The 901 Report

The 901 Report — Memphis civic news and budget accountability

Memphis City Hall entrance at 125 N. Main, with the city seal above the doors.
Memphis City Council

The People Who Run Memphis's Money Are Out: Young Replaces His COO and CFO Days After the Budget Passed

Young is replacing two Strickland-era holdovers, COO Antonio Adams and CFO Walter Person, as the city engineer retires. The new COO and CFO need Council confirmation.

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The Memphis City Hall council chamber during the FY2027 budget vote
Memphis City Council

Memphis Council Passes Nearly $900 Million Budget; AutoZone Park Funded, Transit Left Out

June 23, 2026

Memphis City Hall council chamber during a budget session, viewed from the public gallery
Memphis City Council

Memphis Budget Vote Returns to Council After Two-Week Delay

June 23, 2026

A Shelby County commission chamber during a budget and tax-rate session
Shelby County Commission

Shelby County Commission Heads to June 29 Vote on Budget and Tax Rate

June 23, 2026

An empty Memphis school district board room with an American flag and a Tennessee state flag
MSCS

MSCS Sues Tennessee to Stop School Takeover Board Before July 1

June 23, 2026

A municipal electric utility crew working on overhead power lines from a bucket truck
MLGW

MLGW: Who Governs Your Utility, When They Meet, and the Money You Are Now Paying

June 23, 2026

A city police cruiser on a downtown Memphis street with National Guard vehicles in the background
Memphis City Council

MPD Consent Decree Compliance Under Scrutiny as a Federal Task Force Operates in Memphis

June 23, 2026

The exterior of an aging county jail and criminal justice complex under an overcast sky
Shelby County Commission

Bonner's Budget Fight and the Jail Question Head Into the June 29 County Vote

June 23, 2026

Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Tami Sawyer speaking at a public event.
Shelby County Commission

Court Clerk Tami Sawyer Suspended 30 Days Following Federal Indictment

June 17, 2026

Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Tami Sawyer speaking at a public event.
Shelby County Commission

Court Clerk Tami Sawyer Turns Herself In on Sealed Federal Indictment

June 15, 2026

A woman reads a consumer warning notice posted beside a cryptocurrency ATM inside a Tennessee convenience store ahead of the July 1 effective date.
Tennessee

TN Ban on Crypto ATMs Takes Effect July 1

June 8, 2026

A Tennessee resident reviews a vehicle registration form with a county clerk at a DMV office
Tennessee

Tennessee Law Creates New Vehicle Registration Requirements

June 4, 2026

Steve Harvey speaks into an ABC24 microphone alongside Marjorie Harvey at a Memphis street naming ceremony
Memphis

Steve and Marjorie Harvey Attend Street Naming Ceremony Honoring Her Late Father in Memphis

June 4, 2026

T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway with status light on a table in a Memphis living room, May 28 outage
Memphis

T-Mobile fiber outage hits Memphis homes May 28

May 28, 2026

Council Chairwoman Jana Gunningham-Woolbridge speaking at the dais during the third FY27 budget hearing on May 21, 2026
Memphis City Council

Hearing #3: The math doesn't work, and the Chair said so

May 28, 2026

From left: City of Memphis Police Finance Manager Vincent Eason and Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn "C. J." Davis testify before the Memphis City Council during the FY27 budget hearing on police overtime spending
Memphis City Council

Hearing #2: The police overtime shell game

May 27, 2026

Tennessee 2026 congressional district map showing Shelby County split across the 5th, 8th and 9th districts
Memphis

State court upholds TN map, keeps Memphis split across 3 districts

May 26, 2026

Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy speaks during an interview in his office
Shelby County Commission

Mulroy sues Tennessee, blocks two Shelby County laws May 26

May 26, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Walter Person (left) and CIP Manager Jasmine Joyner Marshall (right) at the May 18, 2026 budget hearing.
Memphis City Council

Hearing #1: What Council asked, what the administration said, and what's still missing

May 26, 2026

Randy Boyd Hall under construction at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville — a five-story building with green sheathing and a tower crane on a clear day
MSCS

UT Knoxville names $227M Randy Boyd Hall, national security center

May 25, 2026

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs the Education Freedom Scholarship Act surrounded by schoolchildren at a State Capitol bill-signing ceremony
MSCS

Lee's voucher plan threatens Memphis school dollars

May 25, 2026

Memphis City Council

Memphis begins FY27 budget process, departments seek funding

May 24, 2026

Memphis City Council

Memphis FY27 budget hearings omit staffing, backlog details

May 23, 2026

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at a podium bearing the Tennessee state seal, flanked by students and Republican lawmakers wearing orange ties, as he signs the Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover bill into law.
MSCS

Lee signs MSCS takeover law, hands 9 GOP appointees control

May 22, 2026

Memphis City Council

Four Memphis residents sue Memphis Safe Task Force over arrests

May 22, 2026

Memphis

Federal government rates two Memphis hospitals poorly

May 22, 2026

Tennessee

Federal judge blocks THP immigration stops in Memphis, Nashville

May 22, 2026

Tennessee state seal on a government webpage
Tennessee

TN Labor Dept. reports 3.6% jobless rate for May, third month

May 21, 2026

National

Trump proposes ending federal income tax on overtime, tips

May 21, 2026

Protesters hold signs reading "STOP the VOUCHER SCAM" and wave dollar bills at the Tennessee State Capitol during a demonstration against Governor Bill Lee's education voucher plan.
MSCS

Gov. Lee's voucher plan shifts Memphis school dollars, impacts MSCS budget

May 21, 2026

Memphis City Council

Tennessee raises loan rate cap to 10.75% on May 19

May 21, 2026

MSCS

MSCS proposes $1.7B budget, new board inherits cuts fight

May 21, 2026

Memphis City Council

Memphis faces FY27 pension bill, impacts police staffing, city services

May 20, 2026

National

ACLU hires outside lawyers for Memphis redistricting fight

May 20, 2026

Memphis City Council

Memphis FY27 budget proposal hides public safety pension liabilities

May 19, 2026

MSCS

MSCS proposes $1.7B budget, state board assumes control

May 18, 2026

National

GOP redraws Memphis into 3 districts, Cohen exits reelection bid

May 18, 2026