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  • Education

    Democratic DA candidates debate approaches to criminal justice reform

    Steve Mulroy, Linda Harris and Janika White are contending for the Democratic nomination for the district attorney’s office and the right to challenge District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the August general election. 

    By Julia Baker April 29, 2022
  • Bartlett

    Bartlett school board approves 2022-23 operating budget

    Bartlett City Schools held the line on its annual budget while providing salary increases for employees. 

    By Michael Waddell April 29, 2022
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    The Early Word: Mulan plans to stay put, and Darius Rucker is coming back

    The Tennessee General Assembly has ended its session, a new cocktail bar is coming to the Edge District and LeMoyne Gardens loses its landmark designation.

    By Bianca Phillips April 29, 2022
  • State Government

    Tennessee General Assembly finishes legislative session

    On the last day of the session, lawmakers put the finishing touches on a bill that would lead to books being banned from schools and on Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding overhaul.

    By Ian Round April 28, 2022
  • Collierville

    Collierville Schools’ full-time staff to receive bonuses

    In recent years, staff dealt with COVID-19. They aimed to teach students in a safe environment while also abiding by ever-changing guidelines.

    By Abigail Warren April 30, 2022
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    Sometimes it takes a family to find just where you belong.

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  • Public Safety

    Suit seeks records of MPD efforts to correct troubled officers’ behavior

    The lawsuit contends the public has a right to know how police supervisors attempted to intervene with Eric Kelly and others. 

    By Ben Wheeler April 28, 2022
  • State Government

    Piercey steps down as state Health Department head

    Dr. Lisa Piercey, the face of the state’s efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, is stepping down from her post as Health Commissioner, Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday, April 28.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 28, 2022
  • Elections

    County election candidates mingle with Whitehaven voters

    Political candidates and Whitehaven community leaders met Wednesday night to discuss the area’s needs as the May 3 primaries approach. 

    By Daja E. Henry April 28, 2022
  • Visual Arts

    Sculptor Yvonne Bobo’s latest project: Giant paper-mâché puppets

    The large animal puppets will go on parade this weekend and be used in a dance program at the University of Memphis this fall. 

    By Chris Herrington May 10, 2022
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    The Early Word: Experts weigh in on NCAA charges, and a chef plans a ‘big, bad’ takeover

    LGBTQ+ activists raise concerns over Memphis in May’s honored country, Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding formula passes and TacosNGanas plans to open an East Memphis location.

    By Bianca Phillips April 28, 2022
  • Elections

    Political Roundup: End of early voting, the Toney challenge, Moody’s support

    The Political Roundup has the details for last-minute early voting as well as a follow-up on Brandon Toney’s bid to get back on the August Republican primary ballot in state Senate District 31.

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Here’s what to expect for Beale Street Music Festival parking, traffic

    Traffic, parking details announced for the Beale Street Music Festival’s temporary home at Liberty Park near the Liberty Bowl.

    By Julia Baker April 28, 2022
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    Ghana’s criminalization of gay people has some questioning MIM

    This is not the first time Memphis in May has chosen to honor a country with a questionable record on human rights. 

    By Bill Dries, Jane Roberts April 28, 2022
  • State Government

    General Assembly passes new school funding formula

    State Sen. Jack Johnson said the current formula “is outdated, it’s antiquated, it’s difficult to understand. Quite frankly, it is broken. (This) rips that old formula out by the roots and starts with a clean state.”

    By Ian Round April 27, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: Term limits, city primaries, Southwind, more

    This City Council Scorecard tracks first votes on a three-term limit for the council and partisan city elections, along with a Southwind apartment complex that stirred some de-annexation resentment.

    By Bill Dries April 28, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Man accused in death of Lafayette’s chef was convicted in Florida slaying

    Jonathan Brush reportedly threw a man from the 11th-floor balcony of a condominium in Walton County, Florida.

    By Julia Baker April 28, 2022
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    She watched the Grizzlies with her dying father. A story about sports and love.

    Steve Blaydes’ favorite player was Ja Morant. In the first game since Blaydes’ death, the point guard hit the Game 5 winner against the Timberwolves.

    By Drew Hill April 29, 2022
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    The Early Word: A Ja-wesome win for the Grizz, plus 3Gs bill heads to Lee’s desk

    Tenero Café & Butcher shop opens in Williamsburg Village, a pair of childhood friends lead the fight for fertility benefits and a Memphis chef is killed in a “road rage” incident.

    By Bianca Phillips April 27, 2022
  • Metro

    Holocaust survivor’s son, liberator’s grandson to share Day of Remembrance

    Holocaust commemoration stirs memories of survivor Elie Wiesel and “Rabbi of Buchenwald.”

    By David Waters May 17, 2022
  • Elections

    Two Republican primaries are already throwing sparks

    The only two contested Republican primaries in August for seats in the Tennessee General Assembly representing parts of Shelby County could change dramatically with new challenges that could remove one of the contenders from each of the two-man races.

    By Bill Dries, Abigail Warren, Ian Round April 27, 2022
  • Germantown

    Bill affecting Germantown namesake schools heads to governor

    Those schools have remained under the operation of Memphis-Shelby County Schools since the municipal districts were formed in 2013.

    By Abigail Warren April 27, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Lafayette’s chef killed in altercation on Sam Cooper

    Jody Moyt, chef at Lafayette’s, was killed after a traffic run-in; another restaurant server has been charged with second-degree murder.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 26, 2022
  • Business

    CBU names new president

    The university’s board of trustees announced Tuesday that the interim president will transition to the position permanently. 

    By Jasmine McCraven April 26, 2022
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    The Early Word: Morant’s award, Jenkins’ fine and a refresh for Williamsburg Village

    Some Rhodes College students are without a room for next fall, second COVID-19 booster shots are available for those over 50 and Muggin’ Coffeehouse opens a second location in Uptown.

    By Bianca Phillips April 26, 2022
  • Premium Public Safety

    Male supervisors sexually harassed jail employees, suit alleges

    “I believe it was happening long before this, it’s still happening and it appears it is going to happen into the future because nobody appears to be willing to take responsibility,” said attorney Sue Palmer, speaking of the alleged harassment.

    By John Dunbar April 26, 2022

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