Tennessee Department of Health reported 100 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday for a total of 17,388. Three new deaths were also confirmed.

Graceland is reopening with mansion tours reduced to 25% of capacity. Operators bill it as an opportunity to "walk in Elvis' footsteps like never before."

City hopes self-reporting figures continue to rise as the Census Bureau prepares to resume field activities on June 1. 

When state lawmakers return to Nashville to grapple with the state budget in a flagging COVID-19 economy, they'll have an incomplete picture of the state's economy because state revenue is trickling in and business tax collections have been delayed until July.

The $2 million “Develop901” system was in the works before the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning and Development division Director John Zeanah talked about the extensive overhaul on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast and a slight drop in permits that may be cyclical and not pandemic-related.

Still short of the goal of 2,400 tests per day, a record-breaking week of tests finds continued decline in positivity.

Both Methodist and Baptist hospital systems are coping with COVID-19 physically so far, but money is becoming a problem.

Deer and social distancing are no discouragement for toilers at the Shelby County Community Gardens. The distances don’t impact the sense of community, either.

Will it be safe to swim at community pools this summer? The Shelby County Health Department has not yet issued reopening guidelines for swimming locations. 

With more than 12% of Tennessee prison inmates testing positive for COVID-19, an inmate advocate is raising questions about the cleanliness of facilities while challenging the state's numbers and policies.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit Friday, May 15, seeking to make absentee voting available to all eligible Tennessee voters during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrons will be asked to wear masks, practice social distancing and may have to wait to get in. 

With the spread of COVID-19 appearing to weaken, the state’s Economic Recovery Group announced Friday, May 15, it will lift capacity restrictions on restaurants and retail in areas not covered by local directives, such as Shelby County.

A large group of Memphis-area faith leaders has made and just released a video promoting the continued delay of face-to-face worship until conditions improve with COVID-19.

The Economic Development Growth Engine has $862,500 left to distribute in Neighborhood Emergency Economic Development grants after approving 24 grants totaling $137,500 over the past three weeks.

A Phase 2 reopening of the Memphis area economy appears imminent after Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said Friday, May 15, she sees no significant barriers to a continued loosening of restrictions.

The latest COVID-19 data is consistent with the trend the pandemic is stabilizing in Shelby County.

Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said there are “no significant barriers” to reopening, but that it would be premature to reopen before the full 14 days.

Happy Friday! The Tigers are putting a ring on it, e-commerce is exploding, and it should have been barbecue fest. Also, it's time to make the donuts. 

A source helped Momentum score 30,000 masks, given at no cost to help agencies here. In 10 minutes, they were taken.

Shelby County lawmakers who missed the final days of hectic mid-March work when the COVID-19 pandemic started are planning to return June 1 when the public will be allowed in the Capitol and Cordell Hull Building as well.

The operational difference between “Phase 1” and “Phase 2” was always fairly narrow and has grown more so via “phase creep.”

Undercover officers in the Memphis Police Department’s gang unit have used fake social media accounts to glean information during criminal investigations, a MPD major testified Thursday, May 14, during a hearing on whether the department has violated court-ordered social media sanctions.

There are lots of acronyms and plenty of names being dropped in the MLGW-TVA debate. Here's an ongoing guide to some of both along with our coverage of them.

Two leaders of the civic group backing an end to TVA ties say on "Behind The Headlines" that they want to hear more about how much it would cost MLGW to go with another electric power supplier without having to generate its own power as well.