A bill filed Monday authorized the governor to start negotiating immediately with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and President Donald Trump to provide primary care “relative to the prevention and treatment of coronavirus” to all Tennesseans.
Treadwell parents began signing the children out of school after learning that an employee was in contact with the first person diagnosed in Shelby County with the novel coronavirus.
If you go to your doctor's office, call before you arrive to let the staff know you are concerned you may have COVID-19.
An assistant U.S. attorney in Memphis resigned her post and will serve a year on probation after pleading guilty to theft in U.S. District Court, stemming from falsified time sheets.
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It's Monday, March 9, a day when the Shelby County Commission will be looking at paid parental leave. We're also talking about a new benefit for FedEx employees, two leading scientists here in Memphis and the questions surrounding a new high school in Shelby County.
For now, the city council will keep its ground rules for dispensing $2.6 million in grant money at $200,000 per council member. But the council continues to battle what is a longer line of organizations seeking a limited amount of money.
Proponents and opponents of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's proposed permitless carry measure weigh in on the controversial issue.
Tennessee now has three confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.
The countywide Democratic party convention Saturday at Kirby High School is the first of two steps in selecting delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.
Mid-South dogs and their owners seize the opportunity to celebrate and socialize during Saturday's pet parade and costume contest at Overton Park.
Medical cannabis legislation could reach a House floor vote this year for the first time, leaders say. But running a gauntlet in the Senate is likely to prove more difficult.
The Shelby County mayor contends the proposed rule changes will stop “onerous” permitting requirements while still protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer, a move he believes will stop legislation designed to undermine county rules.
Chancellor Anne C. Martin indicated that she likely will allow three pro-voucher groups representing parents from Memphis and Nashville to become part of the case.
Joseph Otting said the Community Reinvestment Act is overdue for revisions that reflect 21st century banking. But some of those at the Memphis forum were skeptical that it would increase bank investment in low-income areas given other changes on other fronts from the Trump administration.
The number of February home sales in the Memphis area rose 3 percent from February 2019, but the number of houses for sale – already persistently low for years – fell another 13.5 percent from a year ago, according to the Memphis Area Association of Realtors.
President Donald Trump traveled to Tennessee on Friday to tour neighborhoods where lives and homes were destroyed by tornadoes that swept through parts of the state earlier this week.
It’s March 6, and the Southern Women’s Show begins at the Agricenter today. We've also got the goods on a new stage for an old stage, another jail lawsuit and fish on Friday's.
Michael Harris and party Democratic Party Vice Chair Sarah Beth Larson also talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about Saturday’s local Democratic convention, the first of two steps to select delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention.
Democrats say Tennessee’s controlling Republicans took care of Gov. Bill Lee’s permitless carry and anti-abortion initiatives even though a terrible tornado killed people across the state and left a path of destruction.
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.3% for the third consecutive month in January.
Hours after Tennessee officials confirmed the state's first case of the coronavirus, one Memphis lawmaker said the state is “absolutely not” prepared to deal with a potential health crisis stemming from COVID-19.
A former Shelby County Jail inmate has filed a lawsuit against the company contracted by the county to provide medical care to detainees. It is the latest of a series of lawsuits against the company.
Though Superintendent Joris Ray decided to exclude union leadership to “give other people an opportunity to lead too,” at least 10 schools voted for a union leader to represent them on the council anyway.
Gov. Bill Lee has confirmed the state’s first case of coronavirus, a Williamson County man who traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, as the state steps up its efforts to combat the virus. RELATED