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    Morgan says resetting local property tax rate could spawn tax hike move

    City Council budget committee Chairman Worth Morgan said that the drop of the city property tax rate below $3 as appraised values have increased could set the stage for a tax rate hike.

    By Bill Dries May 01, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis Police Chief nominee talks protest and policing in online forum

    Memphis Police Chief nominee Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis met the public on a limited basis Friday, April 30, during a one-hour online Q&A session with screened written questions. 

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2021
  • Update Spirit of Memphis

    Juneteenth moving to park where Forrest statue once stood

    The annual Juneteenth celebration is moving from Robert R. Church Park to Health Sciences Park, held on the grounds where Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue once stood.

    By Omer Yusuf April 30, 2021
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Downtown Tourism Development Zone lost $5M in sales tax

    On “Behind The Headlines,” the incoming CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission says federal pandemic relief funding due the city will likely make up the loss. The drop in sales tax revenue for the TDZ comes as sales tax revenues across the city have exceeded bleak projections at the outset of the pandemic.

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2021
  • Update Transportation & Logistics

    Plains All American mounting fight against revised city ordinance

    Plains All American Pipeline is launching a full-on offensive against the proposed legislation with the help of organizations that support the oil and gas industry. 

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    Existing pipeline makes Byhalia Connection unneeded, environmental groups say

    By Blake Fontenay April 29, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City Council to gather in person for first time in more than a year

    Members to meet Downtown for budget retreat.

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Businesses worry pipeline ordinance would have ‘unintended consequences’

    Some business leaders are expressing concern that an ordinance intended to block the controversial Byhalia Connection oil pipeline could hinder their businesses and hurt economic recruitment efforts in the city.

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    Byhalia Pipeline spokesman says group interested in talking

    By Blake Fontenay April 28, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City officials open to reversing course on Scott Street closure

    Chase Carlisle said he plans to bring a resolution to the City Council May 4 opposing the city and TDOT’s recommendation to shut Scott Street off from Poplar.

    By Omer Yusuf April 27, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Byhalia Pipeline spokesman says group interested in talking

    The offer to talk came Tuesday, April 27, at a Memphis Rotary forum at which the pipeline companies and the most visible pipeline critic each spoke. Proposals are pending before the council that would require more local approval.

    By Bill Dries April 27, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: Old motorcycles, pipeline distances and minority business

    The City Council Scorecard focuses on a short-lived plan to give old police motorcycles to Collierville, a first vote on a pipeline measure and qualms about setting a minority business percentage.

    By Bill Dries April 27, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Binghampton residents fight potential Scott Street closure

    While the city and TDOT’s recommendation to close the Scott-Poplar intersection came in June 2018, many neighborhood residents and property owners did not find out until late 2020. It’s left many eager to fight the closure.

    By Omer Yusuf April 25, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    How your solid waste fee ballooned to $30 a month

    Here is the history behind the city’s solid waste fee and how it compares to what the city’s new private contractor for Area E is being paid and what the previous contractor was being paid.

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    City faces critical decision on one of its most basic services

    A short history of Area E

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    A short history of Area E

    The solid waste route system covering Cordova, Hickory Hill and East Memphis began as a first step toward privatizing all city solid waste collections during the tenure of a different mayor.

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    City faces critical decision on one of its most basic services

    How your solid waste fee ballooned to $30 a month

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City faces critical decision on one of its most basic services

    Memphis has an emergency contract with Team Waste in Area E, probably until the end of 2021. In the interim, officials are considering whether to keep using a private waste company to manage the area or expand city services to cover it. 

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    How your solid waste fee ballooned to $30 a month

    A short history of Area E

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2021
  • Transportation & Logistics

    April 23 Byhalia Connection pipeline hearing delayed

    Plans to build a 49-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from southwest Memphis to another pipeline at a connecting point near Byhalia, Mississippi, have run into delays on a couple of different fronts.

    By Blake Fontenay April 21, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    New police chief pick faces tough audience on violent crime

    In a recent interview, Memphis’ nominee for police chief talked about officer training, violence intervention, and why she initially pulled her application from the city’s search for a new head of police. 

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2021
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Strong arm: Muscular poles replacing wire that holds Memphis traffic signals

    A nearly $3.4 million project is underway to install “mast arm traffic signal poles” at a dozen intersections along a six-mile stretch of Jackson Avenue. The city will place mast arms at more intersections as funding allows.

    By Tom Bailey April 21, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Council members split over blight priorities

    Meanwhile, the council delayed for two weeks a first reading vote on historic overlay district status for the Crosstown area.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2021
  • Update City of Memphis

    Strickland says budget would stabilize city from pandemic’s reach

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is proposing a $716 million operating budget and an $89 million capital budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. It also includes 2% pay raises for firefighters and police.

    By Bill Dries April 20, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland takes budget proposal to council

    The mayor has offered no clues on the specifics of the budget, but he is not expected to propose a property tax hike. However, setting the property tax rate will be more complicated this year.

    By Bill Dries April 20, 2021
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Byhalia pipeline case tests eminent domain law

    Can a private oil pipeline company force private property owners to provide access to their land? The eminent domain case involving the Byhalia Connection project will attempt to answer that question.

    By Blake Fontenay April 20, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Good Grief center expands as COVID deaths mount

    The increase in demand for counseling services is just beginning, experts say. “The Cottage” will enable the Collierville facility to offer weekend mini-camps and workshops, not just its once-a-year camps for children and for adults.

    By Toni Lepeska April 19, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    National Poor People’s Campaign leader says no to Byhalia Pipeline

    ‘Not here, not now, not ever on our watch,' said Rev. Dr. William Barber II during a rally Sunday protesting the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would go through majority Black, poor neighborhoods in southwest Memphis. 

    By Daja E. Henry April 18, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Protesters decry latest police shootings around country

    Around 30 people gathered outside the National Civil Rights Museum on Sunday, April 18, to demand justice in three recent police killings in Knoxville, Chicago and Minnesota. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 19, 2021
  • Premium Public Safety

    Crime rate doesn’t necessarily deter businesses considering relocation

    Although Memphis has long battled perceptions (and reality) about its crime rate, community leaders say it’s not as much of a factor in economic recruitment efforts as one might expect.

    By Blake Fontenay April 19, 2021

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