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    Jones discusses City Council redistricting process

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Martavius Jones says he intends to propose doing away with council super districts and also will call for partisan primaries in advance of city general elections. 

    By Bill Dries August 29, 2021
  • Metro

    Carlisle looks for votes to get consolidation charter drafted

    City Council member Chase Carlisle distinguishes between the case for consolidation and the case for drafting a consolidation charter. He also acknowledges getting the votes to form a charter commission will not be easy.

    By Bill Dries August 07, 2021
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    Election commission chief says Democrats want ‘cloudy elections’

    Shelby County Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, that local Democrats want disputed election results, referring to the push for paper ballots, which he believes will lead to chaos.

    By Bill Dries August 01, 2021
  • Metro

    Cohen discusses meeting Hagerty, and more

    He also blasted the disqualification of U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson from the Olympics after she smoked marijuana. “It’s only performance-enhancing if you are in the Coney Island hot dog-eating contest.”

    By Bill Dries July 26, 2021
  • Metro

    Incoming NCRM president sees role for museum in ‘critical race theory’ debate

    National Civil Rights Museum President Russell Wigginton said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that he hopes state education officials will consult with the museum as they set the guidelines for school systems to navigate the new state law banning teaching about systemic racism and how the history of race impacts the present.

    By Bill Dries July 09, 2021
  • Metro

    People’s Convention to return with ‘People’s Summit’

    The summit comes during an off-election year in Shelby County politics, which Rev. Earle Fisher said is useful to emphasize the coalition’s focus on issues and policy.

    By Bill Dries July 04, 2021
  • Metro

    Infrastructure compromise tests partisan divide

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast recaps local political development including the county’s budget season and campaign openings for the 2022 county elections. Also, the partisan divide among area legislators remains in place on voting rights and the infrastructure bill.

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2021
  • Metro

    Summer learning-loss camps offer kids fun ways to catch up

    Summer program offers more enjoyable ways for Arlington and Lakeland students to keep pace or catch up on studies after a tough academic year.

    By Michael Waddell June 21, 2021
  • Metro

    Harris proposes county ethics reforms

    Some of the changes proposed and outlined on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast address issues that came up in the allegations made against county commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. in an independent investigation made public last month in The Daily Memphian. 

    By Bill Dries June 20, 2021
  • Metro

    City applies pandemic lessons in developing citywide broadband strategy

    Mairi Albertson, the city’s director of Housing and Community Development talks on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about the citywide plan, and says the lessons of the pandemic indicate broadband has to be able to handle several people online at the same time.

    By Bill Dries June 13, 2021
  • Metro

    Haslam says Tennessee Republicans at ‘recalibration moment’

    The former Tennessee governor talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about the state’s path to Republican dominance and his call on Christian conservatives to pull away from the nation’s partisan political divide.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2021
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    ‘Moral Budget’ call questions mechanics of resetting property tax rates

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the leader of the coalition of nonprofits calling for different budget priorities questions the resetting of the city and county property tax rates by state law. Cardell Orrin says the city and county rates should stay where they are and not be viewed as a tax hike for all.

    By Bill Dries May 29, 2021
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    Too close to election for a tax hike, Tami Sawyer says

    Shelby County commissioner Tami Sawyer says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast she backs a quick budget passage next month and a second look at the budget in the fall once federal American Rescue Plan funding is in play.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2021
  • Metro

    ‘Biden Bucks'; Cohen on the insurrection, and a third bridge

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast runs down recent political events including sorting out what became of the idea of a “Super Chancery Court” proposed in the Tennessee General Assembly.

    By Bill Dries May 15, 2021
  • Elections

    PAC, Salinas to bring ‘Fuerza’ to state’s Latino Democrats

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the two-time Democratic nominee for the Tennessee General Assembly talks about the new Latino Democratic political action committee Fuerza, for which she serves on the board.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2021
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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
  • Elections

    Talks start over new voting system compromise

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor talks about new discussions with county commissioners two months after the Election Commission voted to go to court in the simmering dispute.

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Adkins says violent crime makes new police director decision urgent

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Greater Imani Pastor Rev. Bill Adkins says the case can be made for a new director from MPD ranks or for someone from the outside. Adkins also said he sees a new indifference to violent crime that calls for new solutions as well as new ways of policing the city.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City council plans return to in-person meetings

    No date has been set for the return to City Hall by the council but it comes as budget season approaches. Meanwhile, the city’s political scene remains active, as chronicled in The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries April 10, 2021
  • Metro

    White says Germantown schools transfer bill gets all sides to the table

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, state Rep. Mark White acknowledges the bill doesn’t address many of the complexities of the local schools merger and demerger that kept the three namesake Germantown schools in the Shelby County Schools system.

    By Bill Dries April 03, 2021
  • Metro

    Shift in Shelby County reappraisals would be first in the state

    Property appraisal expert discusses how the proposal to move to reappraisals every two years instead of every four years would set a precedent for other major cities.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2021
  • Metro

    Sexton says Tennessee should sue if Congress passes election reforms

    During a wide ranging interview on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, state House Speaker Cameron Sexton also questioned whether the new federal COVID stimulus package is necessary for Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Council member says community policing should be priority of new police leadership

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, council member Rhonda Logan says the police force needs more officers but also needs to change the way those officers are used with a return to community policing.

    By Bill Dries March 13, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Carlisle: MLGW negotiating position with TVA could have been stronger

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Chase Carlisle talks about bargaining with TVA for a new contract with MLGW without a specific plan for an alternative, his call for the resignation of the Shelby County Health Department’s embattled leader and the 2022 race for Shelby County mayor.

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2021
  • Metro

    Pandemic tech changes will endure, county chief information officer says

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Shelby County Chief Information Officer Sandra Perry talks about the lasting impact and the security challenges of work-at-home government services and what happens when one part of county government wants its own computer system and network.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2021

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