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    Memphis City Council: Why does MATA need to buy full-size buses?

    “I can’t remember seeing a full bus,” Council member Dr. Jeff Warren said. “If we are not filling those buses up, why are we buying the big buses?”

    By Bill Dries April 09, 2025
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    No tax hike in Memphis mayor’s budget proposal

    Mayor Paul Young’s second budget proposal as mayor trims $30 million in red ink Young says began his budget planning process. 

    By Bill Dries April 08, 2025
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    City Council votes to raise hotel-motel tax

    The tax increase puts together the last public dollars for a renovation intended to keep the Memphis Grizzlies in the city for the long term. 

    By Samuel Hardiman April 08, 2025
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    City budget season opens with uncertainty

    Complicating the budget proposal for Memphis Mayor Paul Young is an estimated $7 million hole in revenue because of problems at the Shelby County Clerk’s Office.

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: What is pollen, and why is there so much of it here?

    In the latest installment of Ask the Memphian, we take a look at why this city is so bad for allergy sufferers.

    By Jody Callahan April 08, 2025
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    This Week in Memphis: New Aldi opens; Comeback, 17 Berkshire close

    Also happening this week: Mayor Young presents his budget proposal, and DA Mulroy nerds out with Star Trek fans.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2025
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    Colossus: How will TVA, MLGW keep up with xAI’s power needs?

    The U.S. does not have enough electricity to continue powering the artificial intelligence boom, according to experts and studies, which raises questions on how Memphis can provide power to xAI’s supercomputers.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 23, 2025
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    Memphis ‘got lucky.’ But rocky weather will continue through the weekend

    Flash floods covered roadways throughout the area Thursday as rain continued. Meteorologist Erik Proseus said Friday may be less severe, but Saturday’s forecast is again worrisome.

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    What to know about this week’s severe storms

    By Jody Callahan April 04, 2025
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    MPD asking motorists to stay off roadways during storm

    The Memphis Police Department offered tips Wednesday, April 2, to help citizens stay safe despite the potential weather.

    By Aarron Fleming April 02, 2025
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    Dangerous storms headed to Memphis have officials worried

    This is the first time the forecast has hit a 5 — the top of the National Weather Service’s risk scale — since 2023, said an NWS meteorologist.

    By Jody Callahan April 02, 2025
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    Colossus: The race to build the world’s most powerful machine in Memphis

    XAI’s first Memphis data center Colossus dwells in a former Electrolux plant in Southwest Memphis. It is arguably one of the most valuable machines in the world controlled by someone with unrivaled wealth and galactic ambitions.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 23, 2025
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    Memphis Police Department withdraws from accreditation agency

    MPD is no longer certified by the multinational organization that ensures its affiliate agencies meet standards on hiring practices, patrol strategies and more. 

    By Aarron Fleming April 01, 2025
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    As city faces tight budget, consulting contracts add up

    The Daily Memphian examined city consulting contracts executed in 2025, which focus on technology, improving the police department’s efficiency and more.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 02, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: Why are there buffalo, er, bison at Shelby Farms?

    For more than 35 years, buffalo have been a part of Shelby Farms. In the latest installment of “Ask the Memphian,” we take a look at their past and future as symbols of the park.

    By Jody Callahan April 02, 2025
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    This Week in Memphis: County Commission on ethics; MLK honored

    Also happening this week: James Beard Award finalists will be named, and pickleball is popping up.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 31, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    MATA fires embattled former interim CEO

    MATA’s Bacarra Mauldin has been fired, three weeks after she was placed on administrative leave following the discovery of questionable charges on her company credit card.

    By Jody Callahan March 28, 2025
  • East Memphis

    Young hopes to dodge tax hike as budget looms

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young also heard more concerns about xAI at the One Memphis forum Wednesday, but promised to devote its tax revenue to specific public projects in Southwest Memphis.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2025
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    City animal shelter to remain closed to public indefinitely

    MAS to remain closed to the public indefinitely as distemper outbreak still hasn’t been controlled.

    By Jody Callahan March 26, 2025
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    City Council questions truck yard, approves Wolf River-area cleanup

    The City Council also approved a task force Tuesday, March 25, to make recommendations on how to deal with Wolf River bottomland that, for decades, has been an illegal dumping site and a popular area for off-road vehicles.

    By Bill Dries March 25, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    City floats a raft of riverfront improvements

    Could recreational uses come back to McKellar Lake? Or a dock of paddle boats in the Wolf River Harbor? 

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis City Council votes on permits for on-street parking

    If 75% of the property owners in a defined area sign a petition, parking on their streets would be allowed only with a $50 permit with some exemptions.

    By Bill Dries March 25, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: No, the bluffs do not protect us from tornadoes

    The belief that the bluffs in Downtown Memphis somehow protect the city from tornadoes “is not a real thing,” experts say.

    By Jody Callahan April 08, 2025
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    This Week in Memphis: Showboats kick off; MSCS takeover fight carries on

    Also happening this week: Memphis in May brings barbecue to Collierville, and renters can learn their rights. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 24, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Mayor faces community uproar about xAI

    Environmental advocates are looking to stop Elon Musk’s xAI from receiving an air-emissions permit for the natural turbines that partially power its data center in Southwest Memphis.

    By Samuel Hardiman March 23, 2025
  • North Memphis

    Girls Inc. Youth Farm in Frayser growing along with crops

    Leaders of Girls Inc. and city officials cut the ribbon Friday, March 21, on a new greenhouse to go with the 20,000-square-foot building opened in 2023. It is part of a storied Frayser landscape.

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2025

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