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  • Metro

    Shelby County Commission to reconsider Quinn Ridge

    Shelby County Commission will reconsider John Porter's Quinn Ridge proposal in April. The commission previously denied the project.

    By Abigail Warren March 10, 2020
  • State Government

    As COVID-19 cases spread, Tennessee Democrats push healthcare for uninsured

    A bill filed Monday authorized the governor to start negotiating immediately with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and President Donald Trump to provide primary care “relative to the prevention and treatment of coronavirus” to all Tennesseans.

    By Sam Stockard March 09, 2020
  • Metro

    Treadwell parents react to employee quarantine

    Treadwell parents began signing the children out of school after learning that an employee was in contact with the first person diagnosed in Shelby County with the novel coronavirus. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 09, 2020
  • Business

    What to do if you feel sick or may have been exposed to coronavirus

    If you go to your doctor's office, call before you arrive to let the staff know you are concerned you may have COVID-19. 

    By Jane Roberts March 09, 2020
  • Metro

    Assistant U.S. attorney pleads guilty to theft, resigns

    An assistant U.S. attorney in Memphis resigned her post and will serve a year on probation after pleading guilty to theft in U.S. District Court, stemming from falsified time sheets.

    By Sam Stockard March 10, 2020
  • Health Care

    Coronavirus daily blog, March 9: Baptist patient improving

    Editor's note: Due to the serious public health implications associated with COVID-19, The Daily Memphian is making our coronavirus coverage accessible to all readers — no subscription needed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: How COVID-19 is affecting the Mid-South; plus, low-hanging fruit for local farmers?

    It's Monday, March 9, a day when the Shelby County Commission will be looking at paid parental leave. We're also talking about a new benefit for FedEx employees, two leading scientists here in Memphis and the questions surrounding a new high school in Shelby County. 

    By Mary Cashiola March 10, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    City Council: Grants process to remain unchanged ... for now

    For now, the city council will keep its ground rules for dispensing $2.6 million in grant money at $200,000 per council member. But the council continues to battle what is a longer line of organizations seeking a limited amount of money. 

    By Bill Dries, Linda A. Moore March 09, 2020
  • Premium Public Safety

    Permitless carry proposal stirs debate on both sides of issue

    Proponents and opponents of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's proposed permitless carry measure weigh in on the controversial issue. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 09, 2020
  • Health Care

    First coronavirus case confirmed in Memphis; region reacts

    Tennessee now has three confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. 

    By Jane Roberts March 09, 2020
  • Elections

    Bernie-Biden partisans gather for round one of delegate selection

    The countywide Democratic party convention Saturday at Kirby High School is the first of two steps in selecting delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. 

    By Bill Dries March 08, 2020
  • Metro

    Pups let the good times roll at Mardi Growl party on the Greensward

    Mid-South dogs and their owners seize the opportunity to celebrate and socialize during Saturday's pet parade and costume contest at Overton Park.

    By Jared Boyd March 08, 2020
  • State Government

    Medical cannabis bill could be snuffed out in Senate

    Medical cannabis legislation could reach a House floor vote this year for the first time, leaders say. But running a gauntlet in the Senate is likely to prove more difficult.

    By Sam Stockard March 08, 2020
  • State Government

    Harris backs farmers’ access to groundwater while preserving aquifer

    The Shelby County mayor contends the proposed rule changes will stop “onerous” permitting requirements while still protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer, a move he believes will stop legislation designed to undermine county rules.

    By Sam Stockard November 10, 2020
  • Education

    Judge pledges to move swiftly on education voucher lawsuit

    Chancellor Anne C. Martin indicated that she likely will allow three pro-voucher groups representing parents from Memphis and Nashville to become part of the case. 

    By Marta W. Aldrich March 07, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Comptroller of currency defends rewrite of anti-redlining act during Beale forum

    Joseph Otting said the Community Reinvestment Act is overdue for revisions that reflect 21st century banking. But some of those at the Memphis forum were skeptical that it would increase bank investment in low-income areas given other changes on other fronts from the Trump administration.

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2020
  • Metro

    Home prices rise, ‘For Sale’ signs fade

    The number of February home sales in the Memphis area rose 3 percent from February 2019, but the number of houses for sale – already persistently low for years – fell another 13.5 percent from a year ago, according to the Memphis Area Association of Realtors.

    By Tom Bailey March 06, 2020
  • Metro

    Trump surveys Tennessee tornado damage

    President Donald Trump traveled to Tennessee on Friday to tour neighborhoods where lives and homes were destroyed by tornadoes that swept through parts of the state earlier this week.

    By The Associated Press March 06, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Patient zero; love and basketball; and school starts

    It’s March 6, and the Southern Women’s Show begins at the Agricenter today. We've also got the goods on a new stage for an old stage, another jail lawsuit and fish on Friday's. 

    By Mary Cashiola March 06, 2020
  • Elections

    Local Democratic Party chairman questions Bloomberg’s message

    Michael Harris and party Democratic Party Vice Chair Sarah Beth Larson also talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about Saturday’s local Democratic convention, the first of two steps to select delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention. 

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2020
  • State Government

    Legislature’s tornado reaction turns political amid death, destruction

    Democrats say Tennessee’s controlling Republicans took care of Gov. Bill Lee’s permitless carry and anti-abortion initiatives even though a terrible tornado killed people across the state and left a path of destruction.

    By Sam Stockard March 05, 2020
  • Metro

    State unemployment steady at 3.3% in January

    Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.3% for the third consecutive month in January.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 05, 2020
  • State Government

    Memphis lawmaker: State not prepared for potential coronavirus epidemic

    Hours after Tennessee officials confirmed the state's first case of the coronavirus, one Memphis lawmaker said the state is “absolutely not” prepared to deal with a potential health crisis stemming from COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard March 05, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Second inmate files suit against Shelby County jail health care provider

    A former Shelby County Jail inmate has filed a lawsuit against the company contracted by the county to provide medical care to detainees. It is the latest of a series of lawsuits against the company.

    By Yolanda Jones March 05, 2020
  • Education

    SCS superintendent’s teacher council excludes union leaders

    Though Superintendent Joris Ray decided to exclude union leadership to “give other people an opportunity to lead too,” at least 10 schools voted for a union leader to represent them on the council anyway.

    By Laura Faith Kebede March 05, 2020

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