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    The August Election Roundup: What Happened and Why

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast features a 10-minute roundup of what the Thursday vote count means.

    By Bill Dries August 08, 2020
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    Police force of 2,800 key to community policing, city experts say

    Phyllis Betts and Richard Janikowski have set a new bar for growing the Memphis Police Department ranks to 2,800. They talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about calls for more police amid calls locally for changing the fundamentals of policing and even the share of government funds devoted to policing.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2020
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    Billingsley says Ford-Ray dueling letters ‘pretty antagonistic’

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the County Commission chairman says the differences between the two don't appear to extend to the rest of the commission. Mark Billingsley also said he hopes to move to lift the county hiring budget freeze once there is a reconciliation of the budget approved by the commission last month after rejecting Mayor Lee Harris's original proposal.

    By Bill Dries July 25, 2020
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    Easter-Thomas: ‘Something missing’ in way police recruited

    Memphis City Council member talks on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about her push to remove from the November ballot a residency referendum that would allow police and firefighters to live outside the county.

    By Bill Dries July 17, 2020
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    Morgan says local reaction to George Floyd still awaits real legislative police reform

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Worth Morgan talks about his possible move to take police out of the city's civil service system and calls a move to cancel the November referendum allowing the city to hire police from outside Shelby County "the ultimate hypocrisy."

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

    MLGW-TVA decision enters critical phase

    The public comment period on the first draft of the study that plays a crucial role in whether the city-owned utility stays with the federal agency ends Monday.

    By Bill Dries July 04, 2020
  • Podcast City of Memphis

    Long-term problems drive protests, nonprofit leader says

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Sarah Lockridge-Steckel talked about the frustrations that prompted local nonprofits to issue a call for action.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2020
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    The People’s Convention one year later

    One of the organizers of the 2019 People’s Convention says while a lot has happened since the gathering ahead of the 2019 city elections, not a lot has changed including calls in June of 2019 for a change in police policies.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2020
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    Beyond protest and within leadership: next steps from the George Floyd protests in Memphis

    Bobby White, a native Memphian with experience behind the scenes in local government and politics, talks about what more than a week of daily protests in the city means for future decisions on how the police do their jobs.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2020

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