A new political roundup for a Monday that starts with the city budget bottom line we will know much more about tomorrow and moves the question of blue businesses, the Governor's race and a DC Scorecard... careful though the plate is hot... dailymemphian.com/section/metr...
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Ready. Set. Vote: Early voting in the first of three elections this year begins Wednesday dailymemphian.com/section/metr...
Another political roundup because there's too much going on for just one political roundup. So catchup to Harris's endorsement in the Mayoral primary, MPD records lawsuit, Lowery on LeBron and Green campaigns in Millington with several swipes at Blackburn. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
First of two political roundups as things are really busy around here: Weatherspoon kicks off campaign; sheriff candidates rev up; McGowen on xAI, and Cohen's 'looking good' dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
Catch up to BTH on WKNO where we talked politics with the leaders of both local parties just ahead of the Wednesday start of early voting in the County primaries...
Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the March 28 No Kings march that ended with Memphis Police pepper-spraying demonstrators.
Kaye’s Pints & Scoops, a small-batch ice creamery in Whitehaven, is expanding to Crosstown Concourse.
Two fast-moving storm systems that are sweeping across central and northeastern parts of the U.S. are bringing severe thunderstorms with the potential for tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail through Friday.
A bill that would have awarded FedEx approximately $20 million in tax breaks for building materials failed on the House floor following a close vote.
The political roundup on the No Kings aftermath here in Memphis along with Republicans and takeover talk along with notes from the Trump visit including being cagey about the Rep primary race for Governor, stops with Burgess and DeBerry in the County Mayor's race dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
Here is our comprehensive Monday review of No Kings in Memphis and its aftermath. dailymemphian.com/section/metr... @dailymemphian.bsky.social
The Daily Memphian sent four staffers to President Donald Trump’s visit to Memphis. Today, veteran reporter Bill Dries is here to talk about some of the behind-the-scenes details.
The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Friends for our Riverfront and others, challenging the construction of the new Memphis Art Museum Downtown has hit another barrier.
Marina Pacini — the former chief curator of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art — talks about how she put together the exhibition marking Memphis College of Art’s history and impact.
About a dozen campuses run by MSCS will be subject to more academic scrutiny about the next year as officials work to improve the schools’ F letter grades.
Six months into the Memphis Safe Task Force, the city’s crime numbers are down — and the rhetoric is heating up.
A look at the past we construct and the past as it really is - a chapter in an ongoing story - both versions in a place called Frayser. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/a...
Over the next couple months, the Shelby County Commission will have to wrestle with how many Memphis-Shelby County Schools projects the county can actually fund. Doing them all would cost $200 million, a sum the county is unlikely to provide.
Here’s what the 16 races for seats in the Tennessee legislature representing Shelby County looked like at the Tuesday deadline to get on the Aug. 6 ballot.
The 1st includes DeSoto County. Southaven, Hernando, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Oxford, and Tupelo are all in the district.
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The next era of Swamp Bar has arrived: Swamp Bar Lounge. Manager Sam Reeves Hill journeyed deep into the two "Swamps" on Sound Bites. 👉 dailymemphian.com/section/foodfood-news/ar...
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State Rep. Gabby Salinas recently visited a local high schooler who was arrested by the Memphis Safe Task Force and is now being held at the ICE detention center in Mason, Tennessee.
Another busy political roundup including one of the eight candidates booted from the May primaries wins his appeal and returns to the crowded Democratic primary for County Clerk...