Lowery picks first 5 positions in new administration
Shelby County Mayor Mickell Lowery speaks after taking the oath of office during a Swearing-In Ceremony on Monday, August 31, 2026. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Two weeks into his term as County Mayor, Mickell Lowery has made his first five appointments to his administration. The selections represent what Lowery calls a “culture shift” in county government.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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