The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast offers a review of the year 2020 centered on four major events. Three of the four were national in scope. The fourth is a local story that has broad implications for the gap between aspirations and the reality of governing.
First-time users accounted for 85% of campaign ride redemptions, growing the service’s new use rate by 263%.
Memphis-based Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates and offices in nine states.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 611 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, Dec. 24. The new cases come from 5,207 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 11.7%.
An old-time Christmas story, read aloud by Scott Morris, Kirk Whalum and Geoff Calkins.
The last County Commission meeting of the year included important decisions on governing in a pandemic, with a path to nine votes through compromise and the fine print of the newest health department directive.
Affected property owners oppose the design for replacing the Poplar Viaduct that would remove direct access between Scott Street and Poplar Avenue. City and state engineers say keeping the connection would be less safe.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday, Dec. 23, it has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging failure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Shelby County Jail.
More than 5,000 counseling sessions have been conducted since the first two Universal Parenting Places opened in Memphis in 2015.
The University of Memphis law school legal clinic will be renamed in honor of James ‘Jim’ Gilliland Sr.
According to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System, 95% of area ICU and 91% of area acute care beds were in use.
Each coronavirus surge in Shelby County came with an increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths that preceded the previous one as transmission rose significantly.
For perspective, the death toll for first nine months of the pandemic is 821 as of Tuesday, Dec. 22.
The grant is for a project at Belle Forest Community School.
The city’s representatives in the U.S. Senate split on the bipartisan $900 billion package while the city’s two Congressmen both voted for the bill.
The National Civil Rights Museum is closed until further notice because of the new countywide health directive.
The council action wasn’t unanimous and it follows a split vote the day before by the Shelby County Commission expressing support for the countywide directive that takes effect the day after Christmas.
Fund to help service industry workers is created as new Health Directive 16 will put more strain on service industry workers.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 905 new coronavirus cases and three new coronavirus related deaths on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
About 44% of area ICU patients were either COVID-positive or suspected of having coronavirus.
The delay in the final vote on requiring County Commission approval for the sheriff to acquire surplus military hardware came after Sheriff Floyd Bonner complained he hadn’t been consulted. County Mayor Lee Harris disputed that assertion.
Shelby County commissioners voted Monday, Dec. 21, to support a health department directive announced earlier in the day and, in a separate vote, to give the health department the authority to cite and fine business owners for violating the directive.
A revised health directive released Monday, Dec. 21, by the Shelby County Health Department is better than a draft leaked to the media earlier, suburban and county leaders say, but still causes some concerns. Related story: New, restrictive health directive out, effective Dec. 26
The numbers will be updated twice a week.