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The Blvd’s pastor talks ‘community-informed’ master plan
As it stands now, the Temple Israel building will come down to make way for Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s new church home.
Bill Dries
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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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MetroPolitical Roundup: Sen. Blackburn toured xAI — without Elon Musk
The tour came the same day Musk announced his departure from the Trump administration.
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Public SafetyThe plan for a focused crime lab run by Shelby County government
A new plan for a local crime lab would focus on three specific areas with an estimated annual cost of $5.5 million. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy took the plan to Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday, June 4.
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Shelby CountyShelby County revises forensic center contract after lack of bids
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has operated the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center since 2014.
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Shelby CountyShelby County Commission wrestles financial issues with end of fiscal year looming
The full commission has one more voting meeting on June 23 to approve an operating budget, a capital budget and set the county property-tax rate before the fiscal year begins.
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Shelby CountyCounty Commission to take final vote on affordable-housing construction
There will be a final vote on a new program to activate affordable housing on land currently going into the County Land Bank.
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May 2025
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Shelby County Shelby County Democratic Party elects leader
A grassroots organizer emerged as the winner over a retired businessman and party activist.
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Behind The Headlines Memphis Zoo’s evolving role in conservation comes at a cost
Memphis Zoo CEO Matt Thompson talks on “Behind The Headlines” about rising costs and lower attendance figures as well as how the zoo’s focus on elephants in an upcoming exhibit.
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North MemphisOld Manassas High to become ‘cottages’ for homeless families
“It’s about the mother of the child who is going to school with your child,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “After school you take your child home. The other mother is taking her child to truck stops.”
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City of Memphis Rising from the ashes: Clayborn Temple resurrection gets $1.5M grant
The announcement was the kickoff of rebuilding efforts for the historic church.
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Shelby CountyCounty budget proposal $9.5M short, according to trustee
In an “apples and oranges” comparison, the Shelby County Trustee said her office and the mayor’s administration don’t project county revenue the same way.
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Real EstateThe story about housing in Memphis ‘has not been a positive one’
A new coalition is hoping to jump-start the development of both rented and owned homes.
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MetroPolitical Roundup: ‘Move 201 Poplar’ and then ‘put a major hotel there’
Memphis City Council member Dr. Jeff Warren dipped his toe across the city-county dividing line when he waded into a discussion about building a new jail instead of a new Regional One Health campus.
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Behind The Headlines Will city stay committed to police reforms after DOJ changes position?
Following the U.S. Department of Justice’s scathing report highlighting police abuses of power, Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the city would not enter into any federal consent decree with the DOJ.
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Metro D.C. Scorecard: How Memphis’ reps voted on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The scorecard tracks how the city’s representatives voted in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate where the state’s two U.S. senators have already indicated they favor it.
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City of Memphis Historic Clayborn Temple director’s home caught fire weeks before church blaze
Before the April 28 fire at the Downtown church, there were fires at the Memphis home of the nonprofit’s leader and another in East Tennessee at a property owned by her family.
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State GovernmentD.C. Scorecard: FBI director’s 43 words about murders in Memphis
“I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Shelby County County Commission braces for another budget battle
Shelby County commissioners drew battle lines at their Monday, May 19, session as they go into the home stretch of their budget season.
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City of Memphis City Council clears agenda for budget season
The council also decided Tuesday, May 20, an appeal of a two-lot subdivision planned by one of its members in East Memphis and rejected a truck lot at Shelby Drive and Tchulahoma Road.
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City of Memphis City Council takes final vote on blight fee, first votes on new city division
The Tuesday council day at City Hall also features a full briefing on a 120-year old brick culvert beneath the fire department’s maintenance shop that is at risk of “catastrophic failure.”
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City of Memphis Paul Chandler named Memphis River Parks Partnership CEO
Chandler announced last week that he was leaving his position as executive director of the Germantown Performing Arts Center.
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Shelby County County Commission moves into budget season
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has proposed a property tax rate for the new fiscal year that starts July 1 but the commission may leave the ordinance setting the new tax rate blank for now.
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Metro Political Roundup: ‘Some of these devils want me to be gone,’ Ford Jr. said
Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. calls out political rivals, campaigning for 2026 has already started and county budget hearings will be missing a lot of key people.
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Behind The Headlines Federal funding cuts accelerate uncertainty for Memphis nonprofits
The leaders of two local safety-net nonprofits are watching Washington as closely these days as they watch a long list of clients and the bank balance of their organizations.
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South Memphis Southwest Twin Drive-In redevelopment breaks ground
The old drive-in movie site in Southwest Memphis will have a police precinct and a public library with plans for private development modeled on the 5-year-old Raleigh Springs Town Centre.
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