With key votes looming this week on Gov. Bill Lee’s charter and voucher bills, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Nashville to “cheer” his proposals.

Explore Bike Share changes, effective Monday, are aimed at drawing more riders and making access to the bike system available to more citizens.

The trial begins this week for a man charged with killing a Booker T. Washington High School student days before she was set to graduate in 2016. 

Tennessee Federation for Children's Arizona counterpart urged Spanish-speaking parents to take advantage of education savings accounts without worrying about immigration status.

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• Duncan-Williams Inc. marks 50th anniversary 
• Briarcrest seeks permit for addition to elementary

In the past, critics of vouchers have had more time to mount spirited public opposition, often in the form of rallies in Nashville and Memphis, the city that would likely be most affected.

Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says local Democrats made a good start in the 2018 county elections, sweeping every countywide office on the ballot and improving the Democratic majority on the Shelby County Commission to eight seats.

Fourth- and fifth-graders from several area schools got a look at college life Friday during "Visit Day" at the University of Memphis, sponsored by the university and Shelby County Schools.

Dr. Carnita Atwater of the New Chicago Community Development Corporation calls the North Memphis community to action while taking aim at the Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan.

State Reps. Antonio Parkinson and Jim Coley say Gov. Bill Lee's education savings account plan will likely face legal challenges because of a provision making unlawfully present students ineligible for the state funds.

Three Democratic state legislators from Memphis say on "Behind The Headlines" that the dollar figures in Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher proposal aren’t enough to protect the per pupil funding to the public schools from which those children would exit.

The Saturday Shelby County Democratic Party convention is the first of two gatherings to elect the party's leadership for the next two years including a new party chairman to be elected at a later meeting.

Memphis, as well as Chicago, Akron and Detroit, are all participating in the three-year, $40 million Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. Their involvement follows the initiative's pilot in Philadelphia. 

ServiceMaster employees fanned out to four area schools Thursday to help beautify the campuses as part of Spring Clean '19.

• Briarcrest seeks permit for addition to elementary 
• Lawsuit claims Blue Suede Brigade issuing illegal parking tickets
• Le Bonheur opens operating room expansion

The public becomes more willing to accept the four-page summary letter of the Mueller Report the longer it takes for the full report to be released, Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday during a town hall meeting.

Former University of Memphis basketball player Andre Allen was arrested again on pot and gun charges. He will be in court April 1 on the charges. 

Memphis City Council Chairman Kemp Conrad says the three-year goal of ending "street homelessness" could include a city shelter.

Tennessee education leaders can now track glitches with the revamped TNReady testing system in real time. But the state education commissioner says she still must decide whether to throw the switch or wait another year to resume online achievement tests.

Memphis City Council chairman Kemp Conrad talks about who MLGW buys electric power from and the city election season on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has renewed talk of a “freshwater institute” on Mud Island to research the Memphis aquifer, which is the source of the city’s drinking water, and the Mississippi River.

• Briarcrest seeks permit for addition to elementary 
• Lawsuit claims Blue Suede Brigade issuing illegal parking tickets
• Le Bonheur opens operating room expansion

A historic Midtown church is helping children and parents in the Memphis community combat adversity and gain resilience with its nonprofit organization, CAFE.

A day after voting against voucher legislation, state Rep. David Byrd lost his chairmanship of a House Education subcommittee Thursday with House Speaker Glen Casada saying the chamber needs "orderly operations."

Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis could be in conflict with the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators over his vote in favor of Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account plan this week.