The city is still searching for a space where teenagers, once picked up by MPD, would spend time waiting for their parents. 

As President Donald Trump touts the Memphis Safe Task Force as proof that tough immigration policies and aggressive enforcement are restoring “law and order,” Mayor Paul Young argues Memphis’ long-term safety depends more on tackling poverty, disinvestment and other root causes. 

President Donald Trump came to Memphis to declare victory over crime. Two Friday night shootings were a reminder that work still remains.

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the city is moving in the right direction on crime, but didn’t credit President Donald Trump or the Memphis Safe Task Force for that.

Parents, pets and local politicians lined an intersection, holding signs condemning everything from President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts to the war in Iran.

A violent Friday night Downtown stokes the ongoing debate about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s effectiveness. 

The state has a five-year $60 million contract with a Pennsylvania company to maintain the city’s interstate system, including fixing potholes and removing snow and ice. 

For years, people choosing to move outside Memphis’ city limits have reshaped neighborhoods and changed spending patterns. But now, continued population loss could start to compound in the city budget. 

After months of legal limbo, the State of Tennessee and several Memphis Democratic elected officials squared off over the legality of the Tennessee National Guard’s deployment in Memphis. 

A Memphis City Council member is pushing the city to crack down on short-term rental problems.

The Council put off any vote on the streamlined impasse procedure for three weeks. Meanwhile, a Council discussion about how to regulate short-term rental properties took an AI turn.

The Daily Memphian dove into the $2.2 million invested in the still-stalled private development. Now, two Memphis City Council members want answers from Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s administration.

The council could vote Tuesday on a new procedure for resolving impasses between the city and unions. It also gets an update on crime statistics.

Also in the political roundup, Tim Burchett at Lincoln Day, xAI surfaces at Democratic mayor’s forum, Henri Brooks on reasons to run and the shape of the new County Commission.

“I feel like we are on the right track — kind of pun intended — to stabilize, improve the service and then grow,” MATA Trustee Rodrick Holmes told The Daily Memphian.

Pieces of the puzzle include a delayed grocery store in Hyde Park, a Land Expo, emerging developers, questions about putting the cart before the horse and a community garden in Binghampton.

The Tuesday vote came with concerns that some library employees don’t believe they will have to reapply for their jobs.

The lawsuit claims Memphis illegally blocked access to MPD records after DOJ’s civil rights findings.

The bitter cold that battered Memphis in January has led to February utility bills that are much higher than last year and last month. 

The candidates each talked about their differences with each other as the campaigns move past introductions.

Topping the council’s agenda are final votes on the first step toward a Hyde Square plaza Downtown, as well as discussion on changing the status of library workers and an update on the city’s bus system.

The redevelopment project includes moving the hotel entrance to Main Street to face the convention center, and adding meeting space and an outdoor event lawn. 

The second effort to rebuild Clayborn Temple in as many years will be just as ambitious as the first, the leader of the nonprofit leading the project said Friday, Feb. 20.

MLGW urges people to avoid Fourth Street and Pontotoc Avenue.

The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County board OK’d Port of Memphis jurisdiction, a new PILOT program and a small business loan.