New MATA board signals gradual move away from trustee

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 01, 2026 10:04 PM CT | Published: September 01, 2026 9:44 PM CT

For the time being, the new MATA board will coexist with a trustee. The Memphis City Council also approved funding for four parks projects.

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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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