Testing has begun at the 39 Shelby County Schools where high levels of lead were found in various water sources.

Funding is in place for a short-term fix for Shelby County's records "catastrophe" and Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford has plans for a long-term solution.

Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley thinks the full commission will be able to vote on revised county residency rules for workers by late January.

Nearly two months after Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford threatened to stop overseeing the management of documents for other elected officials, she left the County Commission meeting Monday, Dec. 9, with the money she said she needed.

A new policy approved by the Shelby County Commission will make it easier for suburban school systems to tap into capital improvement funds.

Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley will establish an ad hoc committee to clarify the county's residency requirements for county employees.

MICAH officials on Wednesday offered the Shelby County Commission alternatives that would raise all of the $30 million needed to fully fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority.

An ad hoc committee will dig down into residency requirements for Shelby County employees, ahead of any discussions about ending the requirement entirely. 

The Shelby County Commission's general government committee will discuss ways to tighten employee residency requirements or getting rid of them all together on Wednesday.

The various Shelby County law enforcement agencies will oversee implementation of a new security camera program for the county, according to a resolution approved Monday by the County Commission to establish program guidelines.

The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to transfer $80,000 to the Health Department to cover the cost to test potentially 19,000 students at 35 schools where excessive levels of lead were found in water sources.

The full Shelby County Commission is set to vote on the Raleigh TIF district Nov. 18 and Memphis City Council must also approve it before it goes into effect. 

A former EPA official told Shelby County commissioners Wednesday the county can fight pollution by investing in public transportation.

Shelby County Schools officials Wednesday assured county commissioners that the 60 water sources in schools with high lead levels are being addressed, while county health department officials say risk to students is minimal.

Shelby County officials have completed an investigation into where Anthony Alexander, corrections division director, lives and found he is in compliance with residency requirements.

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.