To no one’s surprise, members of the Shelby County Commission Wednesday (April 12) voted to reappoint recently ousted Tennessee State representative Justin Pearson back to his District 86 House seat.
The 7-0 vote came during a specially called meeting. Voting...
The long-running dispute between members of the Shelby County Commission and Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert clearly is ongoing after the embattled official was asked whether it was time for her to step down during Wednesday’s General Government Committee...
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...
Bubbling up out of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners Black Caucus is a resolution calling for a comprehensive study on how reparations would look in Shelby County.
The resolution, which is spearheaded by Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., is sponsored...
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...
The Shelby County Health Department and its partners, including the University of Memphis, have been awarded $13,837,767 over a 5-year term for infrastructure improvements and workforce development.
The grant funding is part of $3.2 billion in awards that the Centers...
Contentions between the Shelby County Clerk’s Office and the Shelby County Assessor’s Office came to a head as accusations and threats of ouster flew this week.
While Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert prepared for the county’s swearing-in ceremony Wednesday (Aug....
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert once again dodged county commissioners’ accountability efforts when a resolution to have her office investigated failed to gain the seven votes needed to start the process.
Only six commissioners voted to adopt the resolution at...
With outrage growing over Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s “scheduled” Jamaican vacation, a pair of Shelby County commissioners asked the county’s attorney on Tuesday (Aug. 23) to explore a possible recall vote.
Repeating his summerlong refrain that the “citizens deserve...
Embattled Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert announced closures for two separate weeks to catch up on the backlog of additional work the office is facing.
In a press release, Halbert said it was “all hands on deck” to catch up...