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    McWhorter acknowledges list of grants could exist for $4M ‘slush fund’

    Tennessee Finance & Administration Commissioner Stuart McWhorter said Tuesday a list of projects could have existed for a $4 million rural grants being criticized as a “slush fund” for lawmakers but denied ever seeing one.

    By Sam Stockard December 18, 2019
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    Memphis airport sets 2020 schedule for ‘world class tour’

    Memphis International Airport announces 2020 schedule for Jon K. Thompson World Class Tour.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 18, 2019
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    Girls Inc. approved for Frayser site

    A Girls Inc. facility in Frayser was approved by the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Dec. 17.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Council approves referendum on police, fire residency

    City Council approves referendum on police and fire residency. Residents will have a chance next November to weigh in on whether police and firefighters can live within 50 miles of the city or in neighboring counties. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 18, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Council approves solid waste, partial MLGW fee hikes

    Water and gas rate hikes were approved but a proposed electric rate hike was rejected. The council also took back its rejection of a solid waste fee hike that goes on the same monthly utility bills. That after Mayor Jim Strickland threatened layoffs and reductions in garbage service in the new year without the hike.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2019
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    Memphis Park debuts post-monument look two years later

    The Holiday Night Market Friday in the park highlights the intersection between the drive to remove the monuments and an earlier effort to activate the park for more Memphians.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2019
  • Metro

    Confederate monuments sent to descendants, SCV

    Two years to the week that Confederate monuments were removed from three city parks, the statues have been turned over to descendants or the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the city announced Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2019
  • Metro

    U of M plans DATA Science Conference; seeks research

    Conference is designed to build synergy between industry and university researchers.

    By Jane Roberts December 17, 2019
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Mac is back, the Grizz are pretty good and Delta does what???

    Good morning! It's Tuesday, Dec. 17. Today is the Memphis City Council's final meeting of the year, and FedEx has an earnings call this afternoon. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 17, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    South Memphis apartment rehab provides new start for homeless

    The eight-unit apartment building at Kansas and Waldorf from the 1950s got an extensive rehab with state funding and some donations after sitting vacant for 20 years.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Last council meeting of year features final vote on residency

    The City Council could also Tuesday revisit its decision two weeks ago to reject a solid waste fee hike. Mayor Jim Strickland said no fee hike could lead to laying off sanitation workers and scaling back garbage pickups of curbside trash. The combination with the MLGW rate hike proposal could cause the council to do either/or but not both.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2019
  • State Government

    Veterans Services commissioner looks at ‘rare exceptions’ for weekend burials

    Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers is considering “rare exceptions” for burying soldiers on weekends, a situation stemming from the state's refusal to hold services for Maj. Trevor Joseph of Collierville on a weekend when more family and friends could attend.

    By Sam Stockard December 17, 2019
  • Education

    Memphis teacher salary proposal would boost starting pay

    The proposal would raise teachers' starting salary to $45,000. Those with master’s degrees ultimately could make a salary as high as $74,000, and teachers with doctorates almost $84,000.

    By Laura Faith Kebede December 16, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Serial rapist convicted in six Memphis rape cases

    Horn Lake man identified through rape kits to six sexual assaults in Memphis over a seven year period. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 16, 2019
  • Metro

    Memphis gets $48 million loan from state for water infrastructure

    Gov. Bill Lee and the Department of Environment and Conservation are lending the City of Memphis $48 million to improve its water system infrastructure.

    By Sam Stockard December 16, 2019
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: FedEx, Friday and the future of Saint Francis

    Good morning; it’s Monday, Dec. 16. Today, a community program will graduate its first class of real estate developers, and the Grizz take on the Heat at the FedExForum. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 16, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Fixing Shelby County records mess will be a ‘costly project’

    Funding is in place for a short-term fix for Shelby County's records "catastrophe" and Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford has plans for a long-term solution.

    By Linda A. Moore December 16, 2019
  • State Government

    ‘Suspicions’ still dog governor’s education savings accounts law

    Lawmakers will try to derail Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account law in 2020 amid “suspicions” about whether some lawmakers were offered perks for supporting it.

    By Sam Stockard December 17, 2019
  • Metro

    Memphis 200 Part 4: People, institutions, events shaped city

    The fourth part of our series marking the bicentennial of the city's founding takes us to some of the more complex chapters of Memphis history, a few sports legends, artists, corporate innovators and two years of profound change.

    By Bill Dries March 11, 2022
  • Metro

    Sanders supporters plan for Tennessee Super Tuesday presidential primary

    The Saturday gathering at the AFSCME union hall Downtown drew a group of 60 supporters. It follows a similar gathering Tuesday for those supporting rival Democratic contender and former Vice President Joe Biden.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2019
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    More than a dozen Memphis children killed in homicides this year

    There have been 15 child homicide victims this year in Memphis, an increase over the 13 children killed all of last year. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 15, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Alpha Phi Alpha, Toys for Tots give back in Whitehaven for Christmas

    Toys for Tots and Alpha Phi Alphi Fraternity, Inc., staged two events for holiday giving that took place just blocks apart in Whitehaven.

    By Jared Boyd December 14, 2019
  • Education

    Aspire charter leader says let parents ‘choose with their feet’ on enrollment

    Aspire Public Schools superintendent Nick Manning talked on The Daily Memphian Podcast about the move of the charter organization in Memphis for the last seven years to a local board in the new school year.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2019
  • State Government

    With Byrd waffling on re-election, Hardaway renews call for investigation

    With questions surfacing about whether state Rep. David Byrd will run for re-election in 2020, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway is renewing his request for a House investigation into allegations of misconduct against the Waynesboro Republican as a high school girls basketball coach 30 years ago.

    By Sam Stockard December 14, 2019
  • Metro

    Memphis Zoo announces even more cute fuzziness with new baby penguins

    The Memphis Zoo's waddle of penguins grows with two new babies.

    By Linda A. Moore December 13, 2019

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