Sales Tax Referendum Enflames Tensions Between Memphis And Its Suburbs
Early voting is underway and residents in Memphis and the unincorporated county are voting on a half-cent sales tax increase.Outside the early voting location at the Agricenter, Nancy Ream said she and...
View ArticleRadio Roundtable: TN State Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle And Municipal...
This week on the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable, host Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, talks with TN State Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle and Ken Hoover, who won a seat on the...
View ArticleTennessee Lawmakers Lift Ban On Municipal Schools
If the governor does not veto a bill passed Monday, then the suburbs outside of Memphis will be able to restart a process to open municipal schools which they originally began in 2012. Last August, all...
View ArticleConsultants’ Report Says Municipal Schools Possible In Shelby County
William McCaig has three kids in Shelby County Schools in Bartlett and he doesnt want to see those schools merged with the Memphis City Schools. He wants Local control, McCaig said. And hes willing to...
View ArticleRadio Roundtable: Municipal School Districts, Operations "Safe Community,"...
This week, the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable discusses the progress of a bill that could life the ban on new municipal school districts.
View ArticleAmendment To Bullying Bill Is A Win For Proponents Of Municipal School Districts
A bill passed by the state legislature Monday is a win for proponents of municipal school districts here in Shelby County--a provision of the bill allows the suburbs outside of Memphis to hold...
View ArticleCounty Commissioner Mike Ritz Comes Up With His Own Cost Estimates For...
Each of the six suburbs outside of Memphis is considering opening its own municipal school district, rather than join the merged Memphis and Shelby County School District in 2013. And they each hired...
View ArticleCounty Commission Divided Over Municipal Schools, Nonetheless Sues
Yard signs urging suburban residents to create their own, separate municipal school districts, rather than send their children to a merged Memphis & Shelby County schools, poke from well-manicured...
View ArticleJudge Mays Says Municipal Schools Referendums Can Go Forward
Federal court Judge Hardy Mays ruled Thursday that residents in all six of the suburbs outside of Memphis will vote on whether or not they want to form municipal school districts. The ruling comes a...
View ArticleSuburbs Vote On Municipal Schools Amid Disagreement Over Costs
The ballot question in Bartlett asks voters whether they want to form a separate school district and whether they are willing to pay for it.
View ArticleTestimony Over In Municipal Schools Trial
All sides in the lawsuit agreed to waive their right to a jury trial and let U.S. District Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays decide the case by himself. Now that the courtroom phase of the trial is over, it...
View ArticleSales Tax Referendum Enflames Tensions Between Memphis And Its Suburbs
Early voting is underway and residents in Memphis and the unincorporated county are voting on a half-cent sales tax increase. Outside the early voting location at the Agricenter, Nancy Ream said she...
View ArticleSuburbs Hold Municipal School Board Elections, Wait For Judge’s Ruling
All six suburbs in Shelby County are holding municipal school board elections. Enthusiasm for these races is very high outside of Memphis. In total, 64 candidates are running for 32 positions. The most...
View ArticleShelby County Votes On President, Sales Tax And Municipal School Boards Tomorrow
The presidential contest is expected to drive voter turnout across the nation and the state. Almost 1.5 million Tennesseans cast ballots early. That’s the second-highest early voting turnout in state...
View ArticleSale Tax Hike Fails At Polls
All six of the suburbs outside of Memphis elected municipal school boards, but they are still waiting for a ruling from a judge. Federal judge Hardy Mays is weighing whether or not the state law, which...
View ArticleJudge Mays Stops Suburbs’ Plans For Municipal Schools
The results of August referendums on municipal school districts and November school board elections in all six of the suburbs outside of Memphis were voided by U.S. District Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays...
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