City Council Scorecard: Anatomy of a Do-Over
The City Council Scorecard peels back the layers on the council’s April 6 vote on a $520,000 contract that put the issue of MLGW leaving TVA back on track after six months in limbo.
The City Council Scorecard peels back the layers on the council’s April 6 vote on a $520,000 contract that put the issue of MLGW leaving TVA back on track after six months in limbo.
No date has been set for the return to City Hall by the council but it comes as budget season approaches. Meanwhile, the city’s political scene remains active, as chronicled in The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.
The seven flagpoles on the Mud Island River Park’s southern end were removed this week. The park, beloved as a memory that in some ways may be too faithful to its 1980s trappings, will get some much-needed maintenance this spring.
Here are a few of our favorite images from this week. A couple of them involve music, but children’s voices and the crack of a baseball bat are also some of our favorite sounds.
For the second consecutive day, the Shelby County Health Department reported at least 150 new COVID-19 cases.
Local leaders are asking us to roll up our sleeves so they can get to work, we’re getting a kick in the boot camp and Memphis is Cash-ing in on an opportunity.
U.K. variant is now the most common in Shelby County. The question is, how sick will it make people in their 20s, 30s and 40s?
The co-leaders of the countywide vaccination distribution effort talked on “Behind The Headlines” about a move this week to no appointments for some and why the federal vaccination presence at the Fairgrounds is unique.
Ashley Cash led the team that developed the comprehensive Memphis 3.0 plan that covers residential and commercial development across the city.
Corker surfaced as former President Donald Trump was leaving office, prompting speculation Corker may be looking at a presidential bid in 2024 or some other bid for elected office in the 2022 midterm elections.
The measure applies to firearms that are concealed and ones that are openly carried.
The $60 million capital campaign to remake Tom Lee Park reached the 80% mark Thursday, April 8, with $3.2 million in funding commitments from three health care corporations as well as AutoZone and First Horizon Foundation.
The Land Use Control Board is recommending a setback requirement for oil pipelines built in Shelby County. It remains legally questionable whether the requirement could be applied to the controversial Byhalia Connection pipeline project.
The Shelby County Health Department reported more than 150 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, April 8.
After three days of new coronavirus cases under 100, the numbers were up a bit on Thursday, April 8.
City also giving MATA riders free rides to Pipkin and making blocks of slots available to groups, including businesses.
Opera Memphis is out and about, spring concert series are scheduled and Team Delta Blues has touched down at the Pipkin.
Mom got her second dose of the Moderna vaccine not long ago. We celebrated by taking her to Disney World. It was a magical experience — made possible by the magic of the vaccine.
A bill regarding the three Germantown namesake schools that appeared dead when it failed in the state Senate education committee Wednesday, got new life after Sen. Brian Kelsey amended the measure.
Shelby County is one of five counties in the eight-state FEMA Region 4 to have received the federal infusion.
The marker notes the location of a slave market run by Nathan Bedford Forrest.
SCS held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the school, which opened this fall to students from the former Alcy, Magnolia and Charjean elementary schools in South Memphis.
One new coronavirus-related death was reported Wednesday.
Moussa Cisse is making a move, this summer will be short for some students and teachers, and Morgan Freeman is dispensing advice to us all.