Tennessee netted the nation’s highest score for child trafficking laws from a national advocacy group for the second straight year, an area state Rep. Jim Coley makes a priority in the Legislature.

Memphis City Council members took more than 100 separate votes on an interim council member Tuesday in a meeting that stretched past midnight before chairman Berlin Boyd recessed the meeting and the decision until the Dec. 4 council session.

Dorsey Hopson announced Tuesday that he is resigning as superintendent of Shelby County Schools to take a newly created national role at Cigna in January.

Two of the three suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary waived their rights to a preliminary hearing Tuesday and now their case will be sent to the grand jury for possible indictment on the murder charges.

State Rep. Glen Casada vaulted to victory Tuesday in a three-way House Speaker race, giving Williamson County a bit more power in Tennessee politics.

The Shelby County Commission approved the food services contract between the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Aramark Correctional Services for its three correctional facilities – despite several commissioners and competing vendor CBM Managed Services asking that the contract be rebid.

Sources report that Superintendent Dorsey Hopson will resign after five years of leading Shelby County Schools. Rumors of Hopson’s departure have been flying for months.

Shelby County has reached an agreement with its inmate telephone services vendor, Global Tel, to eliminate charges on all phone calls made by juveniles to their parents or guardians and vice-versa, Mayor Lee Harris announced Monday.

A state panel approved Memphis’ request Monday for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone to help fund an estimated $150 million project complete with a youth sports and events complex that will depend on construction of a privately developed hotel.

Memphis City Council members will fill a vacancy at their Tuesday session and elect a new chairman and vice chairman for 2019.

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro is leaving the system on a high note – amid strong financial reports and growth of facilities – after surviving some bumps and bruises, mainly dealing with student diversity.

The Provisional Counting Board, which meets once following every election, began counting provisional ballots Monday, Nov. 19.

A dispute between two potential vendors for a food management services contract from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office for its three correctional facilities was reignited at the Shelby County Commission’s committee meeting Wednesday afternoon.

With finances in good shape, key positions filled and building projects reshaping the Memphis campus, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is wrapping up a strong 2018 and looks toward long-term major improvements such as a Biotech Research Park.

More than 60 women ran for elected office in 40 races throughout Shelby County during the 2018 election cycle, resulting in several historic firsts and government representation being a little more reflective along both gender and racial lines in the county.

With Amazon set to net nearly $77 million in state funds for a Nashville logistics headquarters, Shelby County state legislators say they’d like to see Tennessee spread the love to Memphis.

The Thanksgiving turkeys are not even in the oven yet, but Memphis has already had it's first dusting of snow and residents turned out by the thousands Saturday, Nov. 17, for the annual Whitehaven Christmas Parade and to welcome Santa as he choppered in from the North Pole to visit the Pink Palace and officially open the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees.

A state panel is set to consider Memphis’ request for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone in which tax revenue would be used to pay off the debt for construction of a youth sports and events complex and connected improvements, an estimated $100 million project.

For all of the planning and man-made features that went into the new Mississippi River Park and its River Garden, including people-sized bird nests, there is another new feature that park planners didn’t anticipate.

State Sen. Brian Kelsey is putting his name in the hunt for the Senate Republican Caucus chairmanship, creating a three-person race for the leadership post.

Seven citizens including the mother of former Memphis City Council member Bill Morrison, the leader of Latino Memphis and the former Shelby County Probate Court clerk have applied to fill Morrison’s vacant District 1 council seat.

With a proposal to extend City Council term limits rejected, the stage is set for the first significant change on the 13-member council since nine new members were elected in 2007.

With the hopes of establishing a new master plan, the Overton Park Conservancy issued a request for qualifications aimed at prospective designers, planners and developers on Friday, Nov. 16.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen will leave her post in January to take a job as CEO of a nonprofit organization that helps schools attract and keep top-notch teachers.

Three Memphis nonprofits will be part of a two-year trial program to make up the gap between what it costs to build or rehab a house in some parts of the city and what the appraised value is.