The ordinance is possible because of a state law passed in the Tennessee Legislature this year that enabled local legislative bodies to do that in Shelby and Knox counties.

Public broadcasting has been threatened in the past, but local ties have largely enabled the stations to escape cutbacks — legislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting them down. The current threat is seen as the most serious in the system’s history.

The Daily Memphian obtained audio and video excerpts of Marie Feagins’ “Take a Seat” event cohosted by former CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin. Feagins advertised the event as being open to media, but The Daily Memphian’s ticket was refunded without explanation.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond released a set of goals. But he told board members that accomplishing some of those goals will require more district reorganization.

Officials with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and local law enforcement, who were most of the audience, held a community forum that focused on gun safety, mental health and marijuana use. 

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board approved a resolution supporting private school vouchers, directed the superintendent to have local leaders weigh in on a facilities plan and did not censure board member Towanna Murphy for ethics violations.

The initial Trump administration visa-revocation policy and its reversal have created confusion for international students and their attorneys. 

The Daily Memphian reviewed public records that illuminate the needs for Memphis-Shelby County Schools facilities. The assessments found about $40 million in immediate needs for the district, and some $1.38 billion in estimated upgrades.

The expansion will add 21,000 square feet of space, including a new pre-K facility and renovations to the existing school, including two playgrounds, two STEM labs, an updated dining hall and a chapel.

Rhodes College students Sandy Mansour and Kai Virani have advanced to the finals of a national undergraduate entrepreneurship competition in Minneapolis.

“Just because the club closed does not mean the need is gone,” Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis CEO Gwendolyn Woods said. “We absolutely need Boys and Girls Clubs after-school programs inside of the schools.”

Under a new law, Shelby County Commissioners have the power to term limit Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members and could put all nine board seats on the ballot in 2026.

Shelly Lowe, who was asked to step down as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities by President Donald Trump in March, is giving a public lecture Thursday.

After settling the district after the death of former Arlington Schools superintendent Jeff Mayo, Allison Clark has been rewarded with a four-year contract.

A special committee of state lawmakers is expected to hammer out the details of a proposed takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools in a final push toward passing the legislation before the Tennessee General Assembly adjourns in the coming days.

The move diminishes the chances for the bill to pass this year as lawmakers prepare for a likely adjournment this week.

Former Superintendent Marie Feagins debuted the real estate plan in December weeks before school board chair Joyce Dorse Coleman first called for her ouster. Progress appears to have continued through the leadership tumult.

As international students at CBU and the U of M, like others across the country, have their visas revoked, the issue is setting up new quandaries for college administrators. 

As college enrollments have dwindled in the United States, many colleges have stepped up international recruiting to close the gap. 

Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, and Sen. Brent Taylor, R- Eads, don’t yet agree on the role of a new appointed board. Here’s what they’ve offered in new proposals aimed at a compromise.

A Millington Central Middle High School basketball coach is on unpaid leave as part of an investigaiton.

Potts has 13 platinum singles and one platinum album.

“Special education preschool students throughout Tennessee do not get much funding. It’s almost a totally unfunded mandate,” Lakeland School System board member and legislative liaison Michelle Childs said.

The U.S. Department of Education’s changed rules for remaining pandemic funds have thrown some funding for Memphis-Shelby County Schools building projects in limbo. 

“I mean, Tom was the kind of person that made a university a community,” said former university president M. David Rudd of Tom Nenon, who died Friday, April 4, of cancer.