When Shelby County’s two public school systems went to a single superintendent in March, interim superintendent Dorsey Hopson emphasized that his first priority is a budget proposal later this month for the school system that merges formally with the July 1 start of the fiscal year.

2. Legal Path to Special Master Unclear - Thursday, February 28, 2013

If U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays appoints a special master to oversee the merger of Shelby County’s two public school systems, there are legal questions about how much authority the master would have and precisely what he or she would do to advance the merger’s pace.

3. Fed Says Growth Pause Temporary, Keeps Up Stimulus - Thursday, January 31, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy "paused" in recent months because of temporary factors and reaffirmed its commitment to try to stimulate growth by keeping borrowing cheap for the foreseeable future.

4. Schools Merger Begins Move Into Parental Reality - Thursday, January 24, 2013

Countywide school board chairman Billy Orgel noticed lots of parents of school children from the county outside of Memphis at the annual camp-out for optional school enrollment over the long weekend.

5. Merger, Superintendent Process Set - Thursday, November 01, 2012

Countywide school board members will begin what several described as the “dirty work” of the schools merger at a special meeting Nov. 15.

At that meeting, the board will vote on many if not all of the recommendations from the consolidation planning commission that ended its work in July.

6. School Board Majority Backs Sales Tax Hike - Friday, October 26, 2012

Twelve of the 23 countywide school board members have signed a letter urging voters to approve a half-cent countywide sales tax hike in the Nov. 6 elections.

The letter dated Thursday, Oct. 25, refers to using half of the estimated revenue from the extra half cent for an expansion of pre-kindergarten. But it mentions pre-k as one of several possible uses for the $30 million that would go to local education under state law.

7. Events - Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Memphis Association of Law and Business will host a lecture by Christine Richards, executive vice president of general counsel at FedEx, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at noon in the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Wade Auditorium, 1 N. Front St. Visit memphis.edu/law for details.

8. Shipyard, Mike’s Hard Lemonade Added to Local Brewing Scene - Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Blues City Brewery is now producing two malt beverages for well-known national brand names – Shipyard and Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

The brewery at 5151 E. Raines Road, owned by City Brewing Co. LLC, makes and bottles numerous brand name beverages – alcoholic and non-alcoholic – but doesn’t disclose those names.

9. School Board Looks for Consensus - Tuesday, June 26, 2012

After effectively ruling out Kriner Cash last week as the leader of the consolidated Shelby County school system, school board members now turn to a decision about how to select that superintendent.

10. School Board Votes Not To Renew Cash's Contract - Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The countywide school board voted Tuesday, June 19, not to renew the contract of Memphis City Schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash past August 2013 when it is scheduled to run out.

The 14-8 vote came during two back-to-back school board meetings covering five hours in which the board also agreed to talk more about a process for selecting the superintendent of the consolidated school system to come at a meeting next week.

11. Thorpe Products Inks New Deal On Democrat - Friday, April 06, 2012

Thorpe Products Co. is relocating its Memphis branch location to a site with higher ceiling heights and better proximity to its clients.

12. New Fed Voters Likelier to Back Help for Economy - Wednesday, January 25, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – If Chairman Ben Bernanke decides the economy needs more help from the Federal Reserve this year, he probably won't face as much resistance as he did last year.

Call it the changing of the guard.

13. Countywide Schools Board Fighting Old Cultures - Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Aside from its looming battle with the state over charter schools, the countywide schools board is fighting conflicting meeting cultures of the old Memphis City Schools board and the old Shelby County Schools board.

14. Yahoo, ABC Joining Forces in News Partnership - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) – ABC News and Yahoo Inc. are joining to deliver more online news to their audiences. With the deal, ABC News content will be prominently featured on Yahoo News, the most visited news website in the world. It will also show up on Yahoo's popular front page.

15. Schools Get Fresh Start With New Board - Monday, October 03, 2011

The separate Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools boards are no more when the end of September rolls over into October.

And the 23 members of the countywide Shelby County Schools board take the oath of office Monday, Oct. 3 at the MCS auditorium.

16. Schools Saga Arrives in Federal Court - Thursday, March 24, 2011

What has 20 attorneys, one plaintiff, nine defendants, one counter defendant, five proposed interveners, four cross-counter claimants and five cross defendants?

It is the federal lawsuit over schools consolidation due Thursday before U.S. District Court Judge Hardy Mays for its first hearing since being filed Feb. 11 by Shelby County Schools.

17. County School Board Members Seek Court Halt to Countywide School Board - Monday, March 21, 2011

U.S. District Court Judge Hardy Mays has set a Thursday status conference on the schools consolidation lawsuit and legal motions pending in his court.

And five of the seven Shelby County school board members want him to stop the Shelby County Commission from appointing a new countywide school board on March 28.

18. Local Artist to Attend Exhibition Opening - Friday, March 04, 2011

Award-winning painter George Hunt of Memphis will attend the opening Friday of the “Back to Arkansas” art exhibition at Mid-South Community College in West Memphis.

19. Schools Merger Expert Urges Less Panic More Transition Planning - Friday, January 07, 2011

The Nashville attorney considered an expert on school system consolidations in the state told the Shelby County school board Thursday to get ready for an unprecedented transition to merging with Memphis City Schools (MCS), work with MCS officials and expect the transition to take at least a year and a half.

20. Stalemate in Congress Might Not be Bad for Economy - Thursday, November 04, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Fresh off sweeping gains in Tuesday's elections, Republicans vowed to shrink government and repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.

Yet despite their capture of the House and near-takeover of the Senate, there's little chance they can summon the votes to enact their own prescriptions for the ailing economy. Democrats, with their own economic ideas, will likely fight them to a draw.

21. Candidates Pour Own Money Into Congressional Races - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

NASHVILLE (AP) – Primary contests for each of Tennessee's three open congressional seats feature at least one candidate spending a hefty amount of their own money in efforts to secure the Republican nomination.

22. Obama Seeks Court Nominee Who Backs Women's Rights - Thursday, April 22, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama, treading carefully on the explosive issue of abortion and the U.S. Supreme Court, said Wednesday he will choose a nominee who pays heed to women's rights and privacy when interpreting the Constitution.

23. Heavy Fundraising in Open US House Seats in Tenn. - Monday, April 19, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Candidates for three open congressional seats in Tennessee have reported heavy fundraising activity through the first quarter.

The retirements of Republican Zach Wamp of Chattanooga and Democratic Reps. Bart Gordon of Murfreesboro and John Tanner of Union City have led to spirited campaigns to succeed them in the U.S. House.

24. Obama Promises Quick Court Replacement for Stevens - Monday, April 12, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The retirement of John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court's leading liberal but a justice who also could find conservative allies, will set off an election-year political battle over President Barack Obama's second high court pick.

25. Democrat Erdel Joins Race for Gordon Seat in House - Tuesday, January 12, 2010

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Retired Federal Aviation Administration inspector George Erdel of Murfreesboro is mounting what he calls an "outsider" campaign for the nomination to succeed Democratic Rep. Bart Gordon in Congress.

26. Big Names, Big Plans For TBA Convention - Thursday, June 18, 2009

Attorneys and judges from throughout the state will convene this weekend at The Peabody hotel for the 2009 annual Tennessee Bar Association convention, where big-name speakers such as former Democratic U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. will speak – and where current TBA president, George “Buck” Lewis, will pass the gavel to the new TBA president for 2010-2011.

27. Souter Retiring From High Court; Obama Mum - Monday, May 04, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) – The news that Justice David Souter is planning to retire set off spirited speculation about a successor Friday, but the man who will appoint the new justice was staying out of it. “No Supreme Court questions,” President Barack Obama told reporters by press time late last week.

28. Aitken Brings Local Experience to County Schools Post - Monday, March 30, 2009

Few were surprised last week when John Aitken became the next superintendent of the Shelby County Schools system.

The only surprise was the vote wasn’t unanimous.

School board member Diane George was the lone vote for Collierville High School principal Tim Setterlund in the second round of voting by the seven-member board.

29. Aitken to Become County Schools Superintendent in June - Friday, March 27, 2009

John Aitken is the new superintendent of the Shelby County school system. ?Aitken was the choice of six of the seven county school board members on the second round of balloting that included three other finalists for the job.?Aitken will take over leadership of the school system at the end of June when Dr. Bobby Webb, the current superintendent, retires. Aitken had been serving as interim superintendent while Webb was on medical leave for three months.?Webb returned to work recently and today’s meeting was his first back at the helm since taking the leave for an undisclosed illness.?Aitken has been assistant superintendent of student services, leadership and safety. Before that he was principal of Houston High School for 11 years. He began his career at Collierville High School, where he was a teacher of advanced math and geometry as well as the boys’ basketball coach.?Aitken and Collierville High School principal Tim Setterlund advanced to the second round of voting. During the first round, each board member was allowed to vote for two of the contenders.?Aitken had six votes and Setterlund had five after that round.?In the second and final round, every board member except Diane George voted for Aitken.

30. Aitken Tapped As County Schools Superintendent - Friday, March 27, 2009

John Aitken is the new superintendent of the Shelby County school system.

Aitken was the choice of six of the seven county school board members on the second round of balloting that included three other finalists for the job.

31. Aitken Tapped As New County School Superintendent - Thursday, March 26, 2009

John Aitken is the new superintendent of the Shelby County school system.

Aitken was the choice of six of the seven county school board members on the second round of balloting that included three other finalists for the job.

32. Al Gore, Diane Nash Receive Freedom Awards - Wednesday, October 29, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore last night accepted the National Civil Rights Museum's annual Freedom Award in Memphis.

Gore and civil rights activist Diane Nash were named as recipients of the awards in August. They  received the awards at a banquet Tuesday.

33. Rights Museum Picks Gore, Nash for Freedom Awards - Thursday, August 21, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore and civil rights activist Diane Nash were named Tuesday as recipients of the National Civil Rights Museum's annual Freedom Awards.

They will receive the awards at a banquet in Memphis in October. The museum is built around the former Lorraine Motel where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.

34. Memphis Might be 'Losing Its Edge' in Attracting Industry - Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Ernie Mrozek, president and CFO of ServiceMaster, sat at the head of a table lined with members of Memphis' Industrial Development Board Sept. 28 during a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) evaluation meeting.

35. ServiceMaster RelocationDecision Due Next Month - Monday, October 02, 2006
     The ServiceMaster Co. Thursday was granted preliminary approval for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) freeze by the Memphis and Shelby County Industrial Development Board's evaluation committee. The company is consideri

36. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, June 23, 2004
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Carlisle Earns Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Gene Carlisle was presented the 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Retail and Consumer Products Award. Carlisle is chairman and chief executive officer of Carlisle Corp. Kathryn Kont...

37. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Chancellor Arnold Goldin and General Sessions Judges Phyllis Gardner and Gwen Rooks completed a Judicial Academy conducted by

Local Judges Complete State Judicial Academy Chancellor Arnold Goldin and General Sessions Judges Phyllis Gardner and Gw...

38. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, July 01, 2003
The Millington-Tipton County Realty Group meets at 8:30 a

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The group provides networking opportunities for real estate agents...

39. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, March 19, 2003
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Ken Newberry was appointed senior vice president at Memphis Area Teachers Credit Union. He earned a bachelors degree from Christian Brothers University. Prior to joining MATCU, he worked at Union Planters Bank. Stan Cardwel...

40. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, October 17, 2002
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Thomas R. Buckner and Henry L. Klein were selected for inclusion in the 2003-2004 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Both are members of Apperson, Crump & Maxwell. The Memphis Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants d...

41. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Edward L Edward L. Stanton III joined Armstrong Allen PLLC as an associate member. Stanton comes to the firm from the City of Memphis, where he served as assistant city attorney. Prior to his employment with the city, Stanton worked at the Charles C...

42. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, August 07, 2001
The Realtors Land Institute site selection seminar is 8 a The Tennessee Real Estate Commission seminars scheduled Wednesday and Thursday have been canceled. Due to the recent budget constraints, the state has canceled all travel by TREC. Benny Lende...

43. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, July 31, 2001
The Realtors Land Institute site selection seminar is 8 a The Realtors Land Institute site selection seminar is 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at the Memphis Area Association of Realtors education center, 6393 Poplar Ave. Participants ...

44. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, May 29, 2001
New officers of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Multi-Million Dollar Club are Patty Rainey, president; Nancy Robinson New officers of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Multi-Million Dollar Club are Patty Rainey, president; Nancy Robi...

45. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, February 08, 2000
The Memphis Area Home Builders Association is seeking businesses to become members its Millennium Club The Memphis Area Home Builders Association is seeking businesses to become members its Millennium Club. Among the benefits of the $200 membership ...

46. Archived Article: Back-uofm - Wednesday, March 17, 1999
Workshop to focus on Workshop to focus on crime prevention A planning and zoning workshop will be held at 8 a.m. March 26 at the University of Memphis that will focus on crime and how communities can be made safer. Dr. George Kelling, a Harvard Univ...

47. Archived Article: Back - Tuesday, January 21, 1997
Home sales peak in 96 Home sales peak in 96 Memphis area home sales recorded in the Multiple Listing Service reached an all-time high in 1996, according to a report last week from the Memphis Area Association of Realtors. Decembers total of 780 MLS-...