The tax hike and restoration was approved by city voters in 2019. But there are doubts that the revenue from the extra half-cent is enough to pay for the return of benefits the city cut in 2014.
Polls across Shelby County are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday with the state's presidential primaries topping the ballot. The presidential campaign Memphis voters saw for the past year has been mostly on the Democratic side with a few appearances by the contenders themselves.
Everything you need to know to vote on election day, from finding your precinct to keeping your long fingernails and voting in confidence.
Committee meetings run throughout the morning; the full board convenes at 1:30 p.m.
Cordova resident Patti Possel announced Monday she has qualified to run as a Republican for election to the state House District 96 seat representing Cordova and part of Germantown.
Tennessee's voucher program is facing a second legal challenge, with a group of Shelby and Davidson County parents saying it violates the Constitution and state law by diverting taxpayer funds to private schools.
The state’s grading policy for high school — which now awards A’s for point percentages between 93 and 100 and B’s for 85 to 92 — would return to a 10-point scale under the bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Hodges.
Shelby County schools and the District Attorney's office are no longer partners on a truancy reduction program. The school district will now oversee the program.
The Landers Auto Group has acquired the Bud Davis Cadillac dealership in Memphis.
It's Monday, March 2, and by tonight Germantown could be much closer to building a new water tower. We've also got a confession from the Catholic Diocese, a whiskey tasting and why a local union wants Mayor Lee Harris to veto a residency requirement relaxation.
Three of the six new Memphis City Council members talked about the larger issues on "Behind The Headlines." They are the latest council members in more than a decade to take up the topic of residency.
Bartlett Republican state Rep. Jim Coley and East Memphis Republican Mark White are two Shelby County GOP lawmakers likely to oppose Gov. Bill Lee's "constitutional carry" legislation, which could put them in the minority among the Legislature's supermajority party.
Joe Biden's wife pushed for votes Sunday during brunch time in South Main. Signs of other Democratic contenders were close by. And a Bloomberg rally Saturday in West Memphis featured five mayors supporting the former New York City mayor. Tennessee's primary is Tuesday as part of the 14-state Super Tuesday set of primaries.
Grief counselor Jeffery D. Harris devised his "Permission to Grieve" conference to counter men's reluctance to show that they are hurting emotionally.
Committee recommendations include an annual certification of residency for Shelby County employees.
In a 3-2 decision, the court upheld a 2011 state law capping damages juries can award in personal injury lawsuits, reversing rulings in two lower courts and drawing criticism from a Democratic Memphis lawmaker.
Presidential historian Michael Nelson of Rhodes College has a new book about the Clinton presidency and the former Arkansas governor's two runs for the White House. On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Nelson linked Clinton's influence and time in power to the course that brought Donald Trump to the White House.
The new report and list lacks the detail that a trove of internal church documents and depositions released a decade ago show about how the Catholic Diocese handled allegations of child sexual abuse by priests over a half century.
The labor union official says the ordinance that allows some public safety workers to live outside the county is not "morally or fiscally responsible."
Most of the names on the list Bishop David Talley called for soon after becoming leader of the Memphis Diocese were made public a decade ago in a trove of records released in a civil suit filed against the Diocese and the Dominican order.
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg took jabs at President Trump and his Democratic rivals during a Memphis stop Friday morning.
It’s Friday, Feb. 28, and today is the first day of the 68th Annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show at the Memphis Convention Center. We're also talking about competing priorities for Shelby County funding, what Tops Bar-B-Q is changing — and what it isn't — and how good Memphis is for jobs.
State inspectors say 201 Poplar needs to be rebuilt or remodeled because the nearly 40-year-old facility is in bad shape.
Those who will make a recommendation on whether the Memphis utility supplier should cut ties with the TVA want a scenario on switching to Midcontinent Independent System Operator included in the research.
Plans being worked out for each base; could be years before access limits take effect.