The Early Word: County won’t fund takeover fight; reflecting on Jim Baker
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Hello. It’s Tuesday, April 28, and the Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis was going to be in the hot seat at Memphis City Council over last month’s No Kings protest violence. But that’s disappeared from the agenda.
County won’t fund takeover fight: The Shelby County Commission fell one vote short on a plan to pay for Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ lawsuit against the state takeover.
Calling in backup: Shelby County is about to get two more courts to deal with the case backlog.
Recap from Nashville: The 114th General Assembly is over, and we’ve got a look at what lawmakers accomplished in regard to immigration — and everything else.
‘A host until the end’: Friends and family remember the late Owen Brennan’s owner Jim Baker Jr.
Course correction: Part of Bartlett’s Quail Ridge Golf Course should reopen next month.
Grizzly thoughts by Chris Herrington: The Daily Memphian’s basketball wiz is here with musings on all kinds of Grizz news.
New Tigers: Northwestern transfer guard Jayden Reid is staying in the cat family. And a player known for a viral dunk has committed to Memphis, too.
Future not so bright? The outlook for one of Downtown’s largest buildings just got murkier.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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