Construction could start on the Big League Multi-Sports Complex by the end of the year.

SpaceX said that Cursor will become a wholly owned subsidiary when the deal closes in the third quarter.

Also in this political roundup, Green campaigns at Da Sammich Shop, Blackburn calls for a “revisit” on a Nashville data center and Rose pans Starbucks incentives, along with a look at the FISA extension and immigration funding.

Today’s puzzle features Bill Kloos’ favorite cookies from Frost Bake Shop, taken by Jennifer Chandler. 

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Commissioners delayed votes on operating and capital budgets to a June 29 meeting that will also include a final vote on the property tax hike.

The legal fight over SpaceX’s private power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, became a matter of national security on Monday, June 15. 

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In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, attorneys for SpaceX argued that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality had signed off on the natural gas turbines and that Mississippi’s air-quality regulations allowed the turbines.

Yvonne Nelson, a Memphis community activist, was shot and killed near a middle school during an argument.

Wendelta, a subsidiary of Carlisle Corp., has acquired four local Wendy’s restaurants and plans “to make sure they’re running really, really well.”

JBS announced it is closing its Memphis plant effective Aug. 14, resulting in 208 layoffs.

The Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk was seen in custody at the Odell Horton Federal Building.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed a new Chancery Court Judge who will serve DeSoto County for now. 

“I’m not saying in 2028 we’re going to be sticking an ACC or Big 12 sticker in the middle of the field,” Tigers football Charles Huff said.

The project is an 800-square-foot retail bay between Cocozza American Italian Restaurant and Cordelia’s Market.

Will Cameron Boozer be available when the Grizzlies pick at No. 3? Will trade-market tremors shake up Ja Morant’s future? Does Memphis have a “Cam” quota?

In this week’s Ask the Memphian, we look back at the 1980s plan to build a highway on Mud Island, and the efforts of the people who stopped it. 

“We sometimes say that we make our money in complexity,” said Sarah Jemison, head of ALCO, which just cut the ribbon on new affordable-housing units in Memphis. 

Local dance director Katie Smythe’s new performing arts school recently bought Humes Middle, Elvis Presley’s alma mater in North Memphis. 

Walmart is considering introducing drone delivery from one of its Memphis-area locations. 

Memphis rapper GloRilla said she puts an R in any word that has a U in it. Now, linguistic researchers are hearing her out. 

Almost every Friday, Mara Daniele and her grandpa, Doug Duncan, meet for lunch for their “Around the World in 80 Plates” series. So far, they are about a fourth of the way around the world. 

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