The Shelby County Commission's general government committee will discuss ways to tighten employee residency requirements or getting rid of them all together on Wednesday.
An ad hoc committee will dig down into residency requirements for Shelby County employees, ahead of any discussions about ending the requirement entirely.
MICAH officials on Wednesday offered the Shelby County Commission alternatives that would raise all of the $30 million needed to fully fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to transfer $80,000 to the Health Department to cover the cost to test potentially 19,000 students at 35 schools where excessive levels of lead were found in water sources.
The various Shelby County law enforcement agencies will oversee implementation of a new security camera program for the county, according to a resolution approved Monday by the County Commission to establish program guidelines.
The full Shelby County Commission is set to vote on the Raleigh TIF district Nov. 18 and Memphis City Council must also approve it before it goes into effect.
A former EPA official told Shelby County commissioners Wednesday the county can fight pollution by investing in public transportation.
Shelby County Schools officials Wednesday assured county commissioners that the 60 water sources in schools with high lead levels are being addressed, while county health department officials say risk to students is minimal.
Shelby County officials have completed an investigation into where Anthony Alexander, corrections division director, lives and found he is in compliance with residency requirements.
A Shelby County Commission committee has agreed on the process of buying security cameras for all 13 commission districts.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will bring in local health department officials and a national environmental advocate to help make the case to county commissioners Wednesday to invest in transit to aid the environment.
The Shelby County Commission passed a no-confidence vote Monday against Anthony Alexander, the corrections division director who is accused of living outside Shelby County.
The University of Memphis will receive $1 million from Shelby County government under a resolution approved by the County Commission Monday that does not include any mandates for when it will pay all university employees $15 an hour.
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright had hopes of unifying the county through a redesigned flag, but that won't happen right away.
Shelby County officials say they know Corrections Division Director Anthony Alexander has property in Atoka, Tennessee, in Tipton County. Now they’re investigating if that’s where he really lives, in violation of requirements he live in Shelby County.
Lee Harris wants the University of Memphis to give a timeline for when its lowest-paid workers will be paid $15 an hour as part of the release of $1 million budgeted for the university to update its swim facility.
Shelby County Commission is asking the Tennessee General Assembly to cap interest rates on title loan companies.
The Shelby County Commission approved a resolution Monday that asks the Tennessee General Assembly to remove sales taxes on menstrual products.
A task force approved by the Shelby County Commission will look for ways to reverse the devaluation of property in Orange Mound.
Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford has informed county officials that she has run out of room and will stop storing records in 30 days.
The creation of the Orange Mound Initiative Task Force was approved Wednesday by a Shelby County Commission Committee. The task force is charged with addressing the devaluation of real estate in historic Orange Mound.
Arlington High student Ainsley Feeney asks the Shelby County Commission to support state legislation to end sales taxes on menstrual products.
A Shelby County Commission committee is being asked to approve a task force that would address the devaluation of real estate in Orange Mound.
Recycling, energy conservation and other green initiatives at the Shelby County Correctional Center have gained the facility national recognition from an accreditation organization.
FedExForum is now home to West Tennessee’s first lactation pod, purchased in June by Shelby County and installed last week at the sports and entertainment venue.
The Shelby County Commission has approved on third and final reading an ordinance to grow the Uptown TIF district to include more communities in North Memphis.
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley has asked the county attorney for an opinion on a plan for the county to get its "fair share" of the city's newly approved sales tax increase. Meanwhile, Commissioner Edmund Ford now has questions for Memphis city government.
Shelby County Commissioners may not approve the plan by County Mayor Lee Harris to charge a countywide sustainability fee to fund public transportation, but Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley said Harris has forced the community to talk about funding the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Shelby County opened the county’s second veterans services office at Millington City Hall Monday. There are 55,000 veterans living in Shelby County, more than any other county in Tennessee.
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