Two state legislators from Shelby County have requested a legal opinion from Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper on the recent annexation of South Cordova by the city of Memphis.

2. Economic Dev. Conference Slated for Saturday - Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Home for the Holidays Summer Conference 2012 is slated for Saturday, July 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Union Avenue Campus of Southwest Tennessee Community College in the Verties Sails Gymnasium (Building E).

3. Complete Shelby Delegation Preps for Expanded Leadership - Wednesday, January 26, 2011

When the Tennessee Legislature returns on Feb. 7 from its three-week recess, the 22-member Shelby County legislative delegation will be at full strength.

The newest member, District 98 Democrat Antonio Parkinson, won appointment by the Shelby County Commission to the seat he claimed in this month’s special Democratic primary election.

4. Seven Local Lawmakers Face No Opposition in Aug. - Monday, April 05, 2010

Seven state legislators from Shelby County will begin new terms of office in January.

They had no opposition at Thursday’s filing deadline for the Aug. 5 state and federal primary elections.

They are District 33 Democratic state Sen. Reginald Tate, District 83 Republican state Rep. Mark White, District 90 Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry, District 92 Democratic state Rep. G.A. Hardaway, District 96 Republican state Rep. Steve McManus, District 97 Republican state Rep. Jim Coley and District 98 Democratic state Rep. Ulysses Jones.

5. Races Open For Two County School Board Seats - Friday, April 02, 2010

The Aug. 5 elections will feature two races for open seats on the Shelby County school board.

At the noon Thursday filing deadline for the four odd-numbered district seats as well as the state and federal primaries, board member Anne Edmiston did not file for another four-year term. Board member Teresa Price had announced earlier that she would not be running either.

6. UPDATE: Two Open County School Board Seats At Filing Deadline - Thursday, April 01, 2010

The Aug. 5 elections will feature two races for open seats on the Shelby County school board.

At the noon Thursday filing deadline for the four odd-numbered district seats as well as the state and federal primaries, board member Anne Edmiston did not file for another four-year term. Board member Teresa Price had announced earlier that she would not be running either.

7. Filing Deadline Hits for August Primaries - Thursday, April 01, 2010

The stage is set for the county’s most anticipated political showdown in the Aug. 5 state and federal primary elections.

Noon today is the deadline for candidates in the primaries, as well as those vying for nonpartisan seats on the Shelby County school board and the three judicial positions, to file their qualifying petitions for the ballot.

8. Crimson Tide - Monday, January 25, 2010

Twelve days into the new year, Gov. Phil Bredesen stood in the well of the state House in Nashville and talked about leading the nation in education reform.

Later this year, Bredesen will return to address legislators on a less lofty but more immediate topic – a pool of red ink in the state budget unprecedented at least since the Depression years of the 1930s. For more than a year and a half, Tennessee has failed to meet its monthly revenue projections.

9. County Mayor Race Clarifies With Byrd’s ‘Agonizing’ Decision - Friday, January 22, 2010

A month before the filing deadline for the 2010 Shelby County primaries, and the race for county mayor is beginning to take shape.

And one of the candidates who weighed the race but got out – Bank of Bartlett President Harold Byrd – said something is missing from the field so far.

10. Events - Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Liberty National Life Insurance Co. will hold a “We’re Hiring” event today at Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd., and Holiday Inn Select East, 5795 Poplar Ave. Interview times will be 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.lnlcareers.com.

11. Kelsey Frontrunner After Rivals Quit Race For Stanley’s Seat - Tuesday, August 18, 2009

State Rep. Brian Kelsey appears to be the last man standing among the candidates who have lined up to replace former State Sen. Paul Stanley, who resigned this month in the wake of an intern sex scandal.

12. Update: Kelsey Frontrunner After Rivals Quit Race for Stanley’s Seat - Monday, August 17, 2009
 

State Rep. Brian Kelsey appears to be the last man standing among the candidates who have lined up to replace former State Sen. Paul Stanley, who resigned this month in the wake of an intern sex scandal.

Meanwhile, Shelby County Commissioners decided Monday that they will not fill the vacancy prior to the upcoming special State Senate election.

State Rep. Steve McManus – whose House District 96 covers parts of Cordova and Germantown – has decided against running in a special election for Stanley’s seat. He made that decision over the weekend.

Kelsey, whose campaign went door-knocking in District 31 over the weekend and has signs for his candidacy displayed prominently in the area, has been pressing McManus to answer the same question others have wanted to know.

“I talked to Kelsey not too long ago, and he’s like, ‘Are you running, McManus?’” McManus told The Daily News. “I told him, ‘Kelsey, I’ll be honest with you, I’m really happy in the House.”

That decision follows Shelby County School Board chairman David Pickler’s announcement in the past few days that he, too, is happy with his current job and won’t be running.

McManus’ decision appears to clear the way for Kelsey, who will run in the special election that likely will be held in December for Stanley’s seat. Democratic and Republican primaries for the seat will be held in October, and Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Van Turner has said the party will field a nominee for that primary.

McManus told The Daily News he’d like to run for U.S. Congress down the road if the 7th Congressional District is redrawn after the 2010 Census in such a way that it's tilted more towards Shelby County. That seat currently is held by U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, and the district stretches from the outskirts of Shelby County to the fringe of Nashville.

“The next run I would love to be a part of is a congressional run,” McManus said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen next year when they redraw these lines, but if the Republicans win it next year, our congressional District 7 could be much more of a Shelby County District. In that case, I would certainly run for U.S. Congress then.”

13. Politicians Out in Full Force - Tuesday, August 11, 2009

With back-to-school supplies to hand out and a new crop of brightly colored campaign signs, the October special election race for Memphis mayor and several other races on the 2010 ballot came alive this past weekend.

14. Special Election Date Set for Oct. 15 - Thursday, August 06, 2009

The Shelby County Election Commission has shaved 12 days off the race for Memphis mayor. The body set Oct. 15 as the special election date. The date was moved up from Oct. 27 to coincide with a special set of primary elections Gov. Phil Bredesen is expected to order to fill the District 31 State Senate seat.

15. Election Commission Sets Oct. 15 Date For Special Election - Wednesday, August 05, 2009

The race for the rest of Willie Herenton’s term of office as mayor was already going to be a sprint. The campaign got 12 days shorter.

The Shelby County Election Commission has set Oct. 15 as the special election date. The date was moved up from Oct. 27 to coincide with a special set of primary elections Gov. Phil Bredesen is expected to order to fill the District 31 State Senate seat.

16. UPDATE: Oct. 15 New Special Election Date - Tuesday, August 04, 2009

The race for the rest of Willie Herenton’s term of office as mayor was already going to be a sprint. Today the campaign got 12 days shorter.

The Shelby County Election Commission has set Oct. 15 as the special election date. The date was moved up from Oct. 27 to coincide with a special set of primary elections Gov. Phil Bredesen is expected to order to fill the District 31 State Senate seat.

17. Uncertainty Follows Stanley’s Political Demise - Thursday, July 30, 2009

On his way to the electric chair in the 1934 gangster movie “Manhattan Melodrama,” Clark Gable’s doomed character encourages a fellow prison inmate to “die like you live – all of a sudden.”

All of a sudden is the way state Sen. Paul Stanley’s political career died Tuesday, with the Germantown Republican’s decision late in the afternoon to step down after a nine-year career in the state Legislature. Stanley is resigning effective Aug. 10.

18. Events - Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Bartlett Business Expo will be today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bartlett Recreation Center, 7700 Flaherty Place. More than 75 businesses will display their products and services. There also will be door prizes and entertainment. The event is free. For more information, call Mary Crone at 372-9457 or visit www.bartlettchamber.com.

19. State Re-Examines Pension Funds, Terror Links - Tuesday, April 29, 2008

For a while, at least, it seemed state lawmakers around the country were rushing to wrench away from their state pension funds any investments tied to countries that are regarded as sponsors of terrorism.

20. Few Surprises At Filing Deadline - Monday, April 07, 2008

About half of Shelby County's delegation to the Tennessee Legislature won re-election at Thursday's filing deadline for candidates on the Aug. 7 ballot.

Eight of the 16 state House seats had only one candidate - the incumbent. And all three of the state Senate seats on the ballot were incumbent-only affairs.

21. Primaries Heat Up as Filing Deadline Passes - Friday, April 04, 2008
The race for the Memphis 9th Congressional District seat will have no Republican contenders.

At Thursday’s deadline for candidates to file in the Aug. 7 state and Congressional primaries, no Republicans had filed for the GOP primary.

22. Primaries Heat Up as Filing Deadline Passes - Thursday, April 03, 2008
The race for the Memphis 9th Congressional District seat will have no Republican contenders.

At today’s deadline for candidates to file in the Aug. 7 state and Congressional primaries, no Republicans had filed for the GOP primary.

23. Leatherwood to Challenge Blackburn; Other Races Heating Up Too - Thursday, March 27, 2008

The 9th Congressional District Democratic primary won't be the only challenge to an incumbent congressman whose district includes the Memphis area.

Shelby County Register Tom Leatherwood told The Daily News this week that he will challenge 7th District Republican incumbent Marsha Blackburn on the Aug. 7 ballot.

24. Cordova Leadership CouncilTo Receive $20K Grants - Friday, February 29, 2008
     The Cordova Leadership Council will be presented two grants from state Sen. Paul Stanley, R-Memphis, and state Rep. Steve McManus, R-Cordova, today at Gameday Baseball, 7800 Fischer Steel Road.
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25. Keep Pensions Away From Iran, Some Legislators Say - Monday, January 14, 2008

Shortly before the Tennessee General Assembly reconvened in Nashville last week, two local state lawmakers introduced a bill with a faraway target in mind: Iran.

More specifically, the legislation they sponsored creates a mandate directed at managers of the state's $33 billion public pension system. Its goal is to keep the pool of money that Tennessee police officers, firefighters and tens of thousands of other professionals will dip into when they retire away from companies that do business with Iran, a country the U.S. State Department has called the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism.

26. Amid Congestion and Over-Building, Cordova Struggles to Reinvent Itself - Friday, July 07, 2006

It's common to refer to the object of someone's affection as "the apple of my eye," so one thing a group of civic and business leaders wants to do for Cordova is brand the Memphis suburb with a similar phrase.

27. Archived Article: Briefs - Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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