City Council rewrites broadband rules, Davis gets ‘aggressive’ on data, more

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 21, 2023 9:25 PM CT | Published: November 21, 2023 9:25 PM CT

JB Smiley is the new council chairman for 2024. And the council approved a $20 million loan to MATA as its federal funding is delaying by short-term funding resolutions in Washington, D.C.

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Memphis City Council Smart City Fiber Access Systems Cerelyn "C.J." Davis JB Smiley Jr. Memphis Area Transit Authority

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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