Amid concerns about the University of Memphis’ commitment to raising the minimum wage for its employee to $15 per hour, the United Campus Workers and several alumni held a press conference Friday urging the university to implement wage increases by 2020.
Some of the 109 BSA members arrested in the University of Memphis administration building 50 years ago this month returned Friday as a plaque noting the sit-in protest was unveiled where they were handcuffed in 1969.
OUT Memphis and Nike joined together to host LGBTQ youth and allies at University of Memphis for a day of games and bonding in a safe space and promoting wellness and socialization between young people who are often marginalized within other youth groups.
University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd visits The Daily Memphian to discuss his goals, the qualities UT's next president needs to have, and more.
With its funding expiring, a Memphis program for students coming out of juvenile detention could end soon, despite a three-year record of job placement and low recidivism.
With the state Legislature on the brink of producing no meaningful abortion legislation this year, House leaders are bringing back a bill to outlaw abortion in Tennessee if the landmark case of Roe v. Wade is reversed.
Houston High School student Eagan Smith's poster, "Jazzy Jim," was unveiled Thursday night as the winner of Memphis in May's 2019 Children's Poster competition.
A coyote pup that wandered into the Memphis Convention Center construction project has been released to the wild after he was found curled up inside a wall Thursday morning.
Rep. Ryan Williams pulled his controversial bill from consideration by the House Education Committee on Wednesday, one week after the measure easily cleared a subcommittee over the objections of teachers and law enforcement leaders.
A $43 million streetscape project on Elvis Presley Boulevard between Brooks Road and Shelby Drive features all LED lighting and hopes for new business along Whitehaven's main street.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper grabbed the wrong mic Thursday and at the wrong time, leading to a bit of a dressing down about House decorum.
The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday urging the governor to negotiate a Medicaid block grant with no strings attached, in spite of adamant arguments against it by Memphis Democrats.
The new Shelby County Democratic Party chairman says he is attempting to move beyond the controversy to bring new and established Democrats together after Democrats swept every countywide office on the ballot in 2018.
A portion of Jackson Avenue seen as a gateway to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is scheduled to get upgrades that will make it more visually appealing and pedestrian friendly.
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway of Memphis sent an official letter to Attorney General Herbert Slatery this week seeking a legal opinion on the legality of a parental ID provision in Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account bill.
The Tennessee Senate bill retains House language requiring applicants to provide government-issued documents like birth certificates, driver’s licenses, or passports. That provision could be in conflict with a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that requires states to offer public education to all children, regardless of their immigration status.
Medical cannabis legislation designed to give the state’s sickest residents a chance to use THC rather than addictive opiates is withering on the vine, at least for 2019 in the General Assembly.
The Senate Education Committee approved Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account initiative Wednesday, paving the way for public dollars to follow students to private schools.
City leaders will gather Thursday near the intersection of Elvis Presley Boulevard and Brooks Road to mark the beginning of construction on a $44 million streetscape improvement project that kicked off six years ago.
TVA CEO and president Jeff Lyash said during a Memphis visit on his third day on the job that the power industry will see as much change in the next 20 years as it did in the last half-century.
The city is rolling out a new curbside collection system for garbage and debris beginning May 1.
Need help but can't call? A text-to-911 service launched in Memphis April 9 that allows anyone to text for help in an emergency situation.
CNN analyst Phil Mudd joins The Daily Memphian's Extra Podcast to talk about drinking beer with Robert Mueller, whether he was ever a secret agent, and which Memphis cupcakes are his favorite.