Carlos Ochoa of Ranked Choice Tennessee says the group expects the state coordinator of elections to again rule the voting system can’t be used in Tennessee. 

Paragon Bank has been listed among the top 10 of 85 banks nationwide in the American Banker “Best Banks to Work For 2019” program, a project of American Banker and Best Companies Group.

Carlos Ochoa of Ranked Choice Tennessee talks about ranked choice voting and the group’s push to have it implemented in Memphis elections over the last decade. 

The sales tax will fund pension and healthcare benefits for police and firefighters, but prekindergarten is also a beneficiary of the referendum. Just how much money is likely to go toward early education efforts in the city is unknown. 

ServiceMaster employees locally and nationally fanned out across their communities Thursday to help various causes as part of the Memphis-based company's "We Care Day 2019."

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. says, according to one legal opinion, a referendum for county government to claim half the city revenue from the half-cent sales tax increase would be a vote among citizens in unincorporated Shelby County. 

Zookeepers and staff veterinarians proudly introduced two sister jaguar cubs during a gender-reveal neonatal exam. They’re the zoo’s first newborn jaguars in more than 25 years.

State Rep. London Lamar continued her pursuit for legislation Thursday giving pregnant high school seniors an extra year to have children and maintain Lottery scholarship funds, a bill that ran into trouble during the 2019 session.

The Department of Education will spend $25 million this year and hire a new vendor to give the TNReady test, but lawmakers can only hope it will run without errors when the state test goes completely online in 2021.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents have been called in to investigate an arson at a vacant East Memphis church that was set on fire twice in less than four months. 

The 2019 winners of the Keeper of the Dream Award have been announced. 

State Sen. Sara Kyle is set to promote legislation in 2020 designed to cut gun violence, initiatives likely to bump into Republican opposition. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen will hold a press conference Thursday in Memphis on gun safety. 

Workplace health care provider We Care tlc is asking for a grant of up to $30,000 from a Downtown Memphis Commission board for interior renovations of its proposed center site at 119 S. Main.

Donation helps Hutchison School expand its teaching farm, with additional phases of growth still to come.

International Paper Co. has increased the annual dividend on its common stock by 2.5%, raising it from $2.00 to $2.05 per share, the company has announced.

Alexis Gwin-Miller’s departure as principal came 10 days after a student-led protest. Dozens of students asked questions about the school’s cohort model, which was in place before Gwin-Miller was hired. 

The founders of the Africa in April Cultural festival, David Acey and Yvonne B. Acey, have been recognized by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History for their work.

The 60-year-old Allen Fossil plant is scheduled for demolition in 2022, Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash said Tuesday as leaders got a look at possible future uses for the 500-acre site.

Memphis will have strong representation on Tennessee’s Health Care Modernization Task Force, charged with forming policies to improve one of the unhealthiest states in the nation and Shelby County, which ranks in Tennessee’s bottom fourth.

Patricia Ange is seeking $350,000 in damages against Memphis Academy of Health Sciences High School, which enrolled about 400 students last year.

Bigger crowds on Mud Island's south end during a hot summer made keeping people out of the Gulf of Mexico replica hard work. The Memphis River Parks Partnership will use the fall and winter to rethink how the Gulf should be used.

The Memphis schools have shown enough improvement to be eligible to leave the Tennessee Achievement School district next school year. Since that's never happened before, no one knows how that should work.

Torrey Harris is making another run at unseating Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry in House District 90, highlighting his opponent’s vote in favor of voucher legislation affecting Shelby County Schools and anti-abortion bills.

Three prominent business leaders who have a hand in the commercial real estate resurgence in Downtown Memphis will share their perspectives when The Daily Memphian hosts its “Developing Memphis” seminar on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Brooks Museum of Art beginning at 3:30 p.m.

The Shelby County Commission has approved on third and final reading an ordinance to grow the Uptown TIF district to include more communities in North Memphis.