Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright talks about why Mayor Lee Harris’ county budget proposal may have a rocky road to the new fiscal year.

Shelby County Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to “retain and protect” its authority to fill county office vacancies Monday.

Mayor Lee Harris' $1.3 billion budget proposal includes funding for a new tech startup fund, raises for county employees and one of the county's largest investments in prekindergarten. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is expected to present a budget next week with no property tax increase, a small raise for county employees and one of the county’s largest investments in prekindergarten.

A plan to address homelessness in Memphis includes funding a new women's shelter as part of a relocation and expansion of Hospitality Hub. 

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and Mayor Lee Harris’ administration disagree about the intent of a phone call between a Nashville lobbyist and a special assistant to the mayor last month regarding filling school board vacancies.

Local legislators reacted along party lines Thursday to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway is set to meet with the state attorney general's office to discuss matters dealing with the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Lee's education savings account plan.

Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips and new election commissioner Brent Taylor discuss recent changes to voter registration rules and turnover on the five-member body.

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.

Shelby County Schools board members and County Commissioners held a historic joint meeting Wednesday to discuss the district’s preliminary 2019-20 operating budget.

Veteran Shelby County Election Commissioner Steve Stamson is the new chairman of the five-member body.

Shelby County commissioners will likely get an early preview of the Shelby County Schools budget Wednesday. 

Amid concerns about the University of Memphis’ commitment to raising the minimum wage for its employee to $15 per hour, the United Campus Workers and several alumni held a press conference Friday urging the university to implement wage increases by 2020.

The new Shelby County Democratic Party chairman says he is attempting to move beyond the controversy to bring new and established Democrats together after Democrats swept every countywide office on the ballot in 2018.

Shelby County Commissioners have approved committing $450,000 to the Economic Development Growth Engine over three years to hire two economic development case managers.

Shelby County Commissioners are expected to vote Monday on committing $450,000 to the Economic Development Growth Engine over the next three years, which officials say would go toward funding two employees to strengthen local economic development.

Harris was unopposed and by a narrow vote got the majority needed after answering lots of questions about the recent suspension of his law license. The vote also included lots of evidence of different factions within the party that was reformed in 2017.

Shelby County is holding a budget retreat Saturday to allow newly and returning county officials to discuss the current budget as well as next steps for the upcoming budget cycle.

The balloting among party leaders Saturday appears to be a choice between Michael Harris and state Sen. Raumesh Akbari after state Rep. London Lamar withdrew Thursday. 

Former Shelby County mayor Bill Morris said Wednesday public service “preserves a democracy” after receiving the first lifetime achievement award from the Rotary Club of Memphis East. 

The Democratic state Representative got into the race just before a Wednesday deadline for nominations as another contender dropped out and a contender who stayed in the race faces questions about a suspended law license. The party's grass roots council makes its decision Saturday.

Construction has begun on a new $25 million Shelby County Health Department headquarters. 

Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says local Democrats made a good start in the 2018 county elections, sweeping every countywide office on the ballot and improving the Democratic majority on the Shelby County Commission to eight seats.

The Saturday Shelby County Democratic Party convention is the first of two gatherings to elect the party's leadership for the next two years including a new party chairman to be elected at a later meeting.