Harris taps Director of Education in new position … Gray said his immediate goals are to come up with plans for early childhood education, workforce readiness programs and evaluate facility needs.
Live at 9: Mayor Lee Harris, Amy Weirich, Marvel … Check out all the Live at 9 interviews from Thursday, December 27, 2018.
Live at 9: Commissioners talk juvenile justice center, … Check out all the Live at 9 interviews from Thursday, January 10, 2019.
Mayor Harris: Initiative to increase pay to $15 per … Temporary county employees could soon be getting a raise.
Shelby County mayor proposes $25M new juvenile court Harris is proposing the county build a brand new juvenile justice education center to replace the current detention center. He sees the new space with a full range of social services, adequate classrooms and a functioning gym.
Harris looking to reform juvenile justice in Shelby … “Shelby County’s transfer rate is so, so far different from everyone else in the state.”
FedEx Logistics to move HQ downtown to former Gibson … FedEx Logistics will be moving their corporate headquarters into the old Gibson location in Downtown Memphis.
Memphis mayor: Electrolux agrees to drop PILOT, pay … Electrolux will voluntarily release its PILOT agreement, meaning that the appliance maker will pay its full share of local taxes as it winds down production at its Memphis facility, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said Friday.
Shelby County drops sewer plan, affecting development … County Mayor Lee Harris is going back on a plan announced earlier this year by his predecessor Mark Luttrell, scrapping a $30 million plan to build a treatment facility in a decision that impacts everywhere from the city to the suburbs.
State: Electrolux not required to repay $100M in … Tennessee officials say Swedish appliance maker Electrolux isn’t legally required to repay $100 million in state incentives for its soon-to-be-shuttered Memphis factory.
Memphis-area private school pushes back opening date … After receiving feedback, Christ Trinity Christian Academy said it will push back its opening from Monday, April 27 to Monday, May 4 to “remain in the guidelines of the stay at home order that will end on April 30th.”