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.

The Memphis Museums of Science and History’s former leader Kevin Thompson resigned at the end of 2025. 

The mayor’s choice succeeds Keenon McCloy who retired in January.

Also, Steve Cohen says next step in federal government funding centers on DHS and ICE; and Bill Lee talks about childhood visits to Memphis, as well as the tragedy that shaped his entry into politics; and a Shelby County mayoral contender opened his campaign headquarters.

On Transit Equity Day, more than 60 MATA riders and others gathered in Orange Mound to express their frustrations and hopes for a better public transportation system in Memphis.

Here’s a list of “community funding requests” or earmarks approved as part of the appropriations bills that cleared the House and Senate and were signed into law this week by President Donald Trump.

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The city has not has solid waste pickups since Jan. 24 as remnants of the winter storm stubbornly hang around.

The Memphis City Council pushed forward with plans for Hyde Square and moved swiftly through a shortened agenda in its second online session in a row.