The Early Word: Animal officer faces cruelty charge; Task Force gets sued
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Good morning. It’s June 9, and while Shelby County and several of the suburbs may be saying “no new taxes,” the Memphis City Council could swing the other way. Council members have tossed around the idea of a 1-cent property-tax increase, and they’ll be talking budget stuff today.
MAS officer charged animal cruelty: An animal control officer has been arrested after police found abused and neglected dogs at his home.
Halo effect: Four Memphis residents are suing over the Memphis Safe Task Force’s use of Tennessee’s “Halo Law.”
Cereal killer: WK Kellogg Co. is cutting a whole bunch of Memphis jobs.
Does DeSoto have a problem? Child-sex crimes have dominated DeSoto County news lately.
Prime real estate: If Poplar Avenue was an ocean, you could buy a prime piece of beachfront property.
Creative accounting: Memphis Tigers football coach Charles Huff is playing a bit of Tetris with payments for his players.
Freedom Summer 2.0: Organizers of a new get-out-the-vote campaign are taking inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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