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Happy Tuesday! It’s June 10, and the Memphis City Council will be talking numbers today as the city budget deadline looms. Among the discussion topics: a plan to move money around in the Memphis Police Department budget.

Distracted driving is the new speeding: These days, insurance companies are more concerned about distracted driving, as we learn in Jody Callahan’s series on extreme speeding.

Meharry meet: Meharry Medical College, the state’s historically Black medical school, is branching out.

City raises lowered: The 5% raise that the Memphis City Council approved in May may be taken down a few notches.

Songs for St. Jude: Eight-year-old Henry Douglas wanted to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, so he started an Instagram account.

More money for Houston: Houston High school has seen few updates since it opened in 1989, so Germantown leaders on Monday decided to throw a little more money at the school for improvements.

Better Lake than never: They say life moves slower at the lake, and that seems to apply to Lakeland’s troubled Lake District mixed-use development, too. But things are picking up.

Cruel summer: The Memphis Grizzlies were already in for a challenging summer before second-year center Zach Edey sprained his left ankle. But there’s an even bigger concern.

Never say never: On Saturday, Boise State’s athletic director tweeted that he’d “never say never” to Memphis joining his team in the Pac-12. Memphis Tigers AD Ed Scott responded Sunday, less than 24 hours later.