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  • Education

    Tennessee is gearing up for another private school voucher debate. Here’s what we know.

    Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson told school board members the governor is planning a “substantial” increase for public education funding in 2025 but didn’t specify how much or for what.

    By Marta W. Aldrich October 23, 2024
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    The Early Word: FedEx’s Smith has Downtown worries; MATA stops cuts

    Downtown is recovering economically, but Richard Smith still worries about crime. Plus, there’s a new Indian eatery that has everything from dal to dosa, and we’ve got hot tips on Halloween horror films.

    By Bianca Phillips October 23, 2024
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Downtown tourism tax dollars back after pandemic

    The sales-tax growth captured Downtown showed city taxpayers will not bail out Bass Pro Shops at The Pyramid, the Renasant Convention Center and other Downtown projects for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Samuel Hardiman October 23, 2024
  • Premium Downtown

    Calkins: As NBA season tips off, FedEx’s Richard Smith says it’s a ‘desperate’ moment for Downtown

    FedEx exec Richard Smith says this is a critical moment for Downtown Memphis — and the Grizzlies, FedExForum and Beale Street may be the key.

    By Geoff Calkins October 23, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Hickory Hill forum focuses on blight, absentee property owners

    The Hickory Hill One Memphis forum is the seventh since Mayor Paul Young took office this past January.

    By Bill Dries October 22, 2024
  • Public Safety

    ‘Iconic’ awards show aims to reduce violence

    Local and state leaders hope the fourth annual Stomp the City Iconic Awards Show will help reduce crime and gun violence in Memphis. 

    By Julia Baker October 22, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    New MATA board stops planned cuts; Mayor Young pledges money

    The newly confirmed board voted unanimously to suspend the cuts the previous board had approved on Sept. 24.

    By Samuel Hardiman October 22, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Gov. Bill Lee touts Tennessee funding for Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

    Following a stroll down the narrow pedestrian walkway of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, Bill Lee and other elected leaders got a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 22, on plans for the $800 million bridge to be completed in 2030.

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    Memphis-Arkansas Bridge’s political history goes back to Boss Crump

    By Bill Dries October 23, 2024
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Memphis-Arkansas Bridge’s political history goes back to Boss Crump

    Politics is nothing new when it comes to projects like “America’s River Crossing” in Downtown Memphis. The circa-1949 bridge it would replace saw plenty of it when it came time to consider its name.

    By Bill Dries October 22, 2024
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: IP lays off more staff; Tiger Tyreek Smith has NIL concerns

    A sheriff’s deputy remains in critical condition after a crash, early-voting totals are down so far and JJJ can’t come out to play Wednesday.

    By Bianca Phillips October 22, 2024
  • Germantown

    Brian Curry looks towards next term on Germantown schools board

    Unopposed for his second term on the Germantown Board of Education, Curry reflected on the past four years and what he sees ahead.

    By Abigail Warren November 20, 2024
  • Elections

    Political Roundup: Early voting is down almost 40% from 2020

    Also, Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty push claims of noncitizens voting in a new call for federal officials to act despite evidence voter purges in other states are removing citizens entitled to vote.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024
  • Public Safety

    Injured officer in Highway 64 motorcycle crash identified

    The Shelby County Sheriff officer was injured in a crash near Lakeland Tuesday, Oct. 15, while responding to a separate motorcycle deputy-involved crash that occurred 20 minutes before. 

    By Julia Baker October 21, 2024
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: MATA’s new board takes the wheel, and Aloft hotel lifts off

    Gun thefts from cars are way up, Yuki is sticking around and a big quake could shake us up at any time.

    By Bianca Phillips October 21, 2024
  • Premium City of Memphis

    With MATA’s future uncertain, city steps in. But how much will it need to do?

    The Young administration recently decided to pay $30 million to save the Downtown Memphis Sheraton from the auction block. The MATA overhaul could be just as expensive and resonate over just as long of a time period. 

    By Samuel Hardiman October 21, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Meet Memphis’ 9 new MATA board members

    People with backgrounds in finance, urban planning and “route optimization” were among those recently appointed to the reconfigured MATA board. 

    By Bill Dries October 21, 2024
  • Premium Public Safety

    Point of Impact: Tennessee’s guns in cars law puts onus on owners. Or does it?

    The “guns in cars” law allows owners to store firearms in their cars if those weapons are properly secured. But, unlike other states, the law provides no penalties for not doing so.

    By Aarron Fleming November 19, 2024
  • Metro

    It’s not a matter of if but when: Midwest states prepare for next big earthquake along New Madrid fault

    A small earthquake brought tremors across the Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri border earlier this month, a reminder that much of the Midwest sits on a major fault line, which saw one of the most destructive earthquakes in history in 1812.

    By Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk October 20, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    This Week in Memphis: Grizz season starts; Tigers celebrate homecoming

    Also happening this week: A street is renamed for for the first Black athlete to join the Tigers.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 21, 2024
  • Public Safety

    Ex-boyfriend charged in killing of first-year medical student

    A Tiptonville man has been arrested and charged with killing his former girlfriend at Shelby Farms Park Saturday.

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    Woman killed at Shelby Farms Saturday, suspect arrested

    By Jody Callahan October 23, 2024
  • Premium Public Safety

    MPD, local group throw punches at Parkinson’s

    For the more than 1 million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease, there is no cure, but exercise can help. 

    By Aarron Fleming October 20, 2024
  • Update Public Safety

    Woman killed at Shelby Farms Saturday, suspect arrested

    Police arrested a suspect in the killing following a high-speed chase that left three deputies injured.

    By Jody Callahan October 20, 2024
  • Metro

    Two Sumatran tigers leaving Memphis Zoo

    Two male Sumatran tigers are leaving the Memphis Zoo next week in efforts to continue breeding the endangered subspecies. Two females will remain here, with another male expected next year, zoo officials said.

    By Jody Callahan October 20, 2024
  • Behind The Headlines

    Behind The Headlines: The future of Memphis’ gun-control question

    How Memphians will vote on the referendum, and whether it will ultimately impact Tennessee’s gun laws, was a hot topic for local reporters this week.

    By Julia Baker October 19, 2024
  • Neighborhoods

    Free two-day clinic will offer health exams, more

    A weekend pop-up at clinic Oct. 19-20 at Neighborhood Christian Center will offer general medical exams, dental cleanings, extractions, eye exams and prescription glasses made on-site. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 18, 2024

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