Memphis City Council member Lee Harris will propose Tuesday, May 21, exempting Memphis auto owners for two years from required auto emissions inspections.

2. Property Tax Complicates Sales Tax Considerations - Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Whether it is a tax hike or a tax rate hike, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s proposed 28-cent increase in the city property tax rate has complicated the idea of a half-percent city sales tax hike to go on the ballot later this year if the property tax hike sticks.

3. Police Budget Passes Early Council Test - Thursday, May 09, 2013

The Memphis City Council’s budget committee approved the largest budget for any single city division Tuesday, May 7.

But the committee debate before the vote set the stage for what is expected to be more discussion about how much the Memphis Police Department needs to protect and serve.

4. Test Drive - Friday, May 03, 2013

When car sharing meets the parking and driving practices of Memphians on the streets of Downtown, the encounter could go so many ways between bad and good.

So when Zipcar parked four cars in four on-street parking spaces Downtown last month, there were a lot of questions first about how car sharing works but also about whether the national trend would apply to a city with a unique driving culture.

5. Council OKs Severance for Auto Inspection - Saturday, April 20, 2013

Memphis City Council members approved Tuesday, April 16, a severance package for city workers at auto inspection stations as talks continue among the city, county and state governments about who will operate the emissions testing at those stations.

6. Severance Pay Ups Ante in Auto Inspections Stand-Off - Monday, April 22, 2013

Some on the Memphis City Council weren’t certain Tuesday, April 16, about going ahead with a severance package for the city employees who now work at city-run auto inspection stations.

The council entered the budget season for the new fiscal year that begins July 1 just minutes earlier with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s budget address.

7. Council Approves Severance for Auto Inspection - Thursday, April 18, 2013

Memphis City Council members approved Tuesday, April 16, a severance package for city workers at auto inspection stations as talks continue among the city, county and state governments about who will operate the emissions testing at those stations.

8. Wharton Pitches Budget With 28-Cent Property Tax Rate Hike - Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. presented a $622.5 million operating budget proposal to the Memphis City Council Tuesday, April 16, that would require a property tax rate increase of 28 cents.

That would bring the city property tax rate, currently at $3.11, to $3.39.

9. Council Ups Ante in Auto Inspections Standoff - Thursday, April 04, 2013

City funding of auto emissions inspections is still due to run out on June 30, the end of the current fiscal year at City Hall.

And Memphis City Council members are considering several options, including simply ending the inspections. The possible move comes after Shelby County government leaders announced last month the state has told them the state won’t assume responsibility for the auto inspections for at least a year, probably two. Until then, the auto inspections would apply only to Memphis vehicle owners and not those across the entire county.

10. Three-Way Race for Local Democratic Leadership - Friday, March 15, 2013

Local Democrats gather Saturday, March 16, for what is already a high-profile race for the chairmanship of the Shelby County Democratic Party.

A straw poll earlier this month at an Overton Square bar featured several dozen teenagers bused in by one of the three contenders that has triggered an investigation by Memphis City Schools officials of the “field trip.”

11. Flinn, Harris Talk Schools Funding Prospects - Tuesday, March 12, 2013

For several weeks, it has been an undercurrent feeding the roots of the various branches of the tree that is the Shelby County schools merger.

The thought is that the city of Memphis will come up with some amount of funding for the consolidated school district once the schools consolidation crosses over into the new fiscal year that starts July 1.

12. State Delays Auto Inspection Takeover - Thursday, March 07, 2013

The state of Tennessee has told the city of Memphis it will probably take two years for it to take over auto inspection duties in Shelby County.

But city funding for the auto inspection stations and employees runs out when the current fiscal year does, at the end of June.

13. City Council Approves Hickory Hill Intermodal Yard - Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Memphis City Council approved Tuesday, Feb. 19, a 30-acre intermodal container yard in Hickory Hill for the storage of the containers by The Marino Group/Container Maintenance Corp., which is working with Chism-Hardy Enterprises LLC on the new facility that will employ 94 people.

14. City Council Approves Hickory Hill Intermodal Yard - Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Memphis City Council approved Tuesday, Feb. 19, a 30-acre intermodal container yard in Hickory Hill for the storage of the containers by The Marino Group/Container Maintenance Corp., which is working with Chism-Hardy Enterprises LLC on the new facility that will employ 94 people.

15. City Council Approves Fairgrounds TDZ Request - Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Memphis City Council members approved Tuesday, Feb. 19, plans for a tourism development zone to capture sales tax revenue in a large area for a renovation of the Fairgrounds property at first.

The boundaries of the zone go to the state for approval and city Community and Housing Development division director Robert Lipscomb said such a proposal could be at the state building commission in Nashville in April.

16. Council to Discuss Pyramid Development - Monday, January 21, 2013

Memphis City Council members vote Tuesday, Jan. 22, on the “Memphis Pyramid Planned Development” – the formal name for the conversion of The Pyramid to a Bass Pro Shops store with other attractions including a hotel.

17. Liberty Bowl Moves Raise Questions About Coliseum - Thursday, January 10, 2013

Memphis City Council members approved $12 million in funding Tuesday, Jan. 8, for the coming design and renovation of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to make it comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

18. City Liberty Bowl Moves Raise Questions About Coliseum - Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Memphis City Council members approved $12 million in funding for the coming design and renovation of Liberty Bowl stadium to make it comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

And the architect working on that project as well as the overall Fairgrounds renovation for the administration of Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. told council members Tuesday, Jan. 8, plans for the Mid-South Coliseum are still to come.

19. Council Reconsiders Golf Course Closings - Thursday, December 06, 2012

Four city golf courses were scheduled to close for the winter season on Dec. 1, with one of the four – Whitehaven – to close permanently.

That was the decision the Memphis City Council made last spring as it set the city budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.

20. Harris’ Legal Career Leans On Desire to Help Community - Thursday, October 25, 2012

It seems like with so many people, Lee Harris’ eventual career interest was sparked by television.

“All I knew was what I saw on TV, and lawyers seemed very, very powerful and able to get things done,” he said.

21. Gay, Transgender City Workers Protected From Discrimination - Thursday, October 18, 2012

At the end of a long night at City Hall with a relatively short agenda, Shelby County Commissioner Sidney Chism told Memphis City Council members that their meetings looked like more “fun” than the commission’s meetings.

22. City Council to Vote on Discrimination Ordinance - Tuesday, October 16, 2012

With a legal opinion from City Attorney Herman Morris in hand, Memphis City Council members on Tuesday, Oct. 16, again take up an ordinance that would ban the city from discriminating in hiring and promotions based on sexual orientation.

23. Property Tax Clinic Scheduled for Saturday - Thursday, October 11, 2012

The fifth of six scheduled tax clinics, sponsored by Memphis City Council member Lee Harris and the law firm of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, will be held Oct. 13.

24. McNabb Turns Past of Adjectives to Legal World of Nouns, Verbs - Thursday, October 11, 2012

If not for a burst of pragmatism, Leland McNabb of McNabb Bragorgos & Burgess PLLC, may have become a successful poet instead of a successful litigator.

25. Council Delays Anti-Discrimination Ordinance - Thursday, September 20, 2012

When the Memphis City Council got to the real intent this week of the latest version of an anti-discrimination ordinance it has been debating off and on for two years, it wasn’t just a decision about including “sexual orientation” in the wording.

26. Council Delays Anti-Discrimination Vote For Legal Opinions - Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Memphis City Council amended an anti-discrimination ordinance covering city government to include banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.

But the council then delayed a vote on the ordinance for a month after the city attorney and the council’s attorney raised questions about whether the addition amounts to a change in the city charter.

27. Non-Discrimination Up for Final Vote - Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Memphis City Council members should have a full chamber Tuesday, Sept. 18, as the council takes a vote on third and final reading of a non-discrimination ordinance.

The council meets at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall, 125 N. Main St.

28. Funding Approved for Felon Program - Thursday, September 06, 2012

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s administration is retooling the city’s “Second Chance” program for felons just released from prison to become a joint city-county program with funding from the state.

29. Lee House Development Could Propel District - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

In the 19th century, Victorian Village was home to Memphis’ elite.

Nowadays, the 10-square-block area in Downtown Memphis has one of the highest concentrations of historic structures in the city, with 24 properties on the National Register of Historic Places within four blocks.

30. Council Mulls Funds for Fairgrounds - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Memphis City Council members take a step closer to redevelopment of the Mid-South Fairgrounds Tuesday, Aug. 21, with $1.7 million in sales tax revenue generated in the Tourism Development Zone that includes The Pyramid.

31. B&B Could Spark Victorian Village - Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Following years of due diligence, the James Lee House in Downtown Memphis could soon be the centerpiece of the Victorian Village master plan.

32. B&B Development Could Spark Victorian Village - Monday, August 06, 2012

Following years of due diligence, the James Lee House in Downtown Memphis could soon be the centerpiece of the Victorian Village master plan.

33. Sales Tax Ballot Question Part of Busy Council Day - Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Memphis City Council members take a final vote Tuesday, July 17, on a Nov. 6 ballot question that would raise the local option sales tax rate in Memphis by half a percent.

The vote at Tuesday’s council session is on third and final reading of the referendum ordinance. Meanwhile, the council is scheduled to vote on the second of three readings of another referendum ordinance that would create a 1-cent-a-gallon local gasoline tax with revenues going to the Memphis Area Transit Authority.

34. Council Hears About Sales Tax Hike Referendum - Thursday, June 07, 2012

Memphis City Council members will take the first vote in two weeks on putting a ballot question to Memphis voters in the Nov. 6 elections to raise the city’s local option sales tax rate by half a percent.

35. City Budget Season Ends With Frustration - Thursday, June 07, 2012

The year of the “gap budget” at City Hall felt and sounded a lot like the previous two budget years at City Hall.

The mayor and City Council were frustrated even as the budget deliberations came to an end with a lowered city property tax rate.

36. Council Lowers Property Tax Rate, Approves $609M Budget - Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Memphis City Council members approved a $3.11 city property tax rate Tuesday, June 5, to fund a city operating budget of $609,802,357 and Memphis City Schools to the tune of $64,819,307.

The split council vote came nearly 14 hours after the council’s day started at City Hall with a budget committee session in which the basic elements of the ultimate budget compromise were mapped out before noon.

37. Building Owner Moves for Demolition Delay - Friday, May 25, 2012

The owner of a building on the south side of Court Square on Thursday, May 24, in Environmental Court moved for a delay in the demolition of an adjoining building at 118 Madison Ave.

38. In the Balance - Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Memphis City Council members hope to wrap up budget committee hearings Tuesday, May 22, including a public comment period Tuesday evening at City Hall.

But with a third and final reading on budget and tax rate ordinances scheduled for the group’s first meeting in June, the council lacks a master plan for reworking the Wharton administration’s $628.3 million budget proposal.

39. Building Owner’s Lawyer Disputes Delay Claims - Friday, May 11, 2012

The attorney for the owners of the building at 118 Madison Ave. facing demolition said Wednesday, May 9, his client is waiting on a city plan for the demolition and is not intentionally trying to delay a resolution that would bring down the barricades blocking a sidewalk and part of the street.

40. Clearing Blockage - Wednesday, May 09, 2012

The block of Madison Avenue between Main and Second streets hasn’t been easy for quite a while.

It’s where the Main Street Trolley makes the turn to its Madison Avenue leg. It’s also where the trolleys sit idle for long periods of time seemingly unaware that they coexist with auto traffic. Residents of the Exchange Building who don’t have paid parking routinely park there instead, sometimes despite numerous tickets.

41. Council Takes First Votes on City Budget - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Memphis City Council members take the first formal votes Tuesday, May 1, on a city budget and tax rate for the fiscal year that begins July 1. But the ordinances on the agenda come with no dollar amounts or tax rate at this point.

42. Burton Promoted to PR Manager at inferno - Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Ashley Burton has been promoted to public relations manager at inferno. Burton joined the agency in 2005 and most recently served as a public relations account executive.

43. Council Rejects 18 Cent Property Tax Hike - Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Memphis City Council members voted Tuesday, March 20, to reject a one-time, 18-cent property tax hike to mop up an estimated $13 million in red ink for the current fiscal year.

Instead the council voted to use $10 million from the city’s reserve fund and cut $3.2 million in the existing budget including money for a voluntary buyout program of some sanitation workers that the Wharton administration has yet to activate.

44. Events - Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Better Business Bureau will host a breakfast seminar Tuesday, March 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the BBB, 3693 Tyndale Drive. Robert Sutton of Mass Mutual Financial Group will discuss government benefits and special needs planning. Cost is free for BBB-accredited businesses and $10 for guests. For reservations, call Susan Harris at 757-8617.

45. Tax Hike Thorny Issue for Council - Friday, March 09, 2012

To some at City Hall, the plan at the end of the 2011 budget season for city government is unfolding as it should. To others, nothing in the plan approved by the Memphis City Council has happened.

Still others aren’t sure whether a one-time, 18-cent city property tax hike is really one time or if it’s the second tax hike of its kind since last year.

46. Scrapping Plans - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Covered in vines and behind a chain-link fence on the corner of Plum Avenue and North Thomas Street are several white posts that are the last remnant of what was once the Lazarov junkyard in North Memphis.

47. City Council Approves Pink Palace Agreement - Thursday, February 23, 2012

Memphis City Council members approved on Tuesday, Feb. 21, the terms of a $20 million multiyear renovation of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum

The contract approved by the council with Memphis Museums Inc., a private nonprofit group, would require MMI to raise $10 million – half of the total – from private sources.

48. Council Approves Pink Palace Renovation and Elvis Presley Blvd Funding - Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Memphis City Council members approved Tuesday, Feb. 21, the terms of a $20 million multi-year renovation of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum and advanced $16 million in funding over two fiscal years starting this June for improvements along Elvis Presley Boulevard in Whitehaven.

49. Council Delays Scrap Yard Vote - Thursday, January 05, 2012

Plans for a 68-acre scrap and junk facility at Thomas Street and Royal Avenue in North Memphis took a step back this week at City Hall.

50. Wharton Keeps Most Division Directors, Shifts Some Duties - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is keeping the same team of division directors except two for his full four year term of office that started Sunday.

But the administration’s lobbyist in Nashville, TaJuan Stout Mitchell, is retiring and the position will change to be more of a contact person with the Memphis City Council instead of state legislators in Nashville.

51. Wharton, Council Take Oath Sunday - Thursday, December 29, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. and the Memphis City Council take the oaths of office Sunday, Jan. 1, to begin new four-year terms of office.

The ceremony at 2:30 p.m. at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts is free and open to the public.

52. Harris Wins District 7 City Council Seat - Monday, November 14, 2011

The lineup for the 13-member Memphis City Council that takes office with the new year is complete.

The one new member joining 12 incumbents re-elected in the Oct. 6 city elections will be Lee Harris.

53. Harris Claims District 7 Council Seat - Friday, November 11, 2011

University of Memphis Law School professor Lee Harris claimed the District 7 seat on the Memphis City Council Thursday, Nov. 10, over actress Kemba Ford in a runoff election decided by fewer than 4,000 voters.

54. Voters Decide District 7 Runoff Thursday - Thursday, November 10, 2011

Voters in Memphis City Council District 7 on Thursday, Nov. 10, will settle the last election of 2011 as they select the only new member of the 13-member council.

Lee Harris, a professor in the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, faces actress Kemba Ford in the runoff election that grew more intense toward the end of the early-voting period.

55. Runoff Early Voting Turnout Tops 2 Pct. - Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Early voter turnout in the Memphis City Council District 7 runoff cracked just 1,400 voters.

The early voting period in advance of Election Day Thursday, Nov. 10, ended Saturday with 1,401 citizens casting early ballots for the period.

56. Shelby County DA Race Taking Shape - Monday, November 07, 2011

With a month to the Dec. 8 filing deadline for the March 6 presidential and Shelby County primary elections, the coming race for Shelby County district attorney general is beginning to show signs of life. That is as voters in one part of Memphis prepare to decide the last election of 2011 this week.

57. Two District 7 Early-Voting Sites Open - Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Early voting in the last election of 2011 expands to two satellite sites Tuesday, Nov. 1, as voters in City Council District 7 decide who will represent the district for a full four-year term.

Election Day is Nov. 10 to decide the runoff contest between Kemba Ford and Lee Harris. Harris beat Ford by four votes in the Oct. 6 city elections. But neither he nor Ford got a majority of the votes cast in the 14-candidate contest, the largest on the ballot. In district council races, that means a runoff election between the candidates with the two highest vote totals.

58. Council Candidate Harris Announces Endorsements - Monday, October 24, 2011

District 7 City Council candidate Lee Harris opened the early voting period in advance of the Nov. 10 runoff by announcing the endorsements of six rivals from the Oct. 6 council race.

59. Ford, Harris Vie for Council District 7 Seat - Friday, October 21, 2011

Early voting opens Friday, Oct. 21, for the last election of 2011 in Shelby County. The race is the runoff for the District 7 Memphis City Council seat between Kemba Ford and Lee Harris. Election Day is Nov. 10.

60. Despite Low Turnout, Incumbents See Big Wins - Monday, October 10, 2011

Memphis voters kept the turnout in last week’s city elections at less than 20 percent. About 18 percent of the city’s 426,580 or so voters showed up for the Thursday, Oct. 6, elections.

Some politicos doubted turnout would move into double digits until the relatively healthy 7.6 percent turnout for early voters made it clear.

61. Wharton, Fullilove & Conrad Re-Elected -- Harris-Ford to Runoff - Friday, October 07, 2011
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. won a full four-year term of office as mayor Thursday, Oct. 6, two years after he claimed the mayor’s office in a special election.

And all 12 of the Memphis City Council members seeking re-election won new four year terms in the city election cycle, marking the largest return of incumbents to the 13-member council in the 43-year history of the mayor-council form of government.

62. Fullilove Backs Ford in Other Council Race - Thursday, October 06, 2011

The day before Thursday, Oct. 6’s city elections, Memphis City Council member Janis Fullilove endorsed District 7 council candidate Kemba Ford.

63. Get Out the Vote - Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The overall numbers through the first two weeks of early voting seem to indicate a low overall turnout including Election Day in the set of city elections to be decided Oct. 6.

But within the early vote numbers are some indications of voter hotspots.

64. Wharton Makes Choices In Council Races - Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has a ballot for the Memphis City Council races on the Oct. 6 ballot.

The ballot hit the streets this weekend, as the last full week of early voting began, with a set of Wharton endorsements in some but not all of the 13 council races on the ballot.

65. Vote for Me - Monday, September 12, 2011

Four years after the biggest turnover on the Memphis City Council, the Oct. 6 city elections could see the biggest return of incumbents ever on the council. Early voting begins Friday, Sept. 16.

Twelve of the 13 incumbents are seeking re-election. It would have been 13 had Barbara Swearengen Ware not taken a plea deal on an official misconduct charge.

66. Local Democrats Take City Election Straw Poll - Tuesday, August 23, 2011

It was more fundraiser than legitimate poll.

The Shelby County Democratic Party raised more than $2,000 with a straw poll in which party regulars paid $25 a ballot to show their preferences in races in the Oct. 6 city of Memphis elections with a separate ballot for the mayor’s race.

67. 4 Council Members - All 3 City Court Judges To Run Unopposed In Oct. Elections - Friday, July 22, 2011

Four incumbent Memphis City Council members and all three incumbent City Court Judges were effectively re-elected at the Thursday, July 21, noon deadline for candidates to file their qualifying petitions for the Oct. 6 Memphis ballot.

68. Council to Appoint 13th Member - Friday, July 22, 2011

Memphis City Council members should be back up to full strength by the end of the day Friday, July 22.

The council meets for the second time in a week Friday at 8 a.m. with one item on the agenda – appointing a citizen to the vacant District 7 council seat.

69. 14 Apply For Council Appointment - Friday, July 15, 2011

Fourteen citizens had applied by the noon Thursday, July 14, deadline for the District 7 vacancy on the Memphis City Council.

The council will fill the vacancy created by the June resignation of council member Barbara Swearengen Ware at a special July 22 council meeting.

70. 14 Apply For Council Appointment - Thursday, July 14, 2011

Fourteen citizens had applied by the noon Thursday, July 14, deadline for the District 7 vacancy on the Memphis City Council.

The council will fill the vacancy created by the June resignation of council member Barbara Swearengen Ware at a special July 22 council meeting.

71. Redrawn Lines Affect Council Contenders - Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mud Island has become a kind of safe harbor for candidates hoping to make it onto the Memphis City Council in the Oct. 6 city elections.

With Mud Island apparently still safely within council District 7, University of Memphis law school professor Lee A. Harris pulled his qualifying petition this week for the only council seat with no incumbent seeking re-election. He’s one of three citizens weighing the district race with Mud Island addresses.

72. City Drills Away At Recouping Lee Fees - Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The city of Memphis has taken the first step toward recouping settlement money paid in July to the former head of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.

The city has filed a motion to join a lawsuit by attorney Ronald Krelstein, who brought his suit against the city and others shortly after the city paid $426,422 to former MLGW president and CEO Joseph Lee.

73. Leading Economic Indicators Rise in August - Tuesday, September 22, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) – A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The New York-based Conference Board’s leading indicators point to an economy on solid ground early next year, though some analysts caution that a rising unemployment rate will restrain growth.

74. Questions Surround Lee’s Reimbursement - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Several court actions continue to surround the city of Memphis’ decision to pay more than $426,000 in attorney’s fees incurred by the former president and CEO of the city-owned utility company.

The city a few days ago filed an amended complaint against Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division in Shelby County Chancery Court that centered around Joseph Lee’s legal expenses.

75. Receiver Tapped To Oversee Beale Street Saga - Friday, April 24, 2009

The new receiver for the Beale Street Entertainment District will oversee an entity with shifting alliances, more than two sides to every story and thousands of pages of records involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.

76. Church-Based Initiative Planned For Minority Businesses - Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Black Business Association of Memphis is launching “Propel,” a church-based initiative to teach people with entrepreneurial dreams how to turn them into realities.

Experts will provide workshops on topics such as customer service, business planning, marketing, accounting and preparing bid packages.

77. Commission to Vote On New Judge - Monday, January 26, 2009

The candidates will outnumber commissioners today when the Shelby County Board of Commissioners votes on a new General Sessions Criminal Court judge.

There are 15 candidates for the Division 10 judgeship that became vacant with the Jan. 2 death of veteran jurist Anthony Johnson. There are 13 county commissioners.

78. Former FedEx HQ Recast as Aerotropolis - Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The building that served as FedEx Corp.’s initial corporate headquarters is at the center of a rebranding campaign designed to tap into the city’s growing aerotropolis concept.

79. Events - Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Memphis Regional Chamber will hold its annual chairman’s luncheon today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of The Peabody hotel, 149 Union Ave. Tom Schmitt, chairman of the Memphis Regional Chamber and president and CEO of FedEx Global Supply Chain, will be the keynote speaker. Special features will include speaker University of Memphis basketball coach John Calipari, a tribute to Isaac Hayes and live musical performances. Cost is $125 for members and $150 for prospective members. For reservations, contact Tunga Lee at 543-3571 or tlee@memphischamber.com.

80. Events - Friday, November 07, 2008

The Memphis Regional Chamber will hold a leadership luncheon today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Dr. Hershel Wall, chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, will speak. For reservations, contact Tunga Lee at 543-3571 or tlee@memphischamber.com.

81. Head Selected as Director Of SWTCC Library - Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Carolyn Head has been selected to serve as executive director of Library Services for Southwest Tennessee Community College.

82. Honda's Hydrogen Car is Smooth But Has Hindrances - Monday, October 20, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - For years, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been the far-off technological bets of the auto industry – the car that holds the promise of gasoline-free driving.

Honda Motor Co. is starting to give a small number of drivers a glimpse into the future.

83. Addington Joins Memphis Heart Clinic - Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Dr. M. Brent Addington has joined Memphis Heart Clinic. Addington is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. A native of Memphis, he has been in private practice for more than 20 years in the Memphis community.

84. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis Names Byrd Executive Director - Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Caron Byrd has been hired as executive director of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Previously, Byrd served as deputy manager of the Mid-South chapter of the American Red Cross, where she was employed for more than 11 years.

85. Events - Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Talk Shoppe will hold a meeting featuring Debbie Reeves, director of business development at the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The talk is titled "Tennessee Housing Development Agency - New and Improved." The meeting will be held at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive.

86. Events - Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Talk Shoppe will hold a meeting featuring Debbie Reeves, director of business development at the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The talk is titled "Tennessee Housing Development Agency - New and Improved." The meeting will be held at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive.

87. Events - Monday, July 16, 2007

The Engineers' Club of Memphis will hold a meeting and lunch today at noon at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Ted Fox from the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will speak on the Shelby County Greenbelt System. Cost is $12.

88. You Better Shop Around - Thursday, September 07, 2006

Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. has Memphis on its radar as a possible home for one of its upscale department stores within the $100 million Forest Hill Plaza commercial development being built at the intersection of Winchester and Forest Hill-Irene roads.

89. Burford to Help Develop PR Efforts For Memphis Area Teachers' Credit Union - Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Marc Burford has been promoted to business development coordinator at Memphis Area Teachers' Credit Union (MATCU). In his new role, Burford will be responsible for helping develop public relations and for coordinating various public functions that promote MATCU's products and services. He started working at MATCU in 2003 as a sales associate and was promoted to an assistant branch manager in 2004.

90. Commercial Advisors' Jensen Voted Commercial Broker of the Year - Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Larry Jensen has received the 2005 Pinnacle Award for Commercial Broker of the Year from the Memphis Area Association of Realtors' Commercial Council. Jensen is president and CEO of Commercial Advisors LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in real estate.

91. Archived Article - Tuesday, February 28, 2006

2270 Germantown Parkway
Cordova, TN 38016
Cost: $5.3 million

Borrower: Tirupati LP

Lender: General Electric Capital Corp.

92. U of M Law School Recruits Minorities Despite Funding Concerns - Thursday, February 23, 2006

A program that helps minority students get into University of Memphis and University of Tennessee-Knoxville law schools could be in jeopardy.

The Tennessee Institute of Pre-Law is funded through 2006 but faces an uncertain future unless Gov. Phil Bredesen's 2007 budget is passed this spring, said Dr. William Arnold, director of interagency grants and academic programs at the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

93. Assistant D.A. Named to Tennessee Judicial Council - Thursday, September 15, 2005

Lee V. Coffee, an assistant district attorney with the Shelby County District Attorney's Office, was appointed in July by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen to serve on the Tennessee Judicial Council. Coffee's term runs through March 31, 2009.

94. Archived Article: This Week - Monday, February 28, 2005
Councilman Ricky Peete to hold town hall meeting

CCC Hosts Public Meeting on Streetscape Plan

Feb. 28

The Shelby County Commission meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St. Call 545-4301. Memphis City ...

95. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Rhodes Psychology Professor to Serve as Diversity Delegate at Leadership Conference

First Horizon Exec Named to Fed Advisory Council

J. Kenneth Glass was appointed to a one-year term on the Federal Reserve Boards Federal Advisory Council. Glas...

96. Archived Article: Law Talk - Thursday, January 06, 2005
Law Talk Lee Harris

Harris Helps Aspiring Lawyers Gain Early Experience

LANE GARDNER CAMP

The Daily News

Lee Harris, an associate with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Memphis, serves as co-coordinator for distric...

97. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Young Lawyers Division Announces New Board Members

MSO Names New General Manager

Alberto Gutierrez joined Memphis Symphony Orchestra as general manager. Gutierrez previously served as operations manager for the San Antonio Symphony. After grad...

98. Archived Article: This Week - Monday, October 04, 2004
MBA Presents the Irving Younger Video Series

Shelby County Mayor Hosts Town Hall Meeting

Oct. 4

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Multi-Million Dollar Club sponsors Professional Standards in the 21st Century from 9 a.m. to noon at Ge...

99. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Area Fire Fighters, Police Awarded for Bravery

Firefighters, Officers Awarded for Bravery The 100 Club of Memphis presented Valor Awards, the highest honor for bravery in Memphis and Shelby County, to Collierville police officer Michael Riley and...

100. Archived Article: This Week - Monday, January 26, 2004
Regional Chamber Hosts Member Orientation

Regional Chamber Hosts Member Orientation Jan. 26

Millington residents interested in becoming charter members of the now-forming Millington Civitan Club meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Baker Community ...