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  • City of Memphis

    Parks master plan explores idea of fees for park programming

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, city Parks Director Nick Walker says community centers would remain free but with fees for specific programs. He also talks about “open play areas” like David Carnes Park in Whitehaven.

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2021
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    ‘We have to be intentional’ about getting vaccines to all, councilman says

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member JB Smiley Jr. says the Health Department needs “boots on the ground” in Black communities to remedy a racial disparity in who is getting the COVID-19 vaccines.

    By Bill Dries February 14, 2021
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    Wanted: Better paying jobs to attract talent to Memphis

    ‘We haven’t gone after those jobs ... that would make people drop everything and move to Memphis,' City Council member Martavius Jones said.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    PILOT reform discussions try to avoid PowerPoints and path of past efforts

    Before Shelby County Commissioners and Memphis City Council members get together to talk about changing the most used tax incentive in local economic development, they want to do more than watch PowerPoint presentations on PILOTs – payments in lieu of taxes.

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2021
  • Elections

    Remus says Democrats will challenge Lee in 2022 governor’s race

    The new Tennessee Democratic Party chairman says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that challenging Republican majorities in the Tennessee Legislature will take longer. 

    By Bill Dries January 23, 2021
  • Podcasts Elections

    State GOP chairman says ‘redder’ Tennessee also comes with challenges for Republicans

    Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Scott Golden, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the map to winning Tennessee may have changed with some suburban areas turning purple. 

    By Bill Dries January 16, 2021
  • Elections

    Local Democrats look to Georgia model to end GOP dominance in Tennessee

    Former local Democratic party Chairman Corey Strong, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the Georgia model of bringing activists and organizers into the state party machinery will take time — probably six to 10 years to take Tennessee from red to purple.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2021
  • Elections

    Pandemic, police reform, political divide and county budget rift top Year In Review podcast

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast offers a review of the year 2020 centered on four major events. Three of the four were national in scope. The fourth is a local story that has broad implications for the gap between aspirations and the reality of governing.

    By Bill Dries December 25, 2020
  • Elections

    Organizers say down-ballot races key to Tennessee Democrats

    Several dozens activists and organizers working for Democratic candidates in the 2020 elections have drafted a “roadmap to renewal” for the state party. A Memphis organizer talks about the roadmap on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. The recommendations come as the party prepares to elect a new statewide leader in January.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Lamar Avenue leads the way in how Memphis 3.0 could change city’s look

    The six-mile stretch through Orange Mound is changing, using the year-old Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan. Lots of other parts of the city want to follow the same path.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2020
  • Podcast Elections

    Alexander Exit Interview: Trump’s influence on GOP will continue

    Sen. Lamar Alexander also said President Donald Trump has a record to be proud of during the interview on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. And he said he carried Memphis in his five statewide general election wins by campaigning everywhere in the county, not just the Republican suburbs.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2020
  • Podcast Elections

    Voter alliance uses familiar political tools for nonpartisan outreach

    The Shelby County Voter Alliance is working after its debut effort in the presidential general election cycle to hold the interest of voters through 2021.

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2020
  • Metro

    Parkinson renews call to change marijuana laws

    The chairman of the Shelby County legislative delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly talked about the issue on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. 

    By Bill Dries November 14, 2020
  • Podcast Elections

    Vote count continues in Shelby County without fanfare

    While presidential battleground states continue to count votes, the count in Shelby County is quietly moving toward completion with a large number of provisional ballots.

    By Bill Dries November 07, 2020
  • Podcast Elections

    Shelby County early and absentee voters mostly women, Memphians, over 50

    A new voting app breaks down who the early voters were. The broader turnout numbers show more than half of the county’s registered voters have already cast their ballots.

    By Bill Dries November 02, 2020
  • Podcast Metro

    Growth in voters and voter turnout comes with questions

    The founder of one of the get out the vote groups working locally says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that higher turnout is part of a national trend. But detailed numbers also show ongoing problems in access to the vote.

    By Bill Dries October 24, 2020
  • PODCAST Elections

    Absentee votes will complicate election night returns

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the unofficial vote count may be tallied by midnight Nov. 3. But counting absentee ballots is a complex process.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2020
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    MLGW-TVA discussion must move faster, city council member says

    Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast says there could still be an agreement on the next step in the MLGW-TVA issue. He also warns that the Tennessee Legislature could close the door on a possible MLGW exit from TVA if there isn’t a shorter timeline.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2020
  • Podcast Neighborhoods

    Gibson outlines ‘front-loaded’ redevelopment plan for South Memphis

    Business leader and developer J.W. Gibson talks about the South Memphis TIF taking in Soulsville, LeMoyne-Owen College and the old Metro Plaza on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries October 04, 2020
  • Podcast Podcasts

    City Council grants process evolves and adjusts for pandemic

    Martavius Jones, the Memphis City Council budget committee chairman who oversaw pitches by more than 150 nonprofits seeking a share of $1.95 million, has problems with the way grants are awarded. 

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2020
  • Podcast Metro

    Van Turner: Reform vote ‘is not against law enforcement’

    Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner has seen first hand the impact of violent crime on his commission district which includes Hickory Hill. But Turner says it’s possible to back law enforcement and be opposed to a militarization of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Memphis Police Department.

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2020
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    Mississippi Blvd. pastor calls for ‘clear, identifiable shifts’ in policing

    The pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church thinks the first part of Mayor Jim Strickland’s effort to reform the Memphis Police Department didn’t go far enough.

    By Bill Dries September 06, 2020
  • Podcast Elections

    A political valley on the road to Nov. 3

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast recaps some events from the past week and some of the recently certified election results are cause to go looking through some numbers from the historic 1991 city elections.

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2020
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    City Parks director says parks seeing ‘renaissance’ in pandemic

    Nick Walker, who recently went from interim to permanent director of the city’s division of parks and neighborhoods, talked about the change and the move to a parks master plan on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2020
  • Podcast Elections

    Cohen says Biden-Harris ticket should campaign in Memphis

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the city's Democratic Congressman also talked about his recent primary win on the August ballot, the political benchmark it maintained and gave his thoughts on who might succeed him down the political road.

    By Bill Dries August 14, 2020

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