Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris sees Frayser as a good place to start expanding educational opportunities for students.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will speak on the past year and upcoming plans in his second State of the County address.

Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter assures commissioners there is oversight of Wellpath.

If approved, an amended ordinance would let public safety workers live outside of Shelby County, but they would pay $2,500 in "residency compensation."

There are things the Shelby County can and can't do to raise $10 million for public transit.

Former employees and one ex-inmate allege in lawsuits that Wellpath LLC is not providing satisfactory care at Shelby County facilities.

If the proposed ordinance passes, it would eliminate the residency requirement for public safety employees hired between April 1, 2020, until April 1, 2024. 

The proposal could still pass on third reading.

Shelby County Commissioners wonder what to do with $2.5 million for MATA that has not been used.

Commissioner Tami Sawyers defends her opinion on law enforcement officers living where they work.

Participants at a Shelby County public transportation ad hoc committee examined a number of ways the county can find dedicated funding for MATA.

The Shelby County sheriff is suggesting a more specific residency requirement, with limits, than the one that failed on first reading Monday before the Shelby County Commission.

An ad hoc committee of the County Commission on residency for Shelby County workers is considering limited exceptions for sheriff's deputies and fire department personnel.

Shelby County Commissioners voted down on first reading Monday an ordinance that would let voters decide if county workers must live in the county.

A resolution to cut the wheel tax by $5 was voted down by the Shelby County Commission Monday. 

You can’t hack a flesh-and-blood voter marking his own ballot. 

A Shelby County Commission ad hoc committee intends to make it harder for county workers to live outside the county.

An ordinance that would put the question of residency requirements for employees to Shelby County voters failed in committee Wednesday.

A public transportation ad hoc committee will try to come up with a way to raise about $9 million in county funds for the Memphis Area Transit Authority.

Kansas City, Missouri, could soon be the first major city to offer free bus service. But Memphis isn't there yet.

The Shelby County Commission is expected to consider a new resolution to raise $9 million for MATA through a $20 increase in the motor vehicle tax.

A proposed $20 wheel tax increase for MATA funding wasn't voted on Monday by the Shelby County Commission, which will revisit the resolution next week in committee.

The utility expected all power to be restored to customers by midnight Monday. Presidents Island had the most sustained damage, with numerous power poles broken or uprooted by straight-line winds.

Commissioner Willie Brooks, a sponsor of the wheel-tax resolution, said he's willing to find other ways to fund MATA.

Members of the committee spent hours hearing from MATA supporters Wednesday and will vote Monday on a $20 wheel tax increase for the transit authority.