The inspections come amid reports of no air conditioning as summer temperatures reach dangerous levels this week.

The event returns with 11 businesses for its fourth annual celebration.

Republican U.S. Representative says it’s “a seat at the table on issues such as taxes, trade and healthcare” for constituents in West Tennessee and the Mid-South region.

Let’s not kid ourselves: Council’s effort to extend term limits is not about ensuring a better and more equitable government.

For years, advocates have said MLGW could save hundreds of millions of dollars annually by leaving TVA and buying electricity from someone else. But savings of “huge dollars” didn’t materialize in the latest proposals from other providers.

The requests are on the agenda for next week’s Center City Development Corp. meeting, including plans for a mixed-use development at the former Prince Hall Chapter of the Masonic Building Association.

A city council resolution calling for Memphis Police to not get involved in any escort of the former President if he comes through the city later this month didn’t make it to Tuesday’s council agenda.

The city charter change still has plenty of time to make the November ballot. The council has already approved another ballot question on extending term limits for the August ballot.

The program could provide low-cost loans to businesses wanting clean energy upgrades. 

The Thursday meeting will be the first look at some of the price quotes and other proposals to replace TVA as MLGW’s supplier of electric power. But there will probably still be some secrecy about who made what bid.

The Memphis City Council members could close out its 2022 budget season Tuesday, June 7, with a set of votes on a new property tax rate and operating and capital budgets.

A Tennessee State Parks employee used the materials to create a walking and biking trail at T.O. Fuller State Park. 

“The distinguished alumni awards are meant to give alumni a platform to share their stories and celebrate their success.”

He allegedly shot and killed a woman outside the facility in Horn Lake.

The City Council Scorecard follows the maneuvering as the council puts a ballot question on the August ballot that might look familiar to Memphis voters.

Terms of the 100-year lease include a $35 million renovation of the Overton Park landmark with money from private donors.

A call to end county primary elections draws fire during the “On The Record” podcast as Democrats tout their countywide slate in Germantown and Republican mayoral nominee Worth Morgan opens his campaign headquarters in East Memphis.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called Friday, May 27, for “strong federal laws with reasonable restrictions on weapons” and “stronger state laws punishing gun crimes and more intervention with those at-risk of using guns.”

Strickland issued a statement Wednesday saying he will consider a third term following the City Council’s approval Tuesday of an August ballot question that would expand term limits.

A city charter change that would allow the mayor and members of the city council to serve three consecutive terms goes on the ballot in August. 

The council’s passage of first reading of the ordinance to create the special fund for an overhaul of the city bus system was approved the day after the Shelby County Commission took the same action.

Police chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis is just two weeks shy of her anniversary with the Memphis Police Department. Yesterday, she updated the Memphis City Council on what she’s done in the past year as well as changes she’s still planning. 

Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) dedicated $3 million to funding the redevelopment of the Historic Melrose High building in Orange Mound as part of his appropriation request for fiscal year 2023. 

The report on sexual-abuse coverups among Southern Baptist congregations includes connection to a local megachurch.