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    County Commission to vote on putting all school board seats on 2026 ballot

    A resolution on the Monday, July 28, County Commission agenda would cut in half the four-year terms of five elected Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2025
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    Former mayor, sheriff Bill Morris dies at 92

    Former Shelby County Sheriff and Mayor Bill Morris, who died July 25 after a fall suffered several weeks before, shaped the lives of Memphians through his work over the past 50 years.

    By Jody Callahan July 27, 2025
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    Commissioners consider cutting terms of MSCS board members

    Five of seven County Commissioners present for a Wednesday test vote supported a move that ultimately would cut in half the terms of five school board members elected in 2024. 

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2025
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    Deal to keep Grizzlies in Memphis won’t be done this summer, mayor says

    The slow-moving Grizzlies’ negotiations come as the public sector continues to invest in FedExForum and officials work to keep Downtown safer and cleaner. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 22, 2025
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    County commission considers putting all school board seats up for reelection in 2026

    Commissioners will discuss putting all nine Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seats on the ballot. Some say this amounts to a voter recall of the board.

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2025
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    Environmental groups appeal xAI air permit

    Environmental groups have appealed the Shelby County Health Department’s decisions to grant Elon Musk’s xAI an air emissions permit for 15 natural gas turbines. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 18, 2025
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    Despite community concern, xAI gets air-emissions permit

    The Shelby County Health Department received more than 1,000 public comments on the project.

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    Nonprofit installing its own air-quality sensors near xAI

    By Samuel Hardiman July 03, 2025
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    Mayor appoints interim public health director

    The new director previously served as the department’s health officer and led vaccination efforts at the Shelby County Division of Corrections during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 02, 2025
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    County Commission re-mixes budget on eve of new fiscal year

    A special meeting of the Shelby County Commission Monday was delayed for two hours in a dramatic rewriting of a key budget provision.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2025
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    Political Roundup: Lowery stumps, red state strategies and new voter numbers

    The Political Roundup looks at some sparks in the early field for Shelby County in the 2026 county elections and examines the political divide over what kind of a relationship a majority Democratic or blue city should keep with leaders of a red state.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2025
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    Retiring judge has ‘had enough’

    Four people have applied to be appointed to the remainder of Judge Paula Skahan’s term, which ends in 2030.

    By Aarron Fleming June 29, 2025
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    County Commission Scorecard: Tracking budget and tax-rate votes

    The County Commission Scorecard tracks the set of seven votes on a new county property tax rate that brought the county’s budget season to an end.

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2025
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    The making of Shelby County’s budget and tax rate

    The Commission meets in special session Monday, June 30, to vote on a budget amendment that would undo some of the $23.4 million in amendments it made to Mayor Lee Harris’s budget proposal.

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    County Commission Scorecard: Tracking budget and tax-rate votes

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2025
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    County Commission passes budget — with no property tax hike

    A majority of Shelby County commissioners favored some kind of small property tax hike in the new budget, but ultimately couldn’t get seven votes on how to split up the additional revenue. 

    By Bill Dries June 24, 2025
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    Property tax face-off will close out county budget season

    A potential property tax hike looms as the Shelby County Commission tackles its budget and the Sheriff’s Office fights for funding. 

    By Bill Dries June 23, 2025
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    Mayor Harris wants to add crime lab funding to budget

    County commissioners wrestled with budget amendments Wednesday totaling well past the $100 million mark, including the county mayor’s proposal.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2025
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    Mayor Harris walks back tax hike

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is changing the county property tax rate his administration is proposing to match the state’s certified rate.

    By Bill Dries June 18, 2025
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    After Mayor Harris vetoes grant, Ford moves to override

    County mayor accused Ford of “not taking seriously” the federal indictment against him. At stake, right now, is a nearly $180,000 grant for an entertainment industry nonprofit.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2025
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    Political Roundup: XAI divide grows, Young in D.C. and the race for governor

    Also in the Political Roundup: City vs. county at Southwind High, a short history of going from the Senate to the governor’s mansion in Tennessee and Lee Harris on his successor and his next campaign.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2025
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    In critical week ahead, County Commission will wrangle budget and tax rate

    Budget Committee Chair Miska Clay Bibbs said commissioners have little time to iron out details of 23 amendments to Mayor Lee Harris’ budget proposal.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2025
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    County mayor’s property tax proposal becomes tax hike

    The county property tax rate proposed by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is four cents higher than the state’s certified rate, but he said it’s not a tax hike.

    By Bill Dries June 13, 2025
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    New jail study looked at Shelby Farms, Firestone plant as potential sites

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office commissioned the study by Jim Hart, a jail management consultant with the University of Tennessee’s County Technical Advisory Service.

    By Bill Dries June 12, 2025
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    Heidi Kuhn formally announces bid for county mayor

    In a social media post, Kuhn described the county as being “in crisis” and touted her expertise in county government.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2025
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    The plan for a focused crime lab run by Shelby County government

    A new plan for a local crime lab would focus on three specific areas with an estimated annual cost of $5.5 million. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy took the plan to Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday, June 4.

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2025
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    Shelby County revises forensic center contract after lack of bids 

    The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has operated the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center since 2014. 

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2025

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