There’s subtle progress on the Grizzlies’ lease, Richmond is super again and baseball is back.

The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporter, Aarron Fleming, talks about the No Kings march in the context of other protests and marches he’s covered. 

Richmond’s contract allows the board to fire him for cause without any pay if he earns poor marks for business management or fails to implement required corrective action plans related to the incoming audit results.

The suit says Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. and Mayor Lee Harris “have engaged in an extraordinary public campaign of mutual finger-pointing ... while people continue to die.” 

A Shelby County Board of Commissioners vote signaled the subtle progress local governments are making toward a long-term lease with the Memphis Grizzlies.

County Commission cracks down on Ford-style outbursts, Sushi Jimmi is opening a new restaurant and local Iranians share their thoughts on the war.

The new Regional One project is estimated to cost upwards of $900 million. But where will that money come from? 

The revote sets the stage for the elected Memphis-Shelby County Schools board to consider finalizing a superintendent contract shortly before Tennessee lawmakers make significant headway on legislation that would strip the board of those hiring and firing powers. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools designated 2,500 students with disabilities to take alternative state tests last year. That means 1,500 more than the federal cap are facing limited education paths.

The Daily Memphian asked local Iranians how they feel about the war. The prevailing sentiment? “The bombs do not scare us; what scares us is the war ending and the Islamic Republic still ruling Iran.”

Leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground Monday, March 30, as several barges passed by on a windswept river.

The new rule allows the body to possibly remove a disruptive commissioner from discussion with a two-thirds vote. The Commission also approved an increase in funding for a UTHSC contract and voted down a $65,000 grant by Commissioner Henri Brooks.

Nine votes separated FedEx from a $20 million tax break, despite a mostly united front from Memphis lawmakers.

The two deputies were off-duty when they allegedly assaulted a man working on a car. 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young announced that the city will investigate police actions at a No Kings march in Downtown Memphis.

The misdemeanor incident happened after Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman was shopping for clothes.

Midtown music venue is for sale, the county has a penny problem and we’ve got your guide to crawfish season.

Plus, Tennessee highways are ready for a change. 

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 was one of the worst disasters in American history, and it devastated Memphis. But during one of the saddest, darkest periods of the city’s history, Black Memphians helped save it.

Before the violent end of the No Kings march, Democrats talked about holding elected officials accountable. Meanwhile, a Republican candidate on this year’s ballot is pointing to state takeovers.

How does the first mayor and keystone member of early Memphis grow to be a forgotten piece of history? A local author may have an answer or two.

Also happening this week: There’s a new face on the Shelby County Commission.

Amid the phase-out of the penny, a resolution seeks help from the Tennessee Legislature to change state laws that don’t allow court clerks to round up or down the amounts they collect in court fines and fees.

After more than a year of back-and-forth on a controversial proposal to track the immigration status of Tennessee students, two dueling versions of the bill have stalled in the General Assembly.

The march began peacefully at Robert R. Church Park, but confrontations with police at the end of the day led to arrests. Two of the arrested marchers have been released, but two others remain in custody.