Impasse procedure gets rewrite, delay at City Council meeting

By , Daily Memphian Published: March 03, 2026 8:37 PM CT

The Council put off any vote on the streamlined impasse procedure for three weeks. Meanwhile, a Council discussion about how to regulate short-term rental properties took an AI turn.

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Memphis City Council Impasse Procedure JB Smiley Jr. Allan Wade short-term rentals Philip Spinosa Jr SafeWays John Zeanah Shelby Railroad Service Pearl Walker Jackson Pit Orange Mound library

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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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