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  • Financial Services

    Raymond James colleagues reunite for Mid-South Food Bank

    The company's 937 employees in Memphis have worked from home during the pandemic, but a number reconvened Thursday to donate food and money for the Mid-South Food Bank.

    By Tom Bailey May 27, 2020
  • Health Care

    Baptist, first to use remdesivir here to treat COVID patient, ‘cautiously optimistic’

    Supply of the experimental drug is so limited, physicians must apply to a committee at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for approval to treat patients who meet specific criteria.

    By Jane Roberts May 22, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Harris could extend Wellpath contract after commissioners reject it

    The County Commission isn't likely to approve another contract with the health care provider.

    By Linda A. Moore May 22, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Lyash touts renewables, savings if MLGW stays with TVA

    The president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, during an appearance on "Behind The Headlines," also panned a set of four studies touting much broader savings if MLGW cuts ties to the federal agency. Lyash is pushing a 20-year renewal contract with a 3% signing bonus and TVA aid in helping MLGW generate its own solar power.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2020
  • Elections

    Harris signs letter of intent for new $4 million voting system

    The details of the winning proposal for the new voting machines were made public Thursday with the signature of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris. Still to come is approval of funding by the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2020
  • State Government

    Tennesseans running headlong into unemployment woes

    State officials are struggling to keep up with an unprecedented number of unemployment claims as residents express growing frustration and desperation.

    By Sam Stockard May 21, 2020
  • State Government

    Attorney General asks Supreme Court to intervene in voucher lawsuit

    Gov. Bill Lee said the State Attorney General has filed a request for the Tennessee Supreme Court to take the Education Savings Account case and allow it to move forward while the case is on appeal.

    By Sam Stockard May 21, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    What a $12 million local COVID testing infusion will – and won’t – do

    Mayor Jim Strickland’s proposal to expand testing moves the city closer to a more ambitious scaling up of COVID-19 testing as local health experts explore an even broader scale for the long term.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2020
  • Business

    Tennessee unemployment highest in 37 years in April

    Tennessee's unemployment rate in April was the highest on record, eclipsing a low-water mark that had stood since 1983.

    By Wayne Risher May 21, 2020
  • Metro

    Positivity rate declines with small increase in positive cases; Randolph stresses holiday safety

    Shelby County's positivity rate has declined slightly with a small increase in cases due to more than 1,400 administered tests Wednesday.

    By Abigail Warren May 21, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Arcade games may be slow to return, but Rec Room heading outdoors

    The venue also has become "home" to 901Wrestling, which hopes to resume live matches around mid-June when the Rec Room plans to reopen.

    By Christin Yates May 21, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus live blog, May 21: Executive order permits groups of 50

    Gov. Bill Lee said he signed an executive order Thursday allowing groups of 50 to participate in social and recreational activity. But he continued to point toward the importance of social distancing as people gather. The order includes Shelby County and five other counties with health department independent of the state.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2020
  • Business

    Memphis area jobless claims top 100,000 since pandemic hit

    Tennessee reported 6,081 new jobless claims from the Memphis area, raising nine-week total to 86,080 in southwest Tennessee and likely pushing it to more than 103,000 in the metro area.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 21, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Coronavirus cases rise; riverfront redesign revealed

    Don't celebrate a holiday from social distancing just yet. This Memorial Day, we're celebrating those who serve in a new way. We've also got the U of M set to bring back football practice, and some pandas are having to go back to China because of the pandemic. 

    By Mary Cashiola May 21, 2020
  • State Government

    Appeals Court decision puts voucher program in jeopardy for 2020-21

    Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program faces a tough road for the coming school year after the state Court of Appeals upheld a decision enjoining the state from executing it until the legal case is decided. Arguments aren't scheduled until Aug. 5, about the time school is expected to start.

    By Sam Stockard May 21, 2020
  • State Government

    Black Caucus urges governor to stop COVID information-sharing with police

    The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators is asking Gov. Bill Lee in letter form to end a program allowing personal information of COVID-positive people to be shared with law enforcement. Otherwise, it says people should refuse to give their addresses when tested.

    By Sam Stockard May 21, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Lawsuit seeks release of medically vulnerable from Shelby County Jail

    Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a federal lawsuit seeks the release of medically vulnerable detainees from Shelby County Jail. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 20, 2020
  • State Government

    State grant nets electric buses for MATA

    The Memphis Area Transit Authority is getting more than $2.1 million from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for electric buses as part of a Volkswagen settlement.

    By Sam Stockard May 21, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    New Tom Lee Park plans include large open spaces, fountain, treetop walkway

    Memphis River Parks Partnership and its design team, led by Studio Gang and Scape, announced a new, improved concept for a $60 million overhaul of Tom Lee Park. 

    By Wayne Risher May 21, 2020
  • Metro

    Watch LIVE as plans for Tom Lee Park revealed

    Jeanne Gang, founder of project architect Studio Gang, and Kate Orff, founding principal of landscape architect Scape, join MRPP president Carol Coletta in revealing the latest concept during today’s livestream.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 20, 2020
  • Metro

    Rhodes offers free webinars on coronavirus-related topics

    "A grounding in the liberal arts encourages a multi-disciplinary approach to the foundational questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said president Majorie Hass.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Bamboozled? Not Memphis Zoo, easily feeding pandas during pandemic

    The Calgary Zoo is having to return its two giant pandas to China because of pandemic-caused logistics problems in getting enough bamboo. But the Memphis Zoo has its own bamboo farm as well as bamboo donors. 

    By Tom Bailey May 20, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW general counsel sees problems with mayor taking MISO proposal

    Cheryl Patterson says the utility board makes the first decision on whether MLGW stays or leaves TVA.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Memphians show off their favorite masks

    As Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter says, if masks are a fashion statement, people will be more likely to wear them. 

    By Elle Perry May 20, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Social distancing efforts look ahead to Memorial Day

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland uses some basketball analogies and looks at the idea of a denser city post-pandemic. Meanwhile, Shelby County Health Dept. Director Alisa Haushalter pushes back on the idea of refusing to give your address if you test positive.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2020

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