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  • Exclusive Coronavirus

    Doctors helping to create plan to reopen Memphis

    The medical experts tasked with helping to plan the city's reopening know taming the virus will require risk assessment and management they've never attempted. They also know they can't afford to be wrong.

    By David Waters April 25, 2020
  • Business

    Self-reflection key for small business owner

    Eclectic Eye owner Robbie Johnson Weinberg is using writing and Facebook to share her emotional vulnerability amid pandemic concerns. 

    By Drew Hill April 23, 2020
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    Work for families and become part of one

    Sometimes it takes a family to find just where you belong.

    By Youth Villages
  • State Government

    Department of Labor likely to rebuff call to waive unemployment certifications

    A House Democratic leader's call for the governor to waive weekly unemployment certification for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans is drawing skepticism from the state's Labor and Workforce Development commissioner.

    By Sam Stockard April 23, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Fewer cases, but also fewer people being tested

    For the fifth consecutive day Shelby County reported 50 or fewer new cases, but the number of reported additional tests has also decreased for four straight days. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 23, 2020
  • Education

    SCS hires state official overseeing voucher launch

    Amity Schuyler will work for a school system that opposes the Education Savings Account program she hustled to launch.

    By Marta W. Aldrich April 23, 2020
  • State Government

    First-term senator (and nurse) battles horror of COVID-19 cases

    Instead of staying at home during the COVID-19 crisis, state Sen. Katrina Robinson went to work — inside a New York hospital. 

    By Sam Stockard April 23, 2020
  • Education

    Memphis schools spared from proposed county budget cuts

    Mayor Lee Harris recommended maintaining the $427 million the county allocated this year for the operating budgets for all seven of Shelby County’s school systems. 

    By Jacinthia Jones April 23, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    The Extra Podcast: Inside the ICU

    What Chris Herrington saw and learned in his exclusive tour of Baptist’s COVID fighting efforts.

    By Eric Barnes, Chris Herrington April 23, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Safer at home is staying put, and UTHSC grabs its cape

    It's Thursday, April 23, and a popular Grizzlies coach is headed home, Downtown is working to keep its restaurants open, and a new blight initiative includes lots of leafy greens. 

    By Mary Cashiola April 23, 2020
  • Business

    UTHSC takes huge strides in battle to ramp up testing

    The campus developed a free test, and put it in play at Tiger Lane; now it's adding ‘cub’ sites to the mix.

    By Jane Roberts April 23, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus live blog, April 23: Watch an interview with Dr. Scott Morris

    Dr. Scott Morris describes how Church Health has responded to the coronavirus crisis.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 24, 2020
  • Guest Column Guest Columnists

    As need for legal aid grows, vulnerable are least able to afford it

    Community Legal Center and Memphis Area Legal Services are receiving "panicked calls from people who have been furloughed or fired and who lack money to feed their children and keep a roof over their heads."

    By Anne Mathes, Cindy Cole Ettingoff April 23, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Burgess seeking state’s help on tax relief during pandemic

    Assessor Melvin Burgess needs the authorization of the state to move forward with initiatives to ease the tax burden for home and business owners impacted by the coronavirus.

    By Linda A. Moore April 23, 2020
  • Metro

    Preservation organization to plant native trees across Memphis

    Neighborhood Preservation Inc., is celebrating Earth Day with a pledge to plant trees in vacant lots across Memphis.

    By Jared Boyd April 22, 2020
  • State Government

    State leaders figuring out how to spend $3.6B in federal stimulus funds

    Tennessee leaders are trying to figure out how to spend $3.6 billion in federal COVID-19 funds, about half of which has arrived in the state as officials remain worried about tax revenue shortfalls and their impact on state and local budgets. 

    By Sam Stockard April 22, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Local coronavirus case rate slowing down

    In the past week, coronavirus cases in Shelby County increased by 25% — a 14% decrease from the previous week. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 22, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Extended ‘Safer at Home’ order inches city, county toward cautious re-opening

    The extension of the order first issued more than a month ago was expected. The order has evolved since last month and there could be more changes to its conditions.

    By Bill Dries April 23, 2020
  • Real Estate

    $65,000 in forgivable loans approved for 13 Downtown businesses

    The Center City Development Corp. has now approved about $200,000 in forgivable loans for 33 Downtown businesses. 

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Coronavirus creates uncertainty for city budget, businesses and banks

    Happy Earth Day, Memphis. We've got shock and sugar today, a word of caution, new math, and a dip into the festival circuit. Plus, is chicken a sign of change for Summer Avenue? 

    By Mary Cashiola April 22, 2020
  • GUEST COLUMN Guest Columnists

    Schools can use COVID shutdown to plan for 21st-century education

    Even as we re-imagine and advocate for 21st-century facilities, we must do so knowing that learning can no longer be contained in the four walls of a classroom, nor should it.

    By Kevin Woods April 22, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Quarantine Diary: Pack animals

    We’ve watched Memphis’ social distancing “grade” drop down to a D. I think it shows how bad we all are at staying away from each other. On a smaller scale – the me scale – I’ve been finding more and more ways to socially distance … with people.

    By A J Quinlen April 22, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Juvenile court using video conferencing to keep cases moving

    Juvenile Court is using video conferencing to get cases moved through the court during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 22, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus live blog, April 22: Tenn. adds 448 cases, largest daily increase so far

    Tennessee adds 448 cases, 9 deaths. The increase from yesterday is the state's largest daily rise in cases to date.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 08, 2020
  • State Government

    Governor promises support for urban mayors in reopening economy

    Gov. Bill Lee is pledging to work with Shelby County and urban mayors statewide as they develop independent plans for reopening economies separately from the state’s more rural and suburban areas, which can kick in as early as April 27.

    By Sam Stockard April 21, 2020
  • Business

    Downtown’s forgivable loan program grows by $60,000

    The Center City Development Corp. has added $60,000 to the money available to help small Downtown businesses survive the effects of COVID-19.

    By Tom Bailey April 21, 2020

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