The front lawn of OUT Memphis, 892 Cooper Street, bustled with attendees from 4 to 5 p.m., to protest pending passage of state laws affecting transgender rights.

Max McGee, president of Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, said the superintendent position at Memphis-Shelby County Schools has already attracted three candidates from three other states.

The Memphis Area Transit Authority opened a $200,000 upgrade at its dispatch command center, “the heart and soul of our operations.”

Upgrades to the Interstate 55 interchange at Crump Boulevard Downtown will be a multi-year project that will include road and bridge closures and the construction of a new roundabout. 

The move of part of the barbecue contest to Beale Street follows an earlier relocation of the Blues Tent from the Beale Street Music Festival to the entertainment district.

The library branch has been closed since MPD officer Geoffrey Redd was shot after responding to an altercation at the branch on Feb. 2. 

Moody’s departure from Memphis city government comes after 20 combined years in administration.

FedEx pilots are closer to a strike, Grizzlies lose in the final minute and Ikea has meal deals for days. 

Julius Freeman and Ladarius Marion, now both out on bond, are suspects in the shootings at and near Live Lounge on Sunday, Feb. 19.

None of the health care-related organizations that contribute the most heavily to Tennessee politicians is publicly opposing legislation that bans transgender health care for youth despite support for that care from leading medical associations.

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If the ban becomes law in Tennessee, doctors would be prohibited from providing gender-affirming care to anyone under the age of 18, including prescribing puberty blockers and hormones — and could even be penalized.

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The inaugural cohort is composed of junior business students at the U of M.

Shelby County will study reparations, critics bash new third-grade retention law and Chick-fil-A wants to bend the rules.

The expected civil lawsuit in the Tyre Nichols case means taxpayers could pay a significant sum. 

Under the third-grade retention law, students who don’t score proficiently on the English Language Arts portion of their TCAP test are eligible to be held back unless they meet certain conditions.

The commission approved a resolution Wednesday, Feb. 22, on an 8-3-2 vote to fund a $5 million feasibility study “to establish, develop and implement reparations.” 

What began as a call for a special counsel to investigate the clerk’s office turned into a special adviser hired by and reporting to the county commission, working with Clerk Wanda Halbert in a three-month period.

The 2022 Collierville Balloon Festival distributed $150,000 to local education efforts. The event is scheduled to return and once again use its proceeds to benefit the same cause.

Former SCORPION supervisor has a troubled past, Music Fest will be smaller and we remember Geoffrey Redd. 

When a study last year looked at how much of cancer-causing chemical was seeping into the air, and potentially harming local residents, it used standards better suited to indoor air quality and workers in protective equipment. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools has contended that allowing school security staff to use pepper spray against students to break up fights is generally safe, but some still don’t agree with the practice.

The council also tabled any action on a special-use permit for the Live Lounge, the scene of a shooting Sunday that killed one and injured at least 10.

Board members discussed some details for a new high school, which comes as a result of Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ agreement to relinquish ownership of the Germantown namesake schools. 

The City Council delayed approving a damage deposit fund on the contract between Memphis in May and the Memphis River Parks Partnernship to Feb. 21, so the city administration can verify that part of the agreement.

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He taught Sunday school and is remembered by at least one officer as a kind, caring person who knew how to talk to citizens.