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  • Health Care

    Suburbs fueling local surge; task force pushes for statewide mask mandate

    Data shows transmission happening in suburbs where athletic events are frequent and masks are fewer. 

    By Jane Roberts October 27, 2020
  • Education

    County budget season blueprint gets closer look

    Budget committee chairman Edmund Ford Jr. amended his resolution to stick with the county’s policy of keeping its financial reserves at 20% of general fund revenues. He has suggested a 15% to 20% guideline.

    By Bill Dries October 27, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Reducing county reserve fund has risks, commission is warned

    The commission will vote Oct. 26 on setting new parameters for the spring budget season. And the county’s CFO says it could be dangerous to lower the percentage of reserves on hand. 

    By Bill Dries October 26, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Unemployment nudges down in Memphis, Shelby

    The Shelby County unemployment rate is back in single digits for the first time since COVID-19 hit in March, according to the state’s September jobs report.

    By Wayne Risher October 23, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission Scorecard: Police reform bundle, voting machine contract

    The County Commission Scorecard tracks the final stand of a set of four police reforms applying to county law enforcement and what may be the last stand of the $5.8 million contract to buy a new voting system for the county.

    By Bill Dries October 16, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission questions $1M pandemic marketing campaign

    The contract stirred the political embers of a recent budget season in county government as well as some spirited debate among commissioners about mask requirements.

    By Bill Dries October 14, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission rejects contract for voting system

    A $5.8 million contract for a new voting system in Shelby County failed Monday, Oct. 12, in a 6-5 vote by the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries October 13, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission votes down police excessive force ordinance

    Shelby County commissioners voted down an ordinance that would have required the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to decertify deputies who use excessive force and to keep a record of officers who are fired or resign because of an excessive-force complaint. 

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission to take final votes on police reform measures

    The Monday County Commission agenda also includes a return to a $5.8 million contract to buy a new voting system for Shelby County and a moratorium on delinquent tax sales on property in South Memphis.

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2020
  • Update Shelby County

    Athletic departments celebrate looser restrictions for game attendance

    The county Health Department loosened some of the restrictions regarding COVID-19 precautions, moves that will benefit sporting events and restaurants.

    By Jane Roberts, Clay Bailey October 07, 2020
  • Health Care

    Memphians cope with lives turned upside down by virus

    After six months of coronavirus, the resulting losses are profound, but the stories these people tell are about going on, a process they find central to living with the unknown. 

    By Jane Roberts October 05, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Wright completes isolation period after testing positive for COVID

    Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright said Friday he’d recently tested positive for the coronavirus and had just completed an isolation period. His wife was the only person exposed and has since tested negative for the virus.

    By Bill Dries October 02, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission Scorecard: 2nd Reading of Police Reform Measures

    The set of four ordinances cleared second reading this week on the Shelby County Commission with some shifts in votes and declarations since first reading. The third and final vote is in two weeks.

    By Bill Dries October 01, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Suburban mayors wait on Health Dept. following governor’s order

    Suburban mayors are waiting on Shelby County Health Department following Gov. Bill Lee’s most recent order, hoping for some consistency between the state and local regulations.

    By Omer Yusuf, Abigail Warren September 30, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County Commission Scorecard: Voting machines, board of health and no more freeze

    The County Commission Scorecard sorts out a quartet of items from this week’s session — some that have been on the commission’s plate for some time. 

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Haushalter hopes COVID effort is model for other chronic city problems

    Record homicide, overdose rates are a sign of inordinate stress, the health department director says and qualify as public health issues for region.

    By Jane Roberts September 30, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County police reform measures move to final vote

    A set of four ordinances affecting the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the county corrections division advanced through second reading Monday, Sept. 28, at the Shelby County Commission. And the use of electric shields by deputies at a Downtown demonstration last week was part of the commission’s discussion. Final votes are scheduled for Oct. 12.

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2020
  • Elections

    Funding for ballot delayed, could mean long November vote count

    Shelby County commissioners put off a vote Monday, Sept. 28, on $5.8 million to buy a new voting system, a move that election officials say could mean it will take days to count all the votes in the presidential general election.

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Plans for South Memphis TIF provide hope for improvement

    A TIF would allow tax dollars generated by the community to be reinvested in the community.

    By Linda A. Moore September 24, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Health Dept. defends latest health directive

    “Limited-service (restaurants) are not riskier than others if measures are followed,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, Shelby County health officer.

    By Jane Roberts September 24, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Public safety reforms go to County Commission for second reading

    Ordinances that address use of force, the purchase of military equipment and the use of tear gas will go to the full commission without a second reading committee vote.

    By Linda A. Moore September 24, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Committee fails to act on Shelby County’s hiring freeze revisions

    Shelby County commissioners will get opinions from the county’s other elected officials as they work through problems with the county’s hiring freeze resolution.

    By Linda A. Moore September 23, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Youth Villages’ Patrick Lawler to receive Jefferson Award, but it’s not last chapter

    It’s probably not even possible to measure the full impact Pat Lawler has had in the 40 years he has been running Youth Villages. But the nonprofit’s growth, while insisting on tracking the effectiveness of programs, has led to a national model. 

    By Don Wade September 23, 2020
  • Shelby County

    ServiceMaster’s community service outreach goes virtual

    ServiceMaster’s We Care Day has morphed into We Care Week because of COVID-19. The company will donate money to charities for each “Caring Step” logged by employees.

    By Wayne Risher September 22, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Memphis-area poverty rate drops slightly

    Even with declines in the poverty rate for Memphis and Shelby County, there is not much movement on who is poor and where they live.

    By Linda A. Moore September 19, 2020

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