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.

Movers and shakers at the weekly lunch meeting of the Frayser Exchange Club questioned Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday about his plan to help fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority through a proposed $145 sustainability fee for addresses with three vehicles.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. says if a sales tax increase referendum passes in Memphis, the County Commission should go after the county's “fair share” of the funds.

In building the new Shelby County Health Department building, Turner Construction has exceeded the county's goals for minority contractors and is on track to finish the building weeks ahead of deadline.

Shelby County assessor of property Melvin Burgess said his offices has studied Orange Mound and wants to use the community as a model in the creation of a plan to stop the devaluation of homes on African American communities across Memphis.

A proposal by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to fund Memphis Area Transit Authority improvements, largely through a $145 per vehicle sustainability fee, isn't popular with some bus riders.