When searching for a new leader of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Gov. Bill Lee didn’t have to look far. 

The new director previously served as the department’s health officer and led vaccination efforts at the Shelby County Division of Corrections during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Students’ prior enrollment is a frequently asked question in other state voucher programs and was a required question on the application for Tennessee’s first voucher initiative.

XAI secures big bucks, MSCS gets its money back from the feds and fireworks won’t be the only thing going boom this weekend.

News of xAI securing more funding also comes as the company looks to move ahead on one of its key promises to Memphis — a water recycling plant that could cut long-term usage of the Memphis Sand Aquifer by about 9%. 

“While the data tells one part of the story, what matters is that people in our neighborhoods are starting to feel the difference in their homes,” Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis said.

The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of Tennessee’s two U.S. senators on the spending bill and its several dozen amendments now bound for a House reconciliation process. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools had abruptly lost access to leftover pandemic-era federal funding in March.

Dunavant was the chief federal prosecutor for West Tennessee during the first Trump administration.

TVA board members are nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Trump fired three board members this spring, leaving the board without a quorum. 

A man has been charged in the Memphis Rox shooting, the County Commission went back to the budget and there’s a new option for game night.

Farris Haley, 28, has been charged in a South Memphis double shooting Sunday, June 29, that killed a Memphis Rox employee.

A special meeting of the Shelby County Commission Monday was delayed for two hours in a dramatic rewriting of a key budget provision.

The Daily Memphian’s journalists won high honors for breaking news, features and sports writing. 

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Two men are dead after a Memphis Rox shooting, a retiring judge has “had enough” and every day is Thanksgiving at The Four Way.

The Political Roundup looks at some sparks in the early field for Shelby County in the 2026 county elections and examines the political divide over what kind of a relationship a majority Democratic or blue city should keep with leaders of a red state.

Everyone hates potholes. Here’s what they are and what you can do if you spot — or hit — one.

Several new state laws are taking effect on July 1, including measures regarding child abuse, animal abuse and using cellphones in schools.

One of the victims was an employee of the facility. Police have one person in custody.

The 2025-2026 NBA season officially starts Monday with free-agency negotiations, and we take a look at what that means for the Grizzlies. Plus, we’ve got a guide to Fourth of July fun.

Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor, a White Station High graduate, takes the helm of the Baltimore City Health Department on Aug. 4.

Four people have applied to be appointed to the remainder of Judge Paula Skahan’s term, which ends in 2030.

The U.S. Mint won’t be making any more pennies, but — with at least 114 billion pennies still in circulation — will anyone even notice? 

The County Commission Scorecard tracks the set of seven votes on a new county property tax rate that brought the county’s budget season to an end.

The Commission meets in special session Monday, June 30, to vote on a budget amendment that would undo some of the $23.4 million in amendments it made to Mayor Lee Harris’s budget proposal.

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