It's Tuesday, April 21, and both Memphis and Shelby County are looking for ways to balance their budgets. Some restaurants are ready to reopen their dining rooms (with tweaks, of course), and a local lab is about to embark on an immunity challenge. 

With Tennessee’s safer-in-place order expiring April 30, many restaurants will reopen. Memphis and Shelby County will set a local schedule, but some restaurateurs want to open soon.

Once Mayor Jim Strickland presents his budget proposal to the Memphis City Council Tuesday, here are some dollar figures and percentages from the current fiscal year with which to make some comparisons.

Strickland's Tuesday budget address to the Memphis City Council reflects some uncertainties about the financial hit city revenues have taken in the pandemic. It was already going to be a difficult budget year by Strickland's estimate before the arrival of COVID-19.

Although the stress and isolation of shelter-in-place my push some people "to the brink," most of us are fighting a day-to-day grind to stay engaged, not be bored, and keep the faith until society returns to the old normal we took for granted. 

The real estate industry is deemed an essential business and is still operating during the pandemic. But agents are taking such safety precautions as hosting live, virtual open houses and arranging drive-by closings. 

Shelby County's proposed budget for fiscal 2021 includes $13.5 million in cuts and prioritizes COVID-19 necessities.

BancorpSouth records $46 million provision for loan losses as COVID-19 increases loan volume under CARES Act.

Coach Penny Hardaway presents his submission to the All-In Challenge. 

Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday, April 20, 2020, businesses in 89 counties will be able to resume work when a “safer at home” order ends April 30, but Shelby and other large counties will set their own reopening strategies.

The first two COVID outbreaks at nursing homes in Shelby County have now taken eight lives – four each as confirmed cases of the virus have spread to a total of nine assisted living facilities countywide.

COVID-related protests in Tennessee and nationally are drawing mixed reviews from lawmakers with some calling them "troublesome" and "irresponsible" while others saying they are encouraging.

FedEx Office, the Dallas-based printing and office services retail outlet of FedEx Corp., is furloughing some employees because of business slowdown during COVID-19 pandemic.

Shelby County has 1,807 reported coronavirus cases, as of Monday, April, 20. That comes from a total of 19,195 coronavirus tests administered in the county.

It's Monday, April 20, and we've got a County Commission budget presentation and a COVID-19 hackathon happening. Plus, turnover with the Tigers, a "Safer at Home" protest and a possible restaurant reopening recommendation. 

Bill Lee announced the order for Tennesseans to remain at home will expire April 30, with most businesses in 89 counties, allowed to re-open on May 1. He said he spoke with mayors from the state’s largest urban areas, and noted they will be providing their own outlines for opening.

Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.

If Memphis hopes to use data that monitors social distancing compliance, it may have to first come to grips with its long history of political oppression, including intrusive surveillance of activists and ethnic minorities.

Tennessee’s Republican leaders are gung ho about Gov. Bill Lee’s plans to reboot the economy in May, but Democrats say they're worried about a COVID-19 surge that could set back the state's efforts and hurt the economy even more.

The pandemic has led to mail-in voting a third choice for a new voting system, and it has possibly made the hand shake a relic. And it could make the presidential race even closer than one nationally known analyst thought it was going to be.

These are not just places to go to find a thing you know you want. They are places to be. To share space with people who share your affinities. They are at their best when you go in just to browse and a book or record finds you. 

Will demand for space in office buildings go up or down as a result of COVID-19? How does a company balance teamwork and social distancing in designing its floor plan? We picked the brains of several leaders in the world of Memphis office buildings.

A small group gathered outside City Hall Sunday afternoon to protest COVID-19 restrictions, mirroring state and national unrest over forced limitations.

The county announced Lakeside Behavioral Health has three staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Ramsey, who pushed his white Baptist congregations to desegregate in the 1960s, spent his last few decades serving as a counselor, teacher and minister in five other denominations.