City Council approves big changes to city impasse procedure
The rewrite of the impasse procedure is the most significant change in a process drafted in the wake of 1978 strikes by Memphis police and firefighters.
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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City of Memphis Case dismissed in lawsuit to stop Brooks’ Downtown museum
The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Friends for our Riverfront and others, challenging the new Memphis Art Museum Downtown has hit another barrier.
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NeighborhoodsAs Frayser celebrates 200 years, this group wants to make their neighborhood a place people stay
“You didn’t have to leave Frayser. Now you have to leave. That is our fault.”
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Behind The Headlines Changes to county juvenile detention include uniforms and toothbrushes
The change in who runs the detention center on a daily basis began this past October — about the time the Memphis Safe Task Force began operations locally.
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Shelby County No small change: Commissioners tackle penny problem
Amid the phase-out of the penny, a resolution seeks help from the Tennessee Legislature to change state laws that don’t allow court clerks to round up or down the amounts they collect in court fines and fees.
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City of MemphisNo Kings march rallies Dems. Young stresses crime-decline timeline. Trump cagey in governor’s race.
Before the violent end of the No Kings march, Democrats talked about holding elected officials accountable. Meanwhile, a Republican candidate on this year’s ballot is pointing to state takeovers.
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Downtown No Kings march ends with pepper spray and arrests
The march began peacefully at Robert R. Church Park, but confrontations with police at the end of the day led to arrests. Two of the arrested marchers have been released, but two others remain in custody.
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Public Safety Cops on leave after violent No Kings march
Memphis Mayor Paul Young announced that the city will investigate police actions at a No Kings march in Downtown Memphis.
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Shelby County Post-Ford County Commission sets new rules for ‘disruptive’ commissioners
The new rule allows the body to possibly remove a disruptive commissioner from discussion with a two-thirds vote. The Commission also approved an increase in funding for a UTHSC contract and voted down a $65,000 grant by Commissioner Henri Brooks.
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Downtown Construction of riverboat landing on Mud Island kicks off
Leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground Monday, March 30, as several barges passed by on a windswept river.
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April 2026
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Shelby County Halbert ouster attempt could be back in play
The Tennessee Supreme Court decided not to hear Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s appeal of the second attempt to remove her from office. This means the County Attorney’s office could move ahead with a private attorney.
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