Early voting is underway in the special general election for state Senate District 32. The district covers eastern Shelby County and all of Tipton County.

The Shelby County Election Commission will not appeal a state order barring the use of instant-runoff voting in the 2019 city elections. It is the last major decision of an election commission that is getting three new members.

County Commission Chairman Van Turner spoke on unity between the commission and mayor's office and several other issues at Memphis Rotary Tuesday. 

Mayor Lee Harris announced plans to present a MATA funding plan to the County Commission later this year. 

The late Carroll T. Dozier, the first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis, is among 42 priests named this week by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, as having a "credible and substantiated" allegation of child sexual abuse against him.

County Mayor Lee Harris gave his first State of the County address Friday, calling for a new direction in the economic development discussion. 

Over the past few months, Memphis and Shelby County Office of Re-Entry executive director Harold Collins has restructured the organization with the vision of those released from incarceration having a better chance at obtaining a living wage job.

The County Commission voted 8-1 against Memphis Stone & Gravel's application to build a 173-acre mining site in Rosemark.

The only contender so far for the leadership of the Shelby County Republican Party said the local party needs candidates who are more representative and the party needs to seek out African-American and Hispanic voters.

A proposed sand and gravel mining site has caused concerns for many Rosemark residents, who are expected to be present when county commissioners consider it Monday. 

More than 30 people attended Wednesday's County Commission committee meeting to speak out against a proposed gravel pit. 

The Shelby County results in the special primary elections for state Sen. District 32 are certified and dates for early voting in the special general election are set.

With eight new commissioners and a new mayor, Shelby County government is changing the way it approaches education moving forward. 

A Shelby County and city of Memphis joint ordinance is proposed to create the structure to allow the countywide prekindergarten program to expand by 1,000 seats next school year.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses juvenile justice reform with county beat reporter Omer Yusuf, and city government reporter Bill Dries gives a primer on the first election day of 2019.

The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to allocate $1.3 million to begin designing a new Youth Justice and Education Center to replace the current juvenile detention facility.

Shelby County commissioners will select an interim school board member next month, and interested candidates can apply as of Tuesday. The appointee will fill the seat Teresa Jones vacated following her recent appointment as a municipal court judge.

The Shelby County Commission is expected to appoint a new county historian at its Feb. 11 meeting. 

The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.

A second vote on Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' proposal for a new Juvenile Justice and Education Center is expected to take place at the next Shelby County Commission meeting Monday. 

A Memphis mechanical contractors association has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $500,000 in compensatory damages from Shelby County, claiming reverse discrimination.

The Memphis Branch NAACP called Thursday for the Shelby County Commission to approve funding to begin planning and design of a new juvenile detention center. The leader of the civil rights organization is a former county commissioner who clashed with the court in the past over some of the issues giving current commissioners pause.

More than 400 Shelby County deputies and jailers will have to retake psychological testing after officials learned the psychologist who did earlier testing had not been licensed by the state for 18 years.

Union Row developers are a step closer to a $50 million loan for a 2,200-space parking garage following a County Commission committee recommendation Wednesday. 

A new juvenile justice facility has been a top priority for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris.