Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Robert Weiss has received a rare public reprimand for taking too long to issue rulings in two cases.

The Democratic state Representative got into the race just before a Wednesday deadline for nominations as another contender dropped out and a contender who stayed in the race faces questions about a suspended law license. The party's grass roots council makes its decision Saturday.

A nonprofit group's efforts to secure voter identification cards in downtown Memphis Wednesday caused a brief uproar, though Shelby County Court Clerk Wanda Halbert said it was a misunderstanding.

The People’s Convention, set for later this month to assemble a platform and back candidates in the 2019 Memphis elections, is being pushed back to later in the spring or early summer by organizers.

• Driving range adding Toptracer technology
• UTHSC assistant professor awarded $100,000 grant to study pancreatic cancer progression
• Indigo Agriculture files permit for renovation of new Downtown headquarters 

Students who get pregnant would get time to give birth and start raising child before using state scholarship funds for college.

Senate and House panels approve charter commission legislation with opposition from lawmakers who say charters aren't improving student performance.

Nearly a decade after they first met, Zainora Polk and Stanita Burton now share a stronger bond than ever after Burton gave Polk a kidney.

Seven Tennessee Board of Education members have unanimously upheld the Shelby County Schools board’s decision to close Gateway University Charter School at the end of this academic year, meaning 150 students will need to find a new high school for this fall.

Shelby County's suburban school superintendents worry about the potential effects of vouchers on public education. While Gov. Bill Lee's proposal affects Shelby County Schools locally, suburban superintendents worry it could expand to affect them as well.

The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to take the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 plan and to vote on the agreement between the city administration and Graceland for further expansion of Graceland’s Whitehaven campus.

The $5 million Cossitt Library renovation could get started later this spring, with an emphasis on spaces for gathering and creativity within the walls of the city's first library.

Tennessee Black Voter Project and other groups could face fines for turning in hundreds of incomplete voter registration forms.

• Indigo Agriculture files permit for renovation of new Downtown headquarters 
• Shelby County Schools files $2.8M permit for office renovation
• Public open house set before LDS temple rededication

The Memphis City Council also delayed votes once again Tuesday on the first reading of the Memphis 3.0 plan and an agreement between the city and Graceland on Graceland expansion plans.

Lawmakers hoping to pass medical marijuana legislation are teaming up to bring an amendment before the Senate Health and Welfare Committee Wednesday.

Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses has won a defamation lawsuit against former Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, but the $500 award for court costs and fees was far short of the $1 million the suit sought.

Gov. Bill Lee defended the legality of his education savings account bill Tuesday but acknowledged for the first time it is set up to provide funds to “legal residents,” a matter being challenged by opponents of the legislation.

Shelby County has added a third grand jury in hopes of reducing the length of time defendants wait in jail while also whittling down the case backlog.

Construction has begun on a new $25 million Shelby County Health Department headquarters. 

• LeMoyne-Owen announces partnership with WGU Tennessee
• Text-to-911 service launching April 9 in Memphis
• Ballet Memphis awarded for showing its metal

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway said Monday he will request a state attorney general’s opinion on the constitutionality of voucher legislation requiring parents to show identification proving U.S. citizenship.

The Tennessee Board of Education staff found that Gateway hired an educator who did not pass a background check, gave grades to students in a geometry class that did not exist, and relied on uncertified teachers in classes.

With key votes looming this week on Gov. Bill Lee’s charter and voucher bills, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Nashville to “cheer” his proposals.

Explore Bike Share changes, effective Monday, are aimed at drawing more riders and making access to the bike system available to more citizens.