Legislation would prohibit proceeds from the sale of specialty tags from being used to pay for lawsuits against local or state governments.

State representatives say monuments caused consternation among black community for years in Memphis.

Shelby County leaders say they are hopeful the final report on Juvenile Court racial bias will clear the path for substantive changes.

Memphis Democratic House members G.A. Hardaway and London Lamar are calling for the removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the State Capitol as well as a probe of 30-year-old sexual misconduct allegations against a Republican House member.

Memphis City Council members are to meet with TVA officials in Chattanooga to talk more about changes at MLGW. Meanwhile, there is discussion of other possible changes at the utility.

• 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

Shelby County Juvenile Court has made progress on equal protection but there is still work to be done, according to Department of Justice equal protection monitor Michael Leiber.

Tennessee Democratic Party chairwoman Mary Mancini says physical confrontations in the recent State Capitol protest are not justified. During a Memphis visit Thursday, she also talked about the crushing Democratic losses statewide in the 2018 elections and redistricting reforms.

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.

• 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

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.

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. 

• 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

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

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. 

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

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.

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.