City Council budget committee begins operating budget review with police spending
Memphis City Council members begin scrutinizing the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.
Bill Dries
Reporter
Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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Metro Fire damage estimated at $5 million to building in Forum Flats development
Damage is estimated at $5 million to one building under construction in the 205-unit development at Danny Thomas and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Shelby County Harris says terms for county funding of MATA address balance between frequency and coverage
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says he wants to know county funding for the bus system will go to increasing ridership, and he also talks about whether Memphis Area Transit Authority should go to more frequent routes or broader coverage.
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City of Memphis Cohen calls Barr ‘chicken’ as Republicans back attorney general
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis reacted to Attorney General William Barr's no-show before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday by bringing a ceramic chicken and a bucket of KFC. The reaction of the city's Republican representatives in Washington has been decidedly different.
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Business Epping Way Raleigh mansion site to become gated subdivision
The mansion that Berry Brooks built atop a hill in Raleigh is coming down along with the hill for a new subdivision of affordable houses.
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City of Memphis Wilson, Moses push mayoral campaigns at May Day rally
Two contenders for Memphis mayor called for change in the city's leadership during a lunch hour rally outside City Hall that featured competition from a rain storm and an active shooter scare.
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Arlington Arlington ballot starts to take shape with mayoral challenge
Incumbent Mayor Mike Wissman is seeking his third term and has a challenge from one of the town's aldermen in early moves toward setting the Sept. 19 Arlington ballot.
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Education Selection of Ray is latest chapter in politics of public education
Joris Ray's public campaign to go from interim to permanent superintendent was different, but the push to keep the school system's leadership local and from within the system has been a constant feature of choosing a superintendent.
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April 2019
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City of Memphis Memphis City Council begins detailed budget review
The process for getting neighborhood speed humps and their distribution, and the cost of a modernized traffic intersection were among detailed line items City Council members reviewed on the first day of budget hearings Tuesday.
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City of Memphis Task force on TVA-MLGW relationship gets down to business of power Tuesday
A 20-member advisory group on the idea of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division changing its relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority meets Tuesday for the first time.
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City of Memphis People’s Convention set for June 8 with survey results forming agenda
A “People’s Convention," designed to develop a ticket of candidates in the 2019 Memphis elections around a particular agenda, is back on the calendar for June 8.
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Education Eleven school superintendents in 60-plus years chronicle changes
As board members of Shelby County Schools consider making interim Superintendent Joris Ray permanent, here's a look at superintendents who have lead Memphis schools over the past half century and how their selections altered the process.
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Metro Fundraisers and neo-Confederate threats mark five months to Memphis election day
Mayor Jim Strickland says city's challenges are the reason for his re-election bid. Challenger Tami Sawyer said white supremacist threats won't stop her campaign and the race for City Court Clerk grows.
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North Memphis Epping Way’s Greenway return comes as other parts of Raleigh estate vanish
The Raleigh segment of the Wolf River Greenway formally opened Saturday as the nearby estate house that once looked out on 200 acres of land that went all the way to the Wolf River is about to be demolished.
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City of Memphis Smiley comes to quest for council with lessons learned from 2018 run
Making his second bid for elected office in a year, J.B. Smiley Jr. says his city council campaign this year is a mix of millennials and local political veterans.
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City of Memphis Memphis one of 20 cities to get 5G in 2019
Verizon announced Thursday Memphis is one of 20 cities across the country that will receive 5G Ultra Wideband service this year. Mayor Jim Strickland has been hinting at the announcement for several months as he’s talked about road and utility work underway across the city.
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City of Memphis Memphis hires Extreme Networks for support of growing digital network
The city of Memphis has hired Extreme Networks Inc. of San Jose, California, to provide support for city government’s use of cameras and routing systems for transportation and logistics as well as the security of the city’s digital and computer network.
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City of Memphis Greer tends to basics as he decides to seek full term in council District 1
District 1 City Councilman Sherman Greer comes from a political background of detailed constituent services and keeping an eye on the Tennessee Legislature as he prepares to run for a full four-year term on the council.
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Metro City signs letter of intent with Loews for new convention center hotel
A letter of intent signed Tuesday replaces one being pursued for a joint development by Loews and THM. THM wants to build the second convention center hotel at a restored 100 North Main Building.
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Metro NAACP Freedom Fund gathering reflects political balancing act
The Memphis Branch NAACP honored three leaders of the efforts to remove Confederate monuments from two local parks and in the process Saturday reflected the balancing act that is a feature of the race for Memphis mayor.
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Shelby County Shelby County elections administrator backs voter registration rule changes
Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips says some changes in voter registration rules are necessary after her experience with organized registration drives in the 2018 midterm elections.
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City of Memphis Strickland defends Memphis 3.0 plan
Mayor Jim Strickland said Memphis 3.0 is "where it needs to be" a day after a showdown in North Memphis between planning and development leaders and critics of the 20-year land use plan.
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State Government Governor pours $10 million into Tom Lee Park improvements
Gov. Bill Lee is putting $10 million of his $66.8 million supplemental budget into a Memphis riverfront development grant, though the scope of the funding is unclear. Mayor Jim Strickland said the money is specifically for Tom Lee Park.
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City of Memphis Budget talks could include looking at bigger pay hike for non-public safety city workers
City council members start budget hearings next month and there are still a few more details to come about how much revenue the council will have as it considers amendments or changes in Mayor Jim Strickland's proposal.
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City of Memphis North Memphis 3.0 showdown moves from courtesy to accusations
The latest meeting on the Memphis 3.0 plan demonstrated the lingering confusion – and some suspicion – about what the long-range development plan recommends and how it works.
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