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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Lawmakers and leaders are reacting after the Shelby County Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to appoint Justin J. Pearson to his seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Chants from Pearson’s supporters filled the room after all seven commissioners in attendance voted “Yes” to the decision. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris signed […]

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris may have traveled halfway around the world to reach this corner of Africa, but she was welcomed as a “daughter of our own country” when she sat down with Zambia’s leader. The visit, President Hakainde Hichilema said, was “like a homecoming.” It was a reference to a […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patrick Rodgers shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Valero Texas Open, with his first PGA Tour title and Masters spot at stake. Making his 235th tour start, the 30-year-old Rodgers had a 12-under 204 total at the Oaks Course at […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert remained defiant in the face of a call to resign her office during a contentious back-and-forth with county commissioners Wednesday. In a more than hour-long meeting, Halbert was questioned about plans for her Poplar Plaza office, which has been under a microscope from Shelby County Mayor Lee […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mayor Lee Harris is putting more pressure on Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s office Wednesday, as time runs out for Halbert to sign a new lease on her satellite office. At issue is the Poplar Plaza satellite office location of the clerk’s office. The lease for the space is set to run […]

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — If U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has a favorite number on her trip to Africa, it’s undoubtedly 19. That’s the median age in Africa, and she repeats the fact at every opportunity. For Harris, it’s not a piece of trivia but the driving force behind the stepped-up U.S. outreach to African […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County Commissioner is asking County Clerk Wanda Halbert to step down after emails obtained by WREG Investigators show her lease at one satelite office lease about to expire and another called into question. Emails from September 2022 obtained through a county government source with knowledge of the matter show the […]

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent Monday evening detailing how Black women have been vital in the fight to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the constitution. The group was clear about why now is the time to make that amendment the law of the land.  “Black women have always […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The mayor of Shelby County is threatening to investigate County Clerk Wanda Halbert for dereliction of duty if she does not meet a Friday deadline to move an East Memphis office location. Wanda Halbert’s office issued the following statement on Friday: The issue concerns the clerk’s satellite office in the Poplar Plaza […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Commission voted Monday night in favor of the resolution to further explore the prospect of rebuilding Regional One Health. But many of them want more answers by a quick deadline.  $350 million is not a small ask. But that’s what Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris hopes the county commission will […]

BERLIN (AP) — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so requires quickly slashing nearly two-thirds of carbon pollution by 2035, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. The United Nations chief said […]