• $2.3M building permit filed for FedEx hub expansion 
• $4.2M building permit filed for stand-alone classroom building at Macon Hall Elementary
• City giving away mulch this weekend at Liberty Bowl

The House pushed an online sports betting bill to the finish line Wednesday, enabling people to use a computer or phone app to wager on sporting events.

District 1 City Councilman Sherman Greer comes from a political background of detailed constituent services and keeping an eye on the Tennessee Legislature as he prepares to run for a full four-year term on the council.

The Shelby County Schools board postponed discussion Tuesday of a resolution to suspend a national search for a superintendent and hire interim leader Joris Ray – setting members up to make a critical decision with minimal public discussion.

A letter of intent signed Tuesday replaces one being pursued for a joint development by Loews and THM. THM wants to build the second convention center hotel at a restored 100 North Main Building.

Latoshia Daniels, charged with first-degree murder in the April 4 shooting death of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church executive pastor Brodes Perry, will appear at a preliminary hearing May 14 at 2 p.m.

• City giving away mulch this weekend at Liberty Bowl
• Jubilee Schools, Aramark file WARN notices totaling nearly 500 layoffs
• Greater Memphis Chamber and SCS announce new CCTE partnership

Nearly half of the 35 longtime providers from around the state lost their state contracts in the latest award period in the Tennessee Early Intervention System, which provides educational services for children under the age of 3 with disabilities or developmental delays.

New Christian Brothers University president Jack Shannon Jr. plans to continue the initiatives of his predecessor and work to create even more partnerships to build the community through education and opportunity. 

The Memphis Branch NAACP honored three leaders of the efforts to remove Confederate monuments from two local parks and in the process Saturday reflected the balancing act that is a feature of the race for Memphis mayor.

• Memphis Fashion Week announces new chair, 2019 results
• Building permits filed for restaurant and office space at Commonwealth 
• TDEC partners with Google Maps to help Tennesseans safely dispose unwanted medications

Rather than go home for the year without passing substantive abortion legislation, the House and Senate on Monday both adopted bills banning abortions if federal law is reversed.

NASHVILLE – The House of Representatives barely passed Gov. Bill Lee’s voucher legislation after a historic 40-minute deadlock Tuesday that saw one member flip his vote to push the bill to passage by the narrowest of margins.

• MEM March passengers drive 9.1% traffic increase 
• Vaccine distributor to pay $1.65 million in back wages, benefits
• Lake District announces two new tenants 

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and Clovernook Center hosted a "beeping" Easter egg hunt on Good Friday for the blind and visually impaired. 

The latest meeting on the Memphis 3.0 plan demonstrated the lingering confusion – and some suspicion – about what the long-range development plan recommends and how it works.

With a vote set for Monday, Shelby County Democratic lawmakers are castigating a bill from the Secretary of State’s Office penalizing paid voter registration drives for failing to undergo training and for turning in incomplete forms.

Memphis-area industrial hemp vendors join together for festival aimed at educating public and celebrating the controversial plant.

More than 200 Shelby County Sheriff's deputies who had to retake psychological testing have all passed. Now, 188 corrections officers are retaking the test in the coming weeks, officials said. 

Local legislators reacted along party lines Thursday to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

Five Memphis doctors and nurses were charged in connection with a federal major drug bust of dozens of medical professionals accused of distributing illegal prescription opioids and other narcotics. 

• Vaccine distributor to pay $1.65 million in back wages, benefits
• Lake District announces two new tenants 
• Memphis Zoo granted AZA accreditation 

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway is set to meet with the state attorney general's office to discuss matters dealing with the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Lee's education savings account plan.

Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips and new election commissioner Brent Taylor discuss recent changes to voter registration rules and turnover on the five-member body.

An investigation into a sexual harassment complaint lodged against Joris Ray several months before he was named interim superintendent concluded there was “no evidence” of wrongdoing.