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    Weirich speaks to Elephants in the Park anti-violence vigil

    Members of the Republican Party of Shelby County invited the community to Marquette Park in East Memphis to spread the message of nonviolence. District Attorney Amy Weirich appeared as a special guest.

    By Jared Boyd June 28, 2019
  • State Government

    Lee performs balancing act on Pride Month, LGBT in workplace

    Gov. Bill Lee professed support for "equal protection" when questioned about support for Pride Month events and LGBT rights in the workplace.

    By Sam Stockard June 29, 2019
  • State Government

    Bill Lee’s Asia trip yields little for West Tennessee

    Gov. Bill Lee landed a Mitsubishi corporate headquarters for Franklin during an Asian economic recruiting trip. But whether the travel abroad yields anything for the Shelby County area is unclear as Lee was noncommittal when asked about landing tenants for Memphis Regional Megasite.

    By Sam Stockard June 30, 2019
  • Metro

    Levy Dermatology expands with cosmetic center in East Memphis

    Levy Dermatology has opened a cosmetic center in the former Visionary Eye Care building, 6252 Poplar Ave.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 02, 2019
  • Metro

    Sullivan Branding creates statewide vaccination campaign

    Sullivan Branding is the creative force behind the state Health Department’s vaccination campaign. 

    By Jane Roberts July 02, 2019
  • Metro

    What’s the plan for Tom Lee Park?

    Documents obtained from the Army Corps of Engineers depict design plans for Tom Lee Park as of May and a Corps summary of a meeting about the plans.

    By Wayne Risher June 28, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Downtown Memphis parking more than adequate, but perception is reality

    Downtown Memphis has more than adequate parking, but access to the lots, signage and condition of facilities are often so unsavory, many users believe parking in the city core is frustrating at best, dangerous at worst.

    By Jane Roberts June 28, 2019
  • State Government

    Supreme Court lets states continue gerrymandering unchecked

    The impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in which it declined to set limits on partisan gerrymandering could be felt in Tennessee when it starts redistricting in two years, drawing support from Republicans and opposition from Democrats.

    By Sam Stockard June 28, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Driver hits pedestrian in heavily marked crosswalk

    Video shows a Jeep motoring through the new Highland Strip crosswalk, and striking and hurling a schoolteacher through the air. Police did not charge the driver, raising questions about how serious the city takes pedestrian safety. 

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Bryant sees reparations focused on access to education and scaling up of internships

    The founder of Operation HOPE was in Memphis Thursday to keynote the closing day of city government's symposium on minority business. Bryant also outlined his goals for sustaining the nonprofit that works with financial institutions and some of the world's biggest corporate names.

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2019
  • Education

    Shelby County Commission votes to approve SCS budget minus $7.5 million increase

    Shelby County School's $1.4 billion budget was approved Thursday by the County Commission. The district had asked for a $7.5 million funding increase, but the commission did not increase its maintenance of effort funding to the schools.

    By Linda A. Moore June 28, 2019
  • Education

    11 Memphis charter school applications rejected

    “The state has pretty clear criteria for what an academic plan should look like, what an operational plan should look like and what a financial plan should look like. None of those schools really met that criteria,” said Bradley Leon, Shelby County Schools chief of strategy and performance management. 

    By Kathryn Palmer June 27, 2019
  • Education

    Meet SCS Superintendent Joris Ray’s leadership team

    Of the 10 cabinet members who remain from the previous administration, six received raises since the beginning of the calendar year — increases ranging from about 4% to 31%, according to district data. The other four did not receive raises.

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 29, 2019
  • Metro

    UMRF Ventures to move to University of Memphis Park Avenue Campus

    The move and expansion of UMRF Ventures to the University of Memphis' Park Avenue Campus is set to be announced this afternoon.

    By Natalie Pilgrim June 28, 2019
  • Metro

    IGA expands services with opening of Memphis office

    Franklin, Tennessee-based boutique insurance agency Insurance Group of America (IGA) has opened an office in Memphis.

    By Natalie Pilgrim June 27, 2019
  • State Government

    Governor schedules Aug. 23 special session to replace House speaker

    Gov. Bill Lee has called an Aug. 23 special session for the House of Representatives to replace resigning House Speaker Glen Casada.

    By Sam Stockard June 27, 2019
  • State Government

    State Museum Foundation to consider backing women’s suffrage centennial exhibit

    Amid questions about its fundraising for the Tennessee State Museum, the Tennessee State Museum Foundation will consider providing funds for a centennial celebration of the Legislature’s 1920 women’s suffrage vote.

    By Sam Stockard June 27, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Church’s striking and obscure story marked on Beale Street

    The South's first black millionaire was remembered Tuesday, on what would have been his 180th birthday, with a Beale Street parade where the heart of his business empire once stood.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2019
  • State Government

    House Republicans set July 24 meeting to pick Speaker nominee

    The 73-member House Republican Caucus will hold a late July meeting to vote on a Speaker nominee in advance of an August special session when the full chamber will replace Glen Casada.

    By Sam Stockard June 27, 2019
  • Metro

    MLGW worker, fired for protesting statue removal, successfully sues the utility

    An MLGW worker, fired for protesting Confederate statues' removal, to get $223,000 judgment after ruling in federal civil lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 27, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland: City, county build case for better MATA

    Mayor Jim Strickland talks about improving MATA as former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young discusses how a mass transit system was built there beginning in the 1970's. 

    By Bill Dries June 26, 2019
  • Metro

    Collage Dance hopes to build studio at Tillman, Sam Cooper

    Collage Dance Collective, the ballet company that moved to Memphis from New York City in 2007, plans to build new offices and performance space at Tillman and Sam Cooper.

    By Jane Roberts October 09, 2019
  • Education

    School board approves four-year contract for Superintendent Joris Ray

    Ray was interim superintendent for about three months before the school board abandoned a national search and unanimously voted to give him the permanent position in late April.

    By Laura Faith Kebede June 26, 2019
  • Metro

    Shelby County Sheriff’s Office hires ‘expeditor’ to help curb the jail population

    The Shelby County Sheriff's Office has hired an "expeditor" to help reduce jail population.

    By Yolanda Jones June 26, 2019
  • Business

    Corps weighs challenge of analyzing Tom Lee Park proposal

    The Army Corps of Engineers says it could be a daunting task to analyze the Tom Lee Park revamp to make sure it doesn't harm 30-year-old river control dikes.

    By Wayne Risher June 26, 2019

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