James Coleman

A resolution seeking $3.5 million for the purchase of the Metro Shopping Plaza on E.H. Crump Boulevard, just west of Danny Thomas, was tossed back to the committee level on Monday (March 20) after supporters couldn’t close the deal with the Shelby County Board...

With at least two, and maybe three, declared candidates for the looming Memphis mayor’s election facing residency requirements, the Memphis City Council’s Personnel & Governmental Affairs Committee held the first round of discussions on Tuesday (March 21), concerning a proposed referendum to clarify the...

Attorneys for Shelby County Sheriff and Memphis mayoral candidate Floyd Bonner Jr. filed a suit in Chancery Court on Tuesday (March 14), challenging the Memphis City Charter’s residency requirement for candidates for mayor. Candidates are required to reside within the city limits for five years...

For voters of Tennessee House District 86, there’s only one person for the job as Democratic candidate Justin Pearson ran unopposed in the special election on Tuesday (March 14) to fill the seat vacated upon the death of longtime Rep. Barbara Cooper. Cooper, the oldest-serving...

The expected release Wednesday (March 8) of 20 additional hours of Tyre Nichols-related beating video was delayed by a Shelby County Criminal Court judge at the request of an attorney representing a former Memphis police officer charged with fatally beating Nichols. Also Wednesday, the U.S....

Two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, Memphis City Council members on Tuesday (March 7) passed a sweeping set of reforms to overhaul policing practices, provide oversight and improve training. The reform ordinances were passed on their third and final readings. However, an ordinance that...

Memphis City Council members Tuesday (Feb. 21) passed on second reading a slate of reforms designed to reign in police practices and add oversight in response to the bludgeoning death of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers. The council must pass the ordinances on three...

As the city comes to grips with the recent deaths of Tyre Nichols and Memphis Police Officer Geoffrey Redd, the Memphis City Council’s Public Safety Committee Tuesday (Feb. 21) offered a window into the tenuous balance city leaders are trying to strike between over-policing...

Shelby County Commissioners on Monday (Feb. 6) unanimously adopted a pair of nonbinding resolutions to increase transparency and improve de-escalation training for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. The items echo similar reforms being considered by members of the Memphis City Council.  Both bodies are moving on...

A push to rename Audubon Park and its lake is expected to be stalled until Feb. 7 when the Memphis City Council is set to discuss two proposed re-naming ordinances.  Memphis City Councilmember Patrice Robinson has proposed renaming the park Memphis Botanical Park after the...