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Topic: Paul Young
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June 2026
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Mayor Young shakes up city leadership
Mayor Paul Young has named a new No. 2 at the COO post and a new CFO as well as an interim city engineer.
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Flyway completes Tom Lee Park transformation
The 220-foot-long boardwalk two years in the making offers an elevated view of the Mississippi River just beyond the edge of Tom Lee Park.
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State vows to speed up roadwork on Elvis Presley Boulevard
TDOT Commissioner Will Reid and Mayor Paul Young met twice this week after a stormy public meeting in Whitehaven recently, where those involved in the joint project told residents it wouldn’t be completed until 2031.
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City Council questions need for AutoZone Park money
The council delayed a vote Tuesday on financing changes to AutoZone Park for two weeks. The new funding will help the park meet Major League Baseball’s minimum standards for its minor league ballparks.
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Souls to the Polls rally mixes political optimism with hardcore organizing
Outrage over the redrawing of congressional district lines is fueling get-out-the-vote efforts in Memphis. The formal effort went public Sunday with a Souls at the Polls rally, where candidates were seen but not heard.
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Connecting the new housing dots and vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood
Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.
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May 2026
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City Council lets impasse ordinance veto stand. Now the rewrite begins.
An ad hoc group will now work on another rewrite to overhaul the 48-year-old procedure for resolving impasses between the city administration and labor unions.
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The City Council’s impasse over the city impasse procedure
At its Tuesday, May 26 session, the City Council will also take up a hotel surcharge for the Hyatt Centric at Beale Street and Riverside Drive, along with a name change for part of Alston Avenue.
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Affordable housing wins come a few lots at a time
Habitat for Humanity recently hit a milestone in Uptown: Two homes it finished building in February had their appraisals match their costs, which isn’t a given when talking about affordable housing in Memphis.
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Special session bid to ‘Flip Memphis’ becomes tip of political iceberg
The political roundup connects the dots on the call to redraw U.S. House district lines ahead of August Congressional primaries to the broader call by Republicans for more state control of the city.
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Man who attempted to kidnap Mayor Young indicted federally
The man who recently pleaded guilty to attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young last year has now been charged federally.
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April 2026
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Memphis budget shows rising cost of doing business
When presenting the budget, Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the city had to make “significant tradeoffs.” From pension to healthcare and clothing, here’s a closer look at the city’s spending.
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Mason Temple renovation marks latest chapter for civil rights landmark
The 81-year-old Mason Temple is getting a renovation, the latest in a series for the landmark that has a dramatic history as the place where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated.
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Mayor proposes 2% raise for city employees and no tax increase
Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the City of Memphis made “significant trade-offs” as it designed the city’s coming fiscal year budget.
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No city property-tax hike, says Mayor Paul Young
Young is prepping to present his budget proposal, meanwhile he’s already talking about the bottom line. Also in this roundup: Marsha Blackburn on climate change and Democrats vow statewide organization.
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Charges dropped for No Kings protestors
The No Kings protest last month ended with police pepper-spraying demonstrators.
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Man charged with attempting to kidnap mayor enters plea
The man accused of attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young last year has been sentenced and will be released from jail. He also may get to sit-down and talk with the mayor soon.
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$13 million MATA bridge loan tops City Council agenda
The Memphis City Council also looks at moving $6 million from riverfront projects to improvements around the future Memphis Art Museum.
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Hagerty: Memphis public safety solutions must be long-term, ‘military buildup’ necessary in Iran
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty talked with The Daily Memphian about the Memphis Safe Task Force and President Donald Trump’s pledge to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization.”
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Can a new approach convince people to put the guns down?
The city has quietly reorganized its gun violence intervention program, part of a longer-term effort to prevent shootings before they happen.
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Reaction to No Kings police response centers on city permit process
Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the March 28 No Kings march that ended with Memphis Police pepper-spraying demonstrators.
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Memphis Mayor Paul Young responds to LeBron James comments
The mayor reacts to the NBA superstar’s suggestion that the Memphis Grizzlies relocate to Nashville.
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March 2026
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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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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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