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    Political Roundup: Young opens HQ in Poplar Plaza, Wharton on name recognition

    Mayoral contender and Downtown Memphis Commission president Paul Young drew a crowd of around 150 Saturday, May 27, to his campaign headquarters at Poplar Plaza — the first among the contenders.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2023
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    Mistaken identity leads to arrest of four, family says

    A call to the Memphis Police Department resulted in the arrests of four men after what the family said was a case of mistaken identity that led to a physical altercation with police.

    By Aarron Fleming, Ben Wheeler May 28, 2023
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    MPD announces ‘safe summer’ plan to focus on gun and car crimes

    MPD leadership is developing a “robust plan” to address the “myriad of crime issues in our neighborhoods and business corridors this summer and beyond.”

    By Julia Baker May 25, 2023
  • Public Safety

    FBI confirms search warrant for Ford family home

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation served a court-authorized search warrant at an address associated with Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. Thursday morning.

    By Ben Wheeler, Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries May 25, 2023
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    Opinion: Memphis City Council did not back down on gun reform

    “We must continue to let our state representatives know how their gun laws have completely upended our city and that we demand Tennessee’s urban cities be given the authority to impose their own firearm laws. It won’t be a quick or easy road.”

    By Dr. Jeff Warren May 24, 2023
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    Parks and rec: Memphis’ ParkScore hurt by access, equity

    “Memphis has very large parks, but those large parks are not dispersed in a way that they can benefit the majority of residents.”

    By Keely Brewer July 07, 2023
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    25 contenders pull October election petitions on opening day

    If the last two city elections are any guide, the opening day total for qualifying petitions will be about a third of those who ultimately file for the 15 city offices by the July 20 deadline.

    By Bill Dries May 23, 2023
  • Elections

    Political Roundup: Dreamfest, the mayor’s race poll, residency ruling

    Five of the dozen candidates running for Memphis mayor came to the Overton Park Shell Saturday as the race for mayor enters its most public phase.

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    Memphis mayoral candidates react to The Greater 901 Initiative poll

    Memphis mayoral candidates react to the residency court ruling

    By Bill Dries May 23, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    City Council campaigns reach milestone in race to October election

    The political ground the Memphis City Council races will take place on is still moving. Here’s an early look at where all 13 races stand.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2023
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    Five months and five severe storms in, McGowen looks to take MLGW into the future

    He’s seen combat, worked to resolve the city’s sexual assault kit backlog and led the area’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Now, Doug McGowen is taking on Memphis’ publicly owned utility. 

    By Keely Brewer May 21, 2023
  • Elections

    Bonner, Turner can run for Memphis mayor

    The two mayoral candidates, neither of whom have lived in Memphis for two years, and the City Council argued that a 1996 referendum repealed residency requirements.

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries May 18, 2023
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    Dog-gone: Memphis Animal Services director leaving

    A city press release noted that under Alexis Pugh’s leadership, the save rate at Memphis Animal Services has “consistently improved” and finished 2022 at 86%.

    By Ben Wheeler May 18, 2023
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    Tyre Nichols lawsuit is ‘elephant in the room’ during City Council budget hearings

    City attorney Jennifer Sink says a settlement should be discussed during a private attorney-client meeting. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 18, 2023
  • Elections

    New mayoral poll shows Bonner, Herenton, Turner in lead, Young gaining

    The poll showed Van Turner and Floyd Bonner tied with about 15.9% of the vote. Willie Herenton trailed them at 13.9%, and Paul Young had 12%.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 17, 2023
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    Myron Lowery stunned by council move to take clerk’s office off October ballot

    A year ago, council members spoke privately with their attorney about an issue in the city charter. The resulting step to change the clerk’s office only surfaced the day before Tuesday’s council session.

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    City Council isn’t taking a stand on residency in mayoral race

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2023
  • Elections

    City Council isn’t taking a stand on residency in mayoral race

    A resolution to back a five-year requirement for those running for Memphis mayor and Memphis City Council was tabled Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    City Council may set aside $150,000 for indigent, elderly in Environmental Court

    Shelby County Environmental Court wants to create a fund that would help indigent and elderly people remediate blight on their property. 

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    Dumpster tire: Blight group’s ideas roll at Memphis City Council

    By Keely Brewer May 16, 2023
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    Memphis needs development at Liberty Park, but Cooper-Young worried about competition

    The City of Memphis needs new development within the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone to begin paying the debt on projects such as The Memphis Sports and Events Center. The problem: The city hasn’t collected a dime of the financing yet. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 17, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Dumpster tire: Blight group’s ideas roll at Memphis City Council

    “We have been dealing with tires for a very long time, and it is a major epidemic in our community,” said council member Rhonda Logan, who chaired the city’s Blight and Illegal Dumping Task Force. 

    By Keely Brewer May 16, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis City Council members strategize gun control measures

    Council attorney Allan Wade says the council can put gun control measures on the ballot. He expects they’ll be “inundated” with challenges. He wouldn’t rule out a court fight over whether they could override state law.

    By Bill Dries May 17, 2023
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    Memphis City Council members seek to end elected City Court Clerk’s office

    The ordinance to eliminate the elected clerk’s office and take it off the October ballot could come up for the first of three votes tomorrow.

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    Memphis City Council considers taking stand on mayor’s race

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2023
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    Memphis City Council considers taking stand on mayor’s race

    Some council members claim they came to a “consensus” about entering the lawsuit at a closed May 2 meeting with their attorney without taking a formal vote on it.

    By Bill Dries May 15, 2023
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Analysis: ‘The most political lawsuit I’ve ever seen’ — Inside the fight over the city charter

    The lawsuit over residency for Memphis mayoral candidates has broad ramifications. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 15, 2023
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    Memphis voters could choose gun control laws

    A city ordinance that could prompt a court fight with the state over gun control has morphed into a potential ballot question for voters. The sponsors of the measure talk about it on “Behind The Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries May 15, 2023
  • Metro

    Apartments near Southwind, previously refused, get Land Use Control Board nod

    In February 2022, the LUCB rejected plans to build the Tournament Trails Center complex at 3581 Tournament Drive-South, but a decision in April 2022 from the Memphis City Council reversed that decision. 

    By Rob Moore May 11, 2023

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