Latest installment of South City funding approved
The city's fourth installment of $6 million for the South City development was approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council.
Bill Dries
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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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August 2019
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City of Memphis Dispute between Lausanne, neighborhood could move from courtroom to City Hall
An ongoing dispute between Lausanne Collegiate School and its residential neighbors is headed to court but made a stop at the City Council along the way.
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City of Memphis City Council motors through car-centric agenda items Tuesday
The council agenda Tuesday includes discussions about selling the old Cordova auto inspection station, allowing temporary closure of an Overton Square street and expanding a program that helps those with suspended drivers licenses pay fines and fees once they have met other terms.
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Elections Sawyer blazes five-year path from protest to mayor’s race
Memphis Mayoral contender and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer is mounting a complex challenge of incumbent mayor Jim Strickland. The challenge combines promises of disruption with national issues as Sawyer seeks to fuse activism with electoral politics.
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Metro Rally kicks off sales tax hike campaign
The storefront opening Saturday in the Poplar Corridor begins a campaign to the Oct. 3 election day. It also featured more of the clash of priorities among the major candidates for mayor on the same ballot.
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Metro City Council campaigns an unusual mix of full-term incumbents, newcomers and those in between
Council member Ford Canale is seeking a full four year term after being appointed to the body and winning a special election last year. On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Canale talks about his bid for a full term and council contender Jeff Warren offers "throwback" campaign paraphernalia.
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City of Memphis Moses denied place in race for Memphis mayor
Pamela Moses represented herself in a Chancery Court hearing Thursday, Aug. 15, unsuccessfully seeking to stop the printing and mailing of Memphis election ballots that go to city absentee voters starting Monday.
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City of Memphis Sawyer says Strickland is not ‘an anti-racist’
The mayoral contender and county commissioner commented on a "Behind The Headlines" recording Thursday when asked about comments made by CNN commentator Angela Rye in Memphis last week labeling Mayor Jim Strickland a "racist' and "Dixiecrat."
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Arts & Culture W.C. Handy House museum reopens after 6-month standoff
The shotgun house at Beale and Fourth has a new commitment by the city to promote W.C. Handy's music more than a century after he puts the blues on sheet music and spread the music form around the world.
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Metro The Memphis 200
The first installment of our – and your – collection of 200 memorable Memphians.
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Metro Strickland, Sawyer differences on police and protests are personal and political
The incumbent and challenger Tami Sawyer have a complex history on what is arguably the most volatile issue of the mayor's race.
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City of Memphis Leaders of sales tax hike push vow citywide campaign
Leaders of the “Memphis Campaign for Public Safety” said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast they think the wording of the Oct. 3 ballot question is clear although Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has said if it is approved, it would still have to go to the City Council for approval.
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City of Memphis MATA chief says referendum on bus funding source could follow city elections
On "Behind The Headlines," Gary Rosenfeld said a revenue source, possibly from a sales tax hike or gas tax hike, is needed to implement a two-year-old plan to increase the frequency of bus trips in the core city and to find ways to connect areas outside of the core.
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Metro Plastic bag ban voted down by City Council
A citywide plastic bag ban that would have tested a state law forbidding such limitation by local governments was voted down by the Memphis City Council.
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Metro Foote Homes’ first phase nears completion
Three council members took a look around the new Foote Park at South City Tuesday with plenty of questions and discussion around the larger issue of how to keep the city's development boom from displacing Memphians.
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Metro Some on council question city’s $3M toward tennis center expansion
The city's $3 million commitment to the $19 million undertaking would come from a source some city council members say could have been tapped for other priorities.
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Public Safety Sheriff’s deputy stabbed, suspect shot and killed in Downtown Memphis
A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy was stabbed and a man identified as James Lee Kirkwood was killed by the officer during an officer-involved shooting incident Downtown Monday morning.
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City of Memphis Council could take final vote on Memphis 3.0
Memphis City Council members take final votes Tuesday on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines, a new set of rules for public art projects funded by the city and a ban on plastic bags.
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Metro Handy House to reopen with parade
The W.C. Handy House and Museum in the Beale Street entertainment district will reopen Saturday with a parade and live music.
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City of Memphis Herenton vows to ‘Fight the Power’
Tami Sawyer charges patriarchy. The Jim Strickland campaign says Willie Herenton left a "mess" with tax hikes and service cuts during his 17-year tenure at City Hall.
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City of Memphis Strong to challenge Cohen in 2020 Democratic Congressional primary
Former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong will challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in the August 2020 Democratic Congressional primary.
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City of Memphis Johnson campaigns for council on suspicions about development boom
Memphis City Council contender Frank Johnson is connecting with some supporters with his concerns about gentrification and displacement as parts of the city prosper and other parts don't.
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City of Memphis Rallings says review of Frayser disorder continues but police responded with restraint
On "Behind The Headlines," Memphis Police Chief Michael Rallings said a federal court consent decree forbidding police surveillance has put the police department in a "very difficult situation" but that he will abide by court's ruling. He also said MPD is still reviewing how it handled the Brandon Webber situation six weeks ago.
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July 2019
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City of Memphis Strickland says first term as mayor has answered call for change
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland opened his reelection campaign headquarters Tuesday in Poplar Plaza, citing his record and setting a goal to "accelerate momentum" if elected to a second term.
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City of Memphis Strickland, Herenton go after each other in mayor’s race
Mayor Jim Strickland and former Mayor Willie Herenton have raised their rhetoric about each other in recent days after initially avoiding direct criticism of each other.
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