House Minority Leader calls for governor to retain authority to negotiate waiver with federal government without legislative approval.

The federal Housing and Urban Development wants Memphis to pay back millions spent in one of the biggest take-backs ever proposed by HUD.

Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he wants to expand science, technology, engineering and mathematics offerings in Tennessee’s K-12 schools — and he’ll set aside $4 million in his proposed budget to pay for his so-called Future Workforce Initiative.

• Methodist Le Bonheur, St. Jude and FedEx among 2019 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
• International Tea will benefit LeMoyne-Owen
• O.C. Pleasant Jr. Operations Center to be dedicated Friday

Republican state lawmakers are hoping to pass a law banning abortion in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. 

State Rep. Joe Towns of Memphis failed to file a third-quarter report in 2018, while the pre-general report last year of state Rep. G.A. Hardaway’s, also of Memphis, lacked sufficient information, official says.

• International Tea will benefit LeMoyne-Owen
• O.C. Pleasant Jr. Operations Center to be dedicated Friday
• Crosstown Concourse honored again

House Minority Leader Karen Camper and Senate Minority Chairman Raumesh Akbari say local governments need financial help housing undocumented immigrants following the enactment of the state's sanctuary cities law.

City Hall says a redeveloped Tom Lee Park can be done in coexistence with the Memphis In May International Festival and that the festival will likely have to move out of the park temporarily in 2020.

A collection of essays on the African-American struggle in Memphis by 17 historians is seen by its editors as a “powerful counter-narrative” to a more compressed history of the city.

A federal judge has dismissed former Memphis police officer Connor Schilling from the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Darrius Stewart, meaning the trial slated to start later this month in the case will not move forward.

A bill by Memphis legislator Larry Miller would mesh with a federal court ruling and stop Tennessee from suspending driver’s licenses based on a person’s inability to pay fines and fees.

Robert Dozier, a former University of Memphis basketball player, will be in court Wednesday to face charges of domestic assault. 

• Idlewild Presbyterian to host free legal clinic
• UTHSC gets $398,778 grant to continue study
• Construction near for senior-living apartments

The County Commission voted 8-1 against Memphis Stone & Gravel's application to build a 173-acre mining site in Rosemark.

Democratic House members, including state Rep. Lamar London of Memphis, call Republican proposals on healthcare an empty message and urge immediate vote to expand Medicaid to serve 290,000 uninsured Tennesseans.

Services will be Saturday for Memphis businessman Mike Bowen, who died in a car crash in Costa Rica Saturday. 

Just City's Court Watch wants to have 100 volunteers trained by the end of year to observe court proceedings, from arraignments to trials, at 201 Poplar. 

Hoping to keep gambling dollars from slipping out of Shelby County, state Rep. Joe Towns is sponsoring legislation to revive the Tennessee Horse Racing Commission and bring races to Memphis.

• LeMoyne-Owen hosting lecture series Wednesday
• North American Bridge Championship to be held in Memphis 
• $3.5 million permit filed for new fire station on Holmes Road

Leaders of a Memphis charter high school have requested that the state board of education overturn the local district’s vote to close the school.

The only contender so far for the leadership of the Shelby County Republican Party said the local party needs candidates who are more representative and the party needs to seek out African-American and Hispanic voters.

Sophia Overstreet, 13, clinched a victory over 51 other spellers in the first Shelby County Spelling Bee since the competition lost its longtime local sponsorship.

• Event March 7 will address path out of poverty
• Target planning $1.1 million renovation of Germantown store
• Bankruptcy judge approves $5.2B deal to keep Sears open; company won't have a Memphis presence

Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., project consultant Lakethen Mason invited 36 black leaders to share their vision for young men in Memphis.