Democratic state Reps. Antonio Parkinson and London Lamar say the Legislature has a problem with racism that goes beyond text messages in which House Speaker Glen Casada was included. 

City Council Budget Committee chairman Martavius Jones discusses the mayor’s Memphis 3.0 executive order, finding $6 million more for pay raises, and the city budget process.

NASHVILLE –The House Republican Caucus chairman said Friday the House Ethics Committee needs to be revamped amid a lawmaker’s claims Speaker Glen Casada tried to rig an advisory opinion to exonerate himself in advance of a meeting on his speakership. The meeting is to be held at Museum Hotel in Nashville on Monday.

Acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Mary Anne Carter, announced Wednesday that the city of Germantown is one of the recommended organizations for a $50,000 grant to support community design workshops and the creation of a public art master plan.

A report memorializing procedural mistakes appears among hundreds of pages of records released Friday by the Memphis Police Department in answer to a public records request by the Institute for Public Service Reporting.

• Commercial Appeal parent company rejects hostile takeover bid
• Needed:  Donations of feminine hygiene products
• Main Street Trolley line to be affected by Convention Center renovation

The University of Memphis Foundation has added two new members to its board of directors, Tanya Hart and Monica Wharton.

Gannett Co. Inc., parent company of The Commercial Appeal and USA Today, has staved off a hostile takeover attempt by MNG Enterprises, the hedge fund-controlled newspaper company also known as Digital First Media.

A local, nonprofit organization that provides feminine hygiene products to impoverished women has organized a special week for collecting donations of supplies and monetary contributions.

Service of the Main Street Trolley rail line will soon be affected as a result of construction on the Memphis Convention Center.

The state of Tennessee executed Donnie Johnson of Memphis Thursday, 35 years after he murdered his wife, Connie, by stuffing a 30-gallon garbage bag down her throat.

The Achievement School District has dealt with a spin-off like this before with Memphis Scholars, which runs three schools in the state district. But this is the first time Shelby County Schools has dealt with a question like this.

Efforts to secure resources for Shelby County Schools come in advance of an expected school board vote on a spending plan, which could occur as soon as next week. The budget is the first under the district’s new superintendent, Joris Ray. 

Jeff Lyash spoke Thursday at the second meeting of an advisory group to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division on the question of ending or changing the utility's 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

The "SCS is 901" campaign marks 150 years of organized public education as the city celebrates the 200th anniversary of the founding of Memphis.

The Shelby County Commission held its first budget hearing Wednesday, and commissioners received budget increase requests from several elected officials. 

Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis is not contradicting a move by the Tennessee Black Caucus calling for House Speaker Glen Casada's resignation. But along with Republican state Reps. Kevin Vaughan and Jim Coley, he's not ready to say Casada should step down.

• Millington airport to get $10 million for improvements
• Destination Maternity opens co-branded store at Saddle Creek
• Bike Share rides free this weekend

The Tennessee House Republican Caucus could determine the fate of embattled House Speaker Glen Casada in a Monday meeting closed to the public.

This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This second part follows a trail from B.B. King's first recordings to the rise of rock 'n' roll and soul, on to Al Green's rejection of secular soul, the emergence of alternative Memphis and Beale Street's decline.

This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This final installment follows a trail from the lost decade of the '80s, to rap and indie rock of the '90s, the new bands and breakthroughs of the 2000s, and finally, Memphis music now.

Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday evening he will not stop the execution of death row inmate Donnie Johnson, who is set to be put to death Thursday.

Memphis River Parks Partnership plans to begin making changes to Tom Lee Park in the fall. The fall construction appears to steer clear of most, if not all, of the park used by the Memphis In May International Festival.

• Graduations, MIM boost earnings for Memphis Airbnb hosts to record $339,000
• Pinnacle Financial Partners opens Union Avenue office
• Job fair Tuesday for positions at Elvis Presley's Graceland

Mayor Jim Strickland signed an executive order implementing the Memphis 3.0 plan Tuesday at a South Memphis CDC, a week before the Memphis City Council takes the first of three votes on the plan.