t binding on County Clerk Wanda Halbert, who is an elected official outside the county administration. The sponsor of the resolution says he doesn’t expect Halbert to submit the plan.Related story:
Lt. Vonzell Bibbs, McKinney’s supervisor at MPD’s Raines precinct, left the crowd gathered Hope Church with a call to action: “Smile at somebody. In honor of him, smile at somebody. Because a smile could help someone through this grieving process.”
Friends and family members have identified the two people who died after a mass shooting at an Orange Mound block party.
With the passage of both bills Monday, attention can now shift to local governments receiving the needed approvals to allocate the funding.
A state measure that could put bail conditions in front of voters and change the Tennessee constitution will head to the House Tuesday, April 23.
In addition to a property-tax hike, Mayor Paul Young is also expected to rearrange some city priorities in his first budget as mayor.
Eduard Rodriguez Tabora, 22, is scheduled to go to trial Sept. 30 after he turned down a plea deal with a lesser charge in Shelby County Criminal Court Division 1 Judge Paula Skahan’s courtroom Monday.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered the status in accordance with the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act.
The trial in the lawsuit between Memphis Grizzlies’ star Ja Morant and Joshua Holloway over a fight during a pickup basketball game is delayed indefinitely.
Tom Lee Park is expected to welcome its 500,000th visitor this month, eight months after its formal opening on the Labor Day weekend. The park closes next Sunday for the Riverbeat load-in, but will reopen partially between the music festival and the SmokeSlam barbecue contest.
Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee campaigned on vouchers in both 2018 and 2022, but the bill’s chances of becoming law appeared in jeopardy last week. Lawmakers questioned the cost, the effect on private schools and the changing nature of the legislation.
Chronic absenteeism is up in schools, a South Memphis polluter will close and the future looks bright for Tigers football.
U.S. Rep. David Kustoff, R-Germantown, is also running unopposed in his August primary after the state GOP kicked perennial contender George Flinn out of the primary.
After decades of toxic emissions and nearly two years of community pressure on the company, Sterilization Services of Tennessee is leaving its South Memphis facility.