Two North Memphis KIPP schools that were recommended to close will stay open, Memphis-Shelby County Schools decided in Tuesday’s board business meeting. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools, as the board voted to be called Tuesday evening, decided on a slew of changes that will have hundreds of students start next school year somewhere different.

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Additional candidates have filed petitions for the upcoming May primaries. 

No appointment is needed.

The first of the year’s elections is the May county primaries, with early voting starting in mid-April.

Plus, a vax center reopens, Ja Morant ascends and we’re talking noods.

State Rep. John Gillespie, a Memphis Republican, intends to make it easier to prosecute drag racers with an offense more severe than mere reckless driving.

Shelby County commissioners voted Monday, Jan. 24, to make a return of federal oversight of Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court a part of its legislative agenda in Washington D.C.

The commission’s Democratic majority approved a $25,000 grant to fund a playground at the center in Midtown. People on both sides of the abortion issue had a lot to say before the vote.

Several organizations have said the maps are a textbook example of gerrymandering and will lead to diminished voting power for people of color.

It will offer first, second and third Pfizer doses to people age 12 and older. 

We’re on the trail of MPD’s (non) pursuit policy, health care workers find a place to de-stress and why the chicken crossed the city limits. 

The Memphis Police Department doesn’t engage in high-speed car chases unless in pursuit of a dangerous felon. But one City Council member says the policy should change.

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“The longer it takes, the more expensive it gets,” one Shelby County Commissioner said of the project last week. 

Here are the basics of the MPD pursuit policy from the police manual.

The current policy bars police car chases for misdemeanors including traffic offenses.

The two key votes of the week in Washington D.C. were in the Senate. But the discussion among the city’s representatives in Washington included both U.S. House members who represent Memphis.

The debate over whether to use tax dollars to send children to private schools has reared its head.

The podcast debut sets the stage for the interviews that are an integral part of The Daily Memphian’s coverage of politics and government.

As he filed his qualifying petition Friday, Jan. 21, Moody said he hopes the May Democratic mayoral primary remains a one-on-one matchup with incumbent Mayor Lee Harris. 

Shelby County Board of Education Chairwoman Michelle Robinson McKissack joined Behind the Headlines to discuss major changes in the district’s public school system, from school consolidations to a name change. 

The family of Drew Rainer, a Rhodes College student shot and killed in a home invasion robbery last year, has added money to the reward in case. 

A state senator could lose her seat, a modernization project is landing at an airport near you, and a bunch of local celebs say “Winner, winner, chicken tender.” 

On Jan. 12, the Shelby County Health Department reported 770 hospitalizations: 134 in the ICU and 636 in acute care.