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  • State Government

    Memphis advocates back Lee’s plan to drop expungement fee

    Gov. Bill Lee calls for eliminating the $180 state expungement fee to make it easier for people to wipe their records clean, advocates say. The move drew wide praise from those in Memphis.

    By Sam Stockard March 01, 2019
  • Metro

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    • Jerry Lee Lewis recovering from minor stroke
    • MAA seeks to raise $300 million in offering
    • Shelby schools to benefit from $1 million CMA grant program

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 01, 2019
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    Join Magnolia Homes for their 15th annual Live Life Well® event

    With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.

    Magnolia Homes
  • State Government

    Ryder confirmed by Senate for TVA board

    John Ryder's confirmation by the Senate came on a busy Thursday in D.C. that included U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander calling from the Senate floor for an alternative to President Donald Trump's national emergency.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019
  • State Government

    Two protesters arrested in Capitol clash over Forrest bust

    Two students are expected to be charged in connection with an incident with legislators at the State Capitol over the controversial Nathan Bedford Forrest bust. The bust prompted a letter from U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis to Gov. Bill Lee asking for its removal. 

    By Sam Stockard March 01, 2019
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    • New Collierville offices being built
    • Dixie Pickers store closing in Collierville
    • International Paper reports fourth-quarter earnings
    • New report shows increase in Shelby County new business filings in 2018
    • Veesart Financial completes transition with new name, leadership
    • Tennessee historical marker at LeMoyne-Owen to honor sit-ins

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 01, 2019
  • Metro

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    • New Collierville offices being built 
    • Dixie Pickers closing in Collierville
    • Tennessee historical marker at LeMoyne-Owen to honor sit-ins

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 04, 2019
  • Metro

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    • NAI Saig moving to Poplar Towers
    • More ABRA body shops coming
    • Ballet Memphis announces inaugural New American Dance Residency participants

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 19, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • LeMoyne-Owen cancels night classes because of power outage
    • Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge to hold state of court address
    • Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team releases Top 10 code violators

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 20, 2019
  • Metro

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    • Airport board OKs surveillance, parking system contracts
    • Amazon to fund computer science courses in seven Memphis area high schools
    • Graceland hiring part-time security guards

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 21, 2019
  • Metro

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    • Chris Jenkins named Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett COO
    • Airport board OKs surveillance, parking system contracts
    • Amazon to fund computer science courses in seven Memphis-area high schools

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 23, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • St.Jude to receive $6.5 million Cancer Support Center grant 
    • Lee announces mental health, suicide prevention efforts
    • Tech901 receives First Tennessee Foundation grant 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 26, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • Methodist-Germantown to get MRI/RT Linear Accelerator for cancer treatment
    • First Horizon achieves SBA's Preferred Lender Program status
    • Agricenter is Germantown Chamber's 2018 Non-Profit of the Year

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 27, 2019
  • Metro

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    • Fogelman Properties buys Houston apartments
    • Sullivan Branding receives Best of Show award at 2019 AAF Memphis American Advertising Awards 
    • Stephen Bush retires as public defender
    • U of M awarded National Science Foundation grant

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 28, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County GOP leader: No ‘ideological litmus test’ as party rebuilds

    Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor says his conservative views expressed at a party convention Sunday are his own beliefs but don't reflect the platform of the local party as it rebuilds. 

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB turns himself on drug, gun charges

    Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB surrenders to Shelby County Sheriff's Office after it issued a warrant for his arrest on drug, gun charges. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 28, 2019
  • Metro

    Cohen testimony draws no reaction from three of Memphis’ four Congress members

    As President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Memphis' congressional representatives were each doing other things in the course of their duties – and three of the four were saying nothing about Cohen’s testimony.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019
  • Education

    Parents learn about U of M Middle School’s project-based learning approach

    The new University of Memphis Middle School would stretch the concept of learning for younger public school students, if the Shelby County Schools board approves the plan Tuesday. 

    By Michael Waddell February 24, 2019
  • Metro

    Politics Podcast: Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor

    Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor talks about the call and debate by some Republicans to do away with partisan county primaries and his vision of a “big tent” for the local party.

    By Natalie Van Gundy February 27, 2019
  • State Government

    Governor won’t budge on Forrest bust despite Cohen request

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen sends Gov. Bill Lee a second letter urging him to call for removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the State Capitol in light of Lee's "stated regret" for glorifying the "Old South" while in a fraternity at Auburn.

    By Sam Stockard February 28, 2019
  • Business

    Logistics makes a comeback in economic development boom

    Logistics has been making a comeback recently after some have questioned whether the mainstay of the Memphis economy needs incentives or extra attention in the city’s ongoing bid to create good-paying jobs.

    By Bill Dries February 27, 2019
  • State Government

    Leatherwood’s nonpartisan election bill fails

    State Rep. Tom Leatherwood of Arlington called his proposal to make local election nonpartisan in Shelby and Davidson counties a "good government" bill, but it died in a House subcommittee Wednesday.

    By Sam Stockard February 27, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Fourth Strickland budget plan marks shift in recovery of city finances

    An early look at Mayor Jim Strickland's still forming budget proposal to come in April shows in 2026 the city will be paying $40 million less in debt. Meanwhile, the budget plan will mark the city's final of five installments toward an annual pension liability payment estimated at around $78 million going forward.

    By Bill Dries February 27, 2019
  • Education

    SCS board approves U of M middle school, teaching lab

    The university aims for a third of students to be children of University of Memphis full-time faculty and staff, a third to live within two miles of the school, and a third to be from elsewhere in the district. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede February 27, 2019
  • State Government

    Shelby lawmakers take opposite sides on fetal heartbeat bill

    Legislation prohibiting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected passed a key committee Tuesday, but Shelby County lawmakers on the panel are split on the bill.

    By Sam Stockard February 27, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Tennessee Court of Appeals hears Memphis monuments case

    The city of Memphis and Memphis Greenspace Inc. locked horns with the Sons of Confederate Veterans again Tuesday , this time before the Tennessee Court of Appeals in their dispute over the removal of Confederate statues from former city parks.

    By Sam Stockard February 26, 2019

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