Also happening this week: State Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, will host the Republican Party of Shelby County’s Lincoln Day Gala.

Though MATA is expected to have a shortfall for the second year in a row, local leaders say bus service must continue to run. 

The development was originally approved under the condition that no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed. 

Information obtained by The Daily Memphian through a Tennessee Public Records Act request shows xAI could rank among the top-five Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers.

Now that five city charter referendums have moved to the November ballot, the Memphis City Council will probably consider whether it wants to spend city money on a campaign for the set of five proposals.

City Council budget committee chairman Chase Carlisle plans to push for votes on proposed amendments in a Wednesday, June 12, committee session. The fiscal year begins July 1. Final budget votes by are scheduled for June 25.

Last month, MATA acknowledged it has a $60 million deficit. A City Councilwoman tried to talk specifics, but the discussion was abruptly halted after the head of the council staff talked with her privately during a public meeting.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water took one of its former tree-trimming contractors to court, alleging the company’s failure to perform put Memphis at risk of power outages. 

The five ballot questions to go on the Aug. 1 ballot didn’t make the deadline for public notice. There was no City Council vote to move them to November.

Courtney Ross, 19, died from complications of cocaine, methamphetamines and alcohol mixed with heat exhaustion, a medical examiner determined.

The City of Memphis could reshape how development happens with a wholescale zoning update, its first since the 1950s.

Ted Townsend had to answer some questions about Elon Musk and xAI on Sunday. And he couldn’t very well duck them. They were from his mom.

“The vision that (Elon Musk) shared, knowing that vision includes Memphis in the winning equation, that for me was a goose bump moment,” Greater Memphis Chamber President and CEO Ted Townsend said. 

Also happening this week: Collierville votes on its budget, and the NAACP holds its biggest fundraiser of the year.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is coming for the GOP’s Lincoln Day Gala. She was booked when it looked like she might be Donald Trump’s running mate, but much changed between the booking and the announcement.

It was Mayor Paul Young vs. Mayor Lee Harris on the basketball court Saturday. And it was not always a pretty sight. But the impulse behind it was beautiful. Isn’t that what really counts?

The arrival of xAI’s “gigafactory of compute” could pose new challenges and opportunities for the region’s electric grid. 

“My son is a skater,” RowVaughn Wells said of her son Tyre Nichols, who would have been 31 on Wednesday, June 5. “That was his passion. Anytime the skating community wants to honor my son, I’ll be there.”

Reaction to word of an AI supercomputer coming to southwest Memphis drew bipartisan support from elected and other officials in the city and the region.

In addition to delaying the budget, Memphis City Council approved the sale of the Crosstown Mound. And it approved a management agreement for four city museums.

The Memphis City Council once again expressed broad skepticism of adding voting suburban seats to the Memphis, Light, Gas and Water board. 

“This is a 100-year deal ... The city has to stop doing bad deals,” said Memphis City Councilman Chase Carlisle about development at Liberty Park.

The council will take a final vote on increasing the solid-waste fee by nearly $7 a month — and it will vote on management for four Memphis museums, including the Pink Palace.

On Tuesday, the Memphis City Council is scheduled to amend the existing budget so the city can pay the Grizzlies; the payment was not part of the budget when it passed last summer. 

Also happening this week: Four defendants accused in the killing of Memphis rapper Young Dolph are due in court.