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    Daily Briefs

    • Graduations, MIM boost earnings for Memphis Airbnb hosts to record $339,000
    • Pinnacle Financial Partners opens Union Avenue office
    • Job fair Tuesday for positions at Elvis Presley's Graceland

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 14, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland to sign executive order on Memphis 3.0

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that will put into effect the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines currently pending before the Memphis City Council.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 13, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Local Democratic Party controversy shares stage with efforts to improve local role

    The fate of local Democratic Party Chairman Michael Harris is sharing space with more mundane details, such as organizing political events and getting a local party with a lot of new blood better organized.

    By Bill Dries May 13, 2019
  • State Government

    Black Caucus calls for Casada to resign amid email, texting scandal

    The Tennessee Black Caucus isn’t ready to accept a “painful” apology from House Speaker Glen Casada for his involvement in racist and sexist text messages.

    By Sam Stockard May 14, 2019
  • State Government

    House Ethics members discussing Casada scandal advisory

    Members of the House Ethics Committee are discussing an advisory report in private on the resignation of House Speaker Glen Casada’s chief of staff amid a scandal over racist and sexist text messages.

    By Sam Stockard May 13, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • Job fair Tuesday for positions at Elvis Presley's Graceland
    • Shelby County Government partners with Explore Bike Share in support of healthyShelby'19 campaign
    • Groundbreaking for TCAT Memphis' new Bartlett Campus set for May 15

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 13, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis Botanic Garden hosts Mother’s Day picnic

    Memphis Botanic Garden hosted mothers and families for a picnic in the park on Mother's Day. The event changed its brunch-style event for the first time in more than 20 years.

    By Abigail Warren May 13, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Cooper-Young Garden Walk features garden inspiration, education

    The Cooper-Young Garden Club hosts the Cooper-Young Garden Walk 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 18-19.

    By Elle Perry May 05, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Family of executed man seeks to have DNA in case tested

    The daughter of Sedley Alley, the man convicted in the 1985 brutal murder and rape of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Marie Collins in Millington, is seeking to have the DNA evidence in the case tested, some 13 years after her father was executed for the slaying. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 03, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Ballot Basics: An early look at the Memphis election ballot

    Here is a look at how the 18 races on the Oct. 3 Memphis ballot shape up a week before candidates are able to pull qualifying petitions signalling their official entry into a race.

    By Bill Dries May 12, 2019
  • Metro

    Mission accomplished: LeMoyne-Owen student, 59, earns three degrees

    After a 41-year journey to earn her college degree, 59-year-old Alison Turner has earned an associate degree and two bachelor’s degrees from LeMoyne-Owen College.

    By Jared Boyd May 12, 2019
  • Education

    Concord Academy offers individualized learning for students with disabilities

    Small, private school for students with certain learning disabilities is proving to be the perfect fit for some Memphis families.

    By Christin Yates May 10, 2019
  • State Government

    Coley, White see need for Republican Caucus meeting on Casada but hold out on demanding resignation

    Two Shelby County Republican House members say their caucus needs to discuss solutions to the scandal swirling around House Speaker Glen Casada, but they’re not ready to call for his resignation.

    By Sam Stockard May 11, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • Indie Memphis announces black filmmaker residency, screenwriting fellowship winners
    • Malco Theaters announces dates for 2019 Kids Summer Film Festival
    • Dîner en Blanc announces date for Memphis event

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 11, 2019
  • State Government

    FBI probes House voucher vote

    The FBI is looking into the possibility of illicit favors in return for votes for the governor’s education savings account bill, a situation state Rep. Jim Coley calls "troubling."

    By Sam Stockard May 10, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Century-old homicide reports reflect timeless nature of crimes

    Old homicide records stored at the Main Library offer a glimpse into century-old crimes and the reasons behind them.

    By Yolanda Jones May 13, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Evening reporting center proposal gives commissioners concern

    A proposal to open a new program to host youth with pending Juvenile Court cases at a Shelby County Schools building is causing concern for several Shelby County Commissioners.

    By Omer Yusuf May 13, 2019
  • State Government

    Black Caucus seeks federal investigations into House Speaker email scandal

    The Tennessee Black Caucus is requesting a federal investigation into House Speaker Glen Casada's Office and the Nashville DA's Office as the lieutenant governor says Casada should resign.

    By Sam Stockard May 10, 2019
  • Public Safety

    DA will not seek charges against officers in Martavious Banks shooting

    Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced in a statement Friday she is not seeking criminal charges against any of the four Memphis police officers in the shooting of Martavious Banks last September.

    By Omer Yusuf May 10, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Local Democrats to hold hearing on chairman’s future in 20 days

    Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Michael Harris called a special session of the local party's executive committee Thursday night to decide whether he should stay or be removed as leader of the party. 

    By Bill Dries May 09, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • Indie Memphis announces black filmmaker residency, screenwriting fellowship winners
    • Malco Theaters announces dates for 2019 Kids Summer Film Festival
    • Dîner en Blanc announces date for Memphis event 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 10, 2019
  • State Government

    House Republicans circulating letter to hold meeting on Casada’s fate

    Tennessee House Republicans are circulating a letter to hold a meeting that could decide the fate of embattled House Speaker Glen Casada, who is caught in a racist and sexist text scandal.

    By Sam Stockard May 09, 2019
  • State Government

    House minority leader says Casada apology not enough

    NASHVILLE –House Minority Leader Karen Camper is maintaining the Democratic Caucus' stance for House Speaker Glen Casada to resign while Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis says it is "premature."

    By Sam Stockard May 10, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland says city watching coming tax sale of Firestone plant site closely

    On "Behind The Headlines," Mayor Jim Strickland said North Memphis critics of the Memphis 3.0 proposed land use and development plan want the city to turn over the former Firestone plant site to them for uses other than manufacturing.

    By Bill Dries May 09, 2019
  • State Government

    Memphis-based group joins second lawsuit over new voter registration law

    NASHVILLE –A second lawsuit against the state of Tennessee is challenging a new law that plaintiffs say will suppress the vote after a massive 2018 voter registration drive in Shelby County.

    By Sam Stockard May 09, 2019

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