Memphis voters in August will get a second chance to extend the number of terms the mayor and City Council members can remain in office.
The council, on third and final reading Tuesday (May 24), approved an ordinance that, if...
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On Tuesday, the Memphis City Council passed a resolution formally objecting to a Tennessee bill proposing a law that would allow Memphis police officers and firefighters to live outside of Shelby County.
HB 105 has the support...
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...
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...
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The Memphis City Council’s Memphis Light, Gas & Water (MLGW) Committee met Tuesday with members of the area provider’s leadership, who delivered a post-mortem of the utility’s response to the recent ice.
Stretching from Texas to Maine,...
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...
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...
As civil servants go, Teresa Jones was willing to be measured by her attentiveness to those she committed to serve and the reaction to her death over the weekend reflected that she hit that mark with regularity.
The Memphis Municipal...
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Seventies soul standouts the Temprees Tuesday (July 20) joined the ranks of Memphis artists who have had a street honorarily named after them when the Memphis City Council adopted a resolution granting the honor.
Joubert Avenue, between...
Memphians who are facing utility cutoff notices may qualify for up to a $500 credit on their MLGW utility bills through the City of Memphis Utility Assistance Fund.
Mayor Jim Strickland and the Memphis City Council set aside $1 million...