Novel bookstore employees to vote on union
Discussions to form a union began a little more than a year ago. Management has given raises, but they have not been able to keep up with the cost of living in Memphis, employees said.
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May 2026
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Table Talk: Farewell barbecue week, it was nice to meat you
I polled The Daily Memphian’s staff on what our barbecue team’s name should be, if we had one. The answers were pretty incredible.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Fearing the Spurs and sorting through the NBA Draft
The first of a two-part Grizzlies Mailbag will focus on questions related to the coming draft, with other post-draft offseason questions dominating next week’s follow-up.
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Olymbec USA adds to its Southwest Memphis holdings
The privately-held commercial real estate firm bought the warehouse for $4.5 million.
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Anthropic paying $15B a year to rent Memphis data center from SpaceX
Earlier in May, xAI (now a part of SpaceX) announced a deal with Anthropic, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence chatbot Claude.
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The Early Word: Anthropic’s rent at xAI and how Mike Miller lets talent fly
Novel workers vote to unionize, an immigrants-rights group sues state troopers and Memphis names its first poet laureate.
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More than a thousand gather in Mississippi Capitol to protest redistricting
Activists, elected leaders and politicians from Mississippi and beyond gathered in the state’s capitol Wednesday to rally against redistricting efforts.
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Redbirds Recap: Redbirds fall at Iowa after ninth-inning comeback
Memphis scored two runs to tie the game in top of the ninth before suffering a walk-off loss.
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Mike Miller’s 15-year dream is realized, and it’s bringing some of the NBA Draft’s top prospects to Memphis
Mike Miller drew the Let It Fly Barn on a napkin for 15 years. Now that it’s finally built, he has brought some of the NBA Draft’s top prospects to Memphis.
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After six years, a new Enjoy A|M restaurant to open
“We’ve always wanted a cocktail, steakhouse-y kind of restaurant,” said Andy Ticer of the second-floor bar at his and Michael Hudman’s new restaurant.
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Calkins: Memphis to join Power 4 in 2028? So says Charles Huff.
Memphis coach Charles Huff said Memphis plans to join a Power 4 conference in 2028. Was it a guarantee? Not exactly. “I think you’ve got to speak things into existence,” he said.
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Lakeland School System approves 2026-27 budget
With the completion of all levels of school campuses, Lakeland School System’s board concentrates growth in its $37.8 million budget on benefits for teachers and students.
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Germantown office building bought for $5.5 million
A former FedEx office could become upscale medical campus.
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Tic-tac-whoa: Rhodes professor to research combinatorial game theory in Slovenia
Eric Gottlieb has been granted a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach and conduct research at the University of Primorska in Europe.
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The Early Word: Huff has a lot to say; Andrew Michael guys have a new place
Redistricting fight brings out the big guns, the ex-MATA CEO wants her job back and Novel workers may form a union.
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Inked: New industrial buyer, SRM expands and Village Mart adds 10th local store
A Dallas-based industrial real estate investment firm has made its first purchase in Memphis, and Village Mart, a local clothing store, has signed a lease for a new location.
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Redbirds recap: Memphis chips away at Iowa for 6-3 win
Memphis continues to hold first place in the International League standings.
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New company taking over ‘largest development in the history of Downtown’
A newly formed company has taken over a Downtown tech-hub project that would combine computing infrastructure, office and residential space on one campus.
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Scotty Hendricks resigns from Germantown schools board
Hendricks is resigning about six months before the end of the term as his family will relocate. He was appointed to the GMSD board in 2025 to finish the term of Dr. Daniel Chatham.
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Germantown school board passes tight $92M budget amid funding battle
The approval “should not be misconstrued as consent,” as Germantown school leaders say there is still money that the city owes the suburban district.
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Redistricting update: ACLU brings in outside attorney. A case is reassigned. NAACP calls for college boycott
The ACLU of Tennessee brings in outside attorneys to argue against new congressional map as another case gets reassigned and the NAACP calls for a boycott of college sports in eight states in reaction to redistricting.
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Memphis baseball prepares for first conference tournament in three years
The No. 5 seed Tigers will play No. 8 seed Charlotte in the American Conference Tournament in Clearwater, Florida.
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Arlington schools lock in superintendent’s new four-year deal, plan raises and stipends
Arlington Community School board approves its budget for the coming fiscal year, while recognizing the work of Superintendent Allison Clark with a new four-year contract.
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Spring Fling 2026: CBHS, Collierville share title aspirations in boys soccer
Dragons begin Class AAA play Tuesday against Murfreesboro Siegel. Brothers open Wednesday vs. Chattanooga McCallie in Division 2-AA.
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Calkins: Why was there a flash mob in the Methodist hospital parking garage? Because dancing always helps.
Brittnye Ostrom-Robinson — a former dancer for the Memphis Grizzlies and U of M Pom — is stuck in the hospital with a difficult diagnosis. So how did friends and family lift her spirits? With a dancing flash mob, of course.
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