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    Harris issues virus measures in county prisons, detention centers

    The measures, effective immediately, include no out-of-county prisoners into the four facilities and more access to visitation and prison programs by video livestream. They follow a testing surge for prisoners and staff earlier in June.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2020
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    City Council Scorecard: The return of the residency issue

    The scorecard also tracks votes on paid sick leave laws at the state level and council action on a restaurant accused of racial discrimination.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2020
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    Strickland signs mask ordinance

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has signed the ordinance that requires masks or face coverings inside public places within the city.

    By Bill Dries June 26, 2020
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    Local journalists, PR professionals stress importance of media diversity

    PRSA Memphis and Memphis Association of Black Journalists emphasize in "Media and Racism" webinar how diversity at all levels in media help organizations paint a true picture.

    By Christin Yates June 25, 2020
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    Draft report on MLGW-TVA relationship draws fire from all sides

    The civic group calling for MLGW to cut ties with TVA says TVA's estimate this week of hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses in the switch is wrong. And it says the draft report's recommendation of local power generation by MLGW is wrong too.

    By Bill Dries April 16, 2023
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    TVA says savings estimates off in MLGW Integrated Resource Plan

    The federal agency’s formal response to the draft report released last month says Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division could lose $260 million a year if it drops TVA to go with another electric power supplier. 

    By Bill Dries June 23, 2020
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    Long-term problems drive protests, nonprofit leader says

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Sarah Lockridge-Steckel talked about the frustrations that prompted local nonprofits to issue a call for action.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    George Floyd’s death leaves police and fire residency ballot question in new light

    A city task force on public safety started its work this week with several calls for hiring local in the police and fire ranks. Meanwhile, an effort to remove from the Nov. 3 election ballot a proposal for allowing the city to hire police and firefighters who live outside the county may be picking up momentum.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants’ protections

    Christian Brothers University will have about 150 DACA students on its campus this fall and is looking to recruit more.

    By The Associated Press, Jane Roberts June 18, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Court monitor, social media expert testify on first day of consent decree hearing

    The City of Memphis is seeking to modify the 1978 consent decree dealing governing police surveillance activities. A hearing on the request began Wednesday, June 17. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 17, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    City working out enforcement of mask rules

    The citywide mask requirement approved Tuesday takes effect immediately, but enforcement will probably take longer and there could be a legal challenge in Nashville.

    By Bill Dries June 17, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Protect Our Aquifer taps Jim Kovarik as executive director

    Protect Our Aquifer, which is dedicated to protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer that provides the region with drinking water, has hired its first executive director, Jim Kovarik.

    By Wayne Risher November 10, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    City mask requirement clears final hurdle

    The Memphis City Council approved the requirement Tuesday by a 9-4 vote on its third and final reading. But questions remain about enforceability as county health officials still only recommend wearing masks.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Council asks Strickland to hold up valet parking contract with Flight

    The action came with word that owners of the restaurant were buying out their partner in the business venture. The council also passed three resolutions on law enforcement that are the first acts by the group in the discussion about the role of police and use of force policies.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2020
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    Protest and activism grow to include restlessness with local status quo on race

    Memphians joining the past 21 days of protests are becoming more vocal about changing the city's traditional method for dealing with racial issues.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Police reforms on City Council agenda Tuesday

    The Memphis City Council has three resolutions on its Tuesday, June 16, agenda dealing with law enforcement.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Fisher: What’s next isn’t just about protests

    A critic of the Strickland administration, the Rev. Earle Fisher, says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that he hopes Mayor Jim Strickland's talks with religious leaders produce solutions. But he also expressed skepticism, as some of those in the group have accused police of using excessive force in the city's first George Floyd protest.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2020
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    City Council Scorecard: End of the budget season, impasses, bridges and absentee voting

    The latest edition of our City Council Scorecard, going back to the start of May, gets the council votes on the record for the end of the budget season and other issues that will endure beyond the first budget season for six of the 13 council members.

    By Bill Dries June 14, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Civil rights experts explain why Floyd protests are ‘something different’

    Faith Morris of the National Civil Rights Museum and Archie Willis of ComCap Partners talk on "Behind The Headlines" about two and a half weeks of protest in Memphis and the difference it represents in the city's history of protest.

    By Bill Dries June 12, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland: MPD funding should not be cut

    The Memphis City Council is considering four proposals in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody and calls for law enforcement reform nationally since Floyd’s death.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Introduction of police reforms encounters little resistance

    The first reception to the council resolutions presented Tuesday comes with a record of past resistance that indicates it probably won't be as easy as a council vote. The resolutions are advisory.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    City Council concerned about rise in COVID cases, could call early vote on mask requirement

    Council members expressed alarm at the rise in the daily COVID-19 case count locally and are prepared to call a special meeting Friday to enact a mask requirement in public places within Memphis. 

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Riverfront projects rolling toward fall launch

    Memphis River Parks Partnership expects an October launch of the historic cobblestone landing restoration and November start on the first phase of Tom Lee Park's transformation.

    By Wayne Risher June 10, 2020
  • Downtown

    Downtown draft plan: Build vertical, include everyone, enforce standards, make it walkable

    The Downtown Memphis Commission has just unveiled a draft master plan that could guide Downtown development for the next decade. The DMC will seek public response through June.

    By Tom Bailey June 08, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland lifts curfew

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has lifted the citywide curfew.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2020

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