A violent Friday night Downtown stokes the ongoing debate about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s effectiveness. 

The state has a five-year $60 million contract with a Pennsylvania company to maintain the city’s interstate system, including fixing potholes and removing snow and ice. 

For years, people choosing to move outside Memphis’ city limits have reshaped neighborhoods and changed spending patterns. But now, continued population loss could start to compound in the city budget. 

After months of legal limbo, the State of Tennessee and several Memphis Democratic elected officials squared off over the legality of the Tennessee National Guard’s deployment in Memphis. 

A Memphis City Council member is pushing the city to crack down on short-term rental problems.

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.

The Daily Memphian dove into the $2.2 million invested in the still-stalled private development. Now, two Memphis City Council members want answers from Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s administration.

The council could vote Tuesday on a new procedure for resolving impasses between the city and unions. It also gets an update on crime statistics.

Also in the political roundup, Tim Burchett at Lincoln Day, xAI surfaces at Democratic mayor’s forum, Henri Brooks on reasons to run and the shape of the new County Commission.

“I feel like we are on the right track — kind of pun intended — to stabilize, improve the service and then grow,” MATA Trustee Rodrick Holmes told The Daily Memphian.

Pieces of the puzzle include a delayed grocery store in Hyde Park, a Land Expo, emerging developers, questions about putting the cart before the horse and a community garden in Binghampton.

The Tuesday vote came with concerns that some library employees don’t believe they will have to reapply for their jobs.

The lawsuit claims Memphis illegally blocked access to MPD records after DOJ’s civil rights findings.

The bitter cold that battered Memphis in January has led to February utility bills that are much higher than last year and last month. 

The candidates each talked about their differences with each other as the campaigns move past introductions.

Topping the council’s agenda are final votes on the first step toward a Hyde Square plaza Downtown, as well as discussion on changing the status of library workers and an update on the city’s bus system.

The redevelopment project includes moving the hotel entrance to Main Street to face the convention center, and adding meeting space and an outdoor event lawn. 

The second effort to rebuild Clayborn Temple in as many years will be just as ambitious as the first, the leader of the nonprofit leading the project said Friday, Feb. 20.

MLGW urges people to avoid Fourth Street and Pontotoc Avenue.

The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County board OK’d Port of Memphis jurisdiction, a new PILOT program and a small business loan.

By the end of 2027, almost all of the Interstate 240 loop around the city should be repaved, state road officials said.

Her lawsuit requests she be restored to the superintendent seat or paid severance as outlined in her contract.

Mayor Paul Young was heckled during his State of the City address. But here’s the thing about Young and those hecklers: They want the same thing. 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked about housing goals during his State of the City address.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young gave a speech crammed with goals and initiatives he says are the follow-through on the city’s two-year drop in crime.