NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Acclaimed singer-songwriters including Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle will lead a five-city concert series to support families who have been separated at the border due to immigration policies put into place by the Trump administration.

2. Turner Career Program Seeks To Boost Construction Manpower - Saturday, May 5, 2018

Chris Boyce is a happy man. The South Memphis resident is gainfully employed in a trade he never envisioned while he worked for years performing railroad maintenance around the area.

3. Advance Memphis Aims to Provide Workers Economic Sustainability - Tuesday, July 19, 2016

“I’m always thinking about things through an economic lens,” said Steve Nash, executive director of Advance Memphis, at a recent tour of the nonprofit’s new location at 575 Suzette St.

4. PFM Group Promotes Lowe To Managing Director - Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Lauren Lowe has been promoted to managing director of The PFM Group, a leading provider of independent financial and investment advisory services to state and local governments and not-for-profit institutions. Based in PFM’s Memphis office, Lowe serves the firm’s municipal advisory clients. Her areas of expertise include debt transactions and structuring, strategic planning, pricing and cash flow analysis as well as advising many of her local government clients on policy development.

5. Conference Aims to Spark Positive Change, One ZIP Code at a Time - Thursday, November 5, 2015

The world can be a big place, even within one city or a single ZIP code. But the world also can be made smaller when the right kinds of lines are crossed.

Steve Nash founded nonprofit Advance Memphis in 1999, beginning an ambitious project without end. His goal: bring economic sustainability to the people living in and around the Cleaborn/Foote Homes public housing developments in South Memphis’ 38126 ZIP code, the poorest urban ZIP in Tennessee.

6. Christian Development Group Hosting Memphis Conference - Saturday, October 31, 2015

The annual conference of national group Christian Community Development Association is headed to Memphis Nov. 11-14.

The event is expected to draw more than 2,500 people to the Memphis Cook Convention Center. It will offer networking and workshops focused on training people in how to develop under-resourced communities in a side-by-side way.

7. Christian Development Group Hosting Memphis Conference - Monday, October 26, 2015

The annual conference of national group Christian Community Development Association is headed to Memphis Nov. 11-14.

The event is expected to draw more than 2,500 people to the Memphis Cook Convention Center. It will offer networking and workshops focused on training people in how to develop under-resourced communities in a side-by-side way.

8. Every Year’s Different, and 2015 Belongs to Golden State Warriors - Friday, June 19, 2015

It went six games, Golden State winning 105-97 in Cleveland to give the Warriors their first NBA championship in 40 years, Andre Iguodala winning the series MVP, and LeBron James saying he didn’t know if this loss hurt more than his three others in the NBA Finals.

9. Festive Drinks and Fun Venues - Saturday, December 6, 2014

A number of new places opened in Nashville this year, bringing a bevy of new bourbons, crafted brews and incredible places to sit, relax and sip. If you are looking for more than a meal and want that genuine, trendy Nashville experience, here are a few hot spots.

10. Grizzlies Part of Crowded Western Conference Race - Monday, October 27, 2014

Calling it the Wild West just doesn't do it justice anymore.

The NBA's Western Conference is brutal. It's loaded with talent. And the eight teams that make it through a gruelingly competitive regular season to reach the playoffs will only find slugging their way to the NBA Finals even more daunting.

11. Events - Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednesday, Feb. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. at The University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Steve Guinn, vice president of Highwoods Properties, will present “Real Estate Taxes: Memphis vs. Nashville.” Cost is $18 for nonmembers.

12. Nothing Too Absurd With These Grizz - Friday, January 25, 2013

Trade 40 percent of your bench to Cleveland, play the Lakers the next night, and everything will be just fine. The Fakers are so bad they might not beat El Segundo Middle School at their gym.

But so what? Teams that make trades to avoid the luxury tax – small-market beggars – can’t be choosers. So the Grizzlies graciously accept the 106-93 victory, marvel at the 27-14 record and No. 4 spot in the Western Conference standings, and do all they can do to keep it going.

13. Sum Greater Than Parts for This Grizzlies Squad - Friday, January 27, 2012

Team identities are never static. When Rudy Gay was injured last season, the Memphis Grizzlies formed a new identity, one even more devoted to the interior game and feeding the ball to power forward Zach Randolph and center Marc Gasol.

14. Organization Works to ‘Advance’ 38126 ZIP - Monday, May 30, 2011

The 38126 ZIP code shone brightly in the national spotlight when President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School after the school won the 2011 White House Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

15. Fogerty Joins Jackson Lewis In Of Counsel Role - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Whitney King Fogerty has joined Jackson Lewis LLP as of counsel.

Fogerty was previously a shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, where she specialized in labor and employment litigation. She has practiced law for 10 years and has been named among Chambers USA’s Leading Lawyers for Business the past two years.

16. US Congress Can Learn from Mass., Tenn. Health Plans - Friday, May 29, 2009

Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about losing her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery?

17. Events - Friday, October 24, 2008

The Memphis Bar Association in conjunction with the American College of Trial Lawyers will host the 3rd Annual Professionalism, Civility and Courtesy Seminar today from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Room 252 of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. The seminar is worth three hours of dual continuing legal education credit. To register, visit www.memphisbar.org.

18. Barrett Opens Design and Marketing Firm - Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Stefanie Barrett has opened Barrett Creative, a full-service graphic design and marketing firm. Barrett has more than 15 years of experience. She is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), the Memphis Chamber of Commerce and Women on the Move, and serves as the marketing sponsor for the Commission on Missing and Exploited Children (COMEC) and the Small Business Chamber.

19. Archived Article: Scholars (lead) - Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Washgin scholar is initiave of advance Memphis

Local Program Creates Business Scholars

Youth learn real-life lessons from corporate volunteers

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Early 20th century educator Booker T. Washington knew the value of...

20. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, June 19, 2003
Oracle boosts PeopleSoft takeover bid

Oracle boosts PeopleSoft takeover bid

Oracle Corp., the No. 2 U.S.-based global software maker, Wednesday sweetened its hostile cash bid for PeopleSoft Inc. by 22 percent to about $6.3 billion, the latest ...

21. Archived Article: Comm Focus - Friday, November 5, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Youth initiative producing future entrepreneurs EntreStart is minister's method to bringing the message to teens By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Anthony Branch, a vocational specialist for the Urban Youth Initiative, started o...