https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mlgw-federal-utility-aid-application-center 2026-09-04T21:00:00.496Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-federal-utility-aid-application-center-hero.jpg?v=cnh8i1 Federal Utility Aid Got Harder and Smaller. MLGW Turned a Community Office Into an Application Center and Ran 13,649 People Through It. Memphis City Councilwoman Pearl Eva Walker, District 3, requests an update on MLGW's community application center during a council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T21:00:00.000Z Federal Utility Aid Got Harder and Smaller. MLGW Turned a Community Office Into an Application Center and Ran 13,649 People Through It. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/shelby-county-trustee-record-investment-income 2026-09-04T20:00:02.206Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-trustee-record-investment-income-hero.jpg?v=1hilyed Shelby County Earned a Record $49.9 Million on Its Investments Last Year. Nobody at the Table Knew What This Year's Forecast Is. Then-Shelby County Trustee Regina Morrison Newman presents the county's FY2026 fourth-quarter financial report to commissioners at the committee dais, reporting a record $49.9 million in investment income. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T20:00:00.000Z Shelby County Earned a Record $49.9 Million on Its Investments Last Year. Nobody at the Table Knew What This Year's Forecast Is. https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/kilgore-flares-warn-127-layoff 2026-09-04T20:12:09.507Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-kilgore-flares-warn-hero.jpg?v=bot5wj A Defense Plant the State Paid to Expand Is Now Cutting 127 Jobs in Rural Hardeman County A low industrial manufacturing building in flat rural Tennessee farmland with an empty parking lot under an overcast sky. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T18:30:00.000Z A Defense Plant the State Paid to Expand Is Now Cutting 127 Jobs in Rural Hardeman County https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mlgw-six-contracts-518-million 2026-09-04T20:15:23.625Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-six-contracts-518-million-hero.jpg?v=1asrjp5 MLGW Asked Memphis for $5.18 Million in Six Contracts. Three of Them Ratify Money the Utility Had Already Spent. MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen speaks at a Memphis City Council committee table. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T18:00:00.000Z MLGW Asked Memphis for $5.18 Million in Six Contracts. Three of Them Ratify Money the Utility Had Already Spent. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/shelby-criminal-court-clerk-opioid-fund-swap 2026-09-04T20:12:12.114Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-criminal-court-clerk-opioid-swap-hero.jpg?v=79t5lg A Judge Learned at the Table That Her Court's $400,000 Was Being Switched to Opioid Money. The Item Advanced on Three Votes and Five Abstentions. Brian Harter, Director of Finance for the Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk's Office, and then-Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn address Shelby County commissioners about funding for two newly mandated Criminal Court divisions. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T17:00:00.000Z A Judge Learned at the Table That Her Court's $400,000 Was Being Switched to Opioid Money. The Item Advanced on Three Votes and Five Abstentions. https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mlgw-data-center-pipeline-council 2026-09-04T21:12:53.262Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-data-center-pipeline-council-hero.jpg?v=1u0zpzy MLGW Told the Council Exactly How Many Data Centers It Serves, What Is in the Queue, and That Nothing New Can Arrive for Six Months. MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen addresses the Memphis City Council during a committee meeting on Sept. 1, 2026. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T16:00:00.000Z MLGW Told the Council Exactly How Many Data Centers It Serves, What Is in the Queue, and That Nothing New Can Arrive for Six Months. https://the901report.com/beats/national/senatobia-chief-fired 2026-09-04T20:12:11.240Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/senatobia-chief-fired-hero.jpg?v=jbl31c The Board That Backed Him Fired Him: Senatobia's Police Chief Is Out After His Texts Were Published A uniformed police chief in a dark uniform with a gold badge stands at night outside a lighted building, holding his cap. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T15:30:00.000Z The Board That Backed Him Fired Him: Senatobia's Police Chief Is Out After His Texts Were Published https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/shelby-county-jail-annex-chiller-69524 2026-09-04T15:00:09.934Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-jail-annex-chiller-hero.jpg?v=iurrau A Chiller Failed at the County Jail Annex in May. The $69,524.10 Bill Reached a Committee in August, on an Item With No Routing Sheet. Nycole Alston, Administrator of Shelby County Support Services, addresses commissioners about the May chiller failure at the Jail Annex and the temporary cooling equipment brought in after the failure. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T15:00:00.000Z A Chiller Failed at the County Jail Annex in May. The $69,524.10 Bill Reached a Committee in August, on an Item With No Routing Sheet. https://the901report.com/beats/national/mail-ballot-scotus-26a297 2026-09-04T14:30:01.642Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mail-ballot-scotus-26a297-hero.jpg?v=1fev4vp The Ballot Rule Is Back at the Supreme Court, and the First Ballots Are Already in the Mail A gloved election worker handles a white official vote-by-mail ballot envelope at a counting table. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T14:30:00.000Z The Ballot Rule Is Back at the Supreme Court, and the First Ballots Are Already in the Mail https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-council-consent-agenda-one-vote 2026-09-04T14:00:00.719Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-council-consent-agenda-one-vote-hero.jpg?v=1jft142 Five Ordinances and Four Bond Releases Passed Memphis in One Vote. One of Them Was the Data Center Moratorium. Memphis City Council members seated at the dais in the council chamber during the September 1, 2026 regular meeting, with a speaker seated before the rail and the public gallery filled. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T14:00:00.000Z Five Ordinances and Four Bond Releases Passed Memphis in One Vote. One of Them Was the Data Center Moratorium. https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/towns-district-84-vacancy 2026-09-04T20:12:38.849Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/towns-district-84-vacancy-hero.jpg?v=12mzn9w After 32 Years, Joe Towns Jr. Has Left the Tennessee House. A Party Caucus Will Pick Who Represents District 84. Joe Towns Jr. seated at a table in a suit, smiling, with an American flag backdrop behind him. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T13:30:00.000Z After 32 Years, Joe Towns Jr. Has Left the Tennessee House. A Party Caucus Will Pick Who Represents District 84. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/shelby-county-credit-union-lease-extension 2026-09-04T13:00:12.527Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-credit-union-lease-extension-hero.jpg?v=10tesc1 Shelby County Is Approving a Lease Extension That Began 18 Months Ago. Nobody From the Administration Was There to Explain It the First Time. Shelby County Commissioner Henri E. Brooks, District 7, questions why no administration or Land Bank representative was present to explain a proposed lease extension during a commission committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T13:00:00.000Z Shelby County Is Approving a Lease Extension That Began 18 Months Ago. Nobody From the Administration Was There to Explain It the First Time. https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/ice-raid-state-warrants 2026-09-04T12:30:01.014Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/ice-raid-state-warrants-hero.jpg?v=10v5w4a The Warrants Were State Warrants: The Raid That Detained 121 People Ran Through a Shelby County Courtroom Members of the Tennessee National Guard walk a Memphis storefront sidewalk on patrol. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T12:30:00.000Z The Warrants Were State Warrants: The Raid That Detained 121 People Ran Through a Shelby County Courtroom https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-data-center-moratorium-first-reading 2026-09-04T18:12:38.145Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-data-center-moratorium-first-reading-hero.jpg?v=1sjv6k3 Memphis Took Its First Vote to Pause Data Centers. The Ordinance Keeps the Permit Window Open. Memphis City Councilman JB Smiley Jr., Super District 8-1, seated at the council dais during an August 2026 committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T12:00:00.000Z Memphis Took Its First Vote to Pause Data Centers. The Ordinance Keeps the Permit Window Open. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/shelby-county-juvenile-seclusion-ordinance 2026-09-04T11:00:01.680Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-youth-solitary-confinement-ordinance-hero.jpg?v=9x9cn6 Shelby County Is About to Write Limits on Locking Up Children Alone Into Its Code. The Ordinance Cleared Its Last Committee in Under Three Minutes, With No Questions. Dana Wilson, then-Deputy Chief of Staff to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, addresses commissioners during discussion of an ordinance establishing limits on the solitary confinement of juveniles in county custody. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-04T11:00:00.000Z Shelby County Is About to Write Limits on Locking Up Children Alone Into Its Code. The Ordinance Cleared Its Last Committee in Under Three Minutes, With No Questions. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/mwbe-references-removed-permanent-rules 2026-09-04T10:23:19.286Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mwbe-references-removed-permanent-rules-hero.jpg?v=1jicwx2 Shelby County Spent Perhaps 2 Percent With Minority Businesses. On Monday It Voted 10 to 2 to Take the Program Out of Its Rulebook. Shelby County Commissioner Britney Thornton, District 10, seated at the commission dais during the August 24, 2026 meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-03T22:00:00.000Z Shelby County Spent Perhaps 2 Percent With Minority Businesses. On Monday It Voted 10 to 2 to Take the Program Out of Its Rulebook. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/district-10-opioid-grant-fails-for-lack-of-second 2026-09-04T02:27:08.658Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/district-10-opioid-grant-fails-for-lack-of-second-hero.jpg?v=pdpvgc Nine Organizations Waited Through a Five-Hour Meeting to Speak on a $270,000 Opioid Grant. It Died Because Nobody Would Second the Motion. Shelby County Commission Chairwoman Shante K. Avant at the dais during the August 24, 2026 meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-03T20:00:00.000Z Nine Organizations Waited Through a Five-Hour Meeting to Speak on a $270,000 Opioid Grant. It Died Because Nobody Would Second the Motion. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/firefighter-paramedic-pay-fire-fund 2026-09-04T21:44:30.584Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/firefighter-paramedic-pay-fire-fund-hero.jpg?v=dsnzgf Shelby County Pays Its Firefighter Paramedics $76,000. Bartlett Pays $82,800, Germantown $82,700, Memphis $84,700. Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, District 12, seated at the commission dais during the August 24, 2026 meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-03T17:00:00.000Z Shelby County Pays Its Firefighter Paramedics $76,000. Bartlett Pays $82,800, Germantown $82,700, Memphis $84,700. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/fy2026-year-end-transfers-fund-balance 2026-09-04T17:00:16.675Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/fy2026-year-end-transfers-fund-balance-hero.jpg?v=1aw7v4p Shelby County's Fund Balance Is at 15 Percent. Its Own Policy Says 20 to 30. Danielle Schonbaum, Deputy Director of Administration and Finance for Shelby County, seated at the commission dais during a meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-03T15:00:00.000Z Shelby County's Fund Balance Is at 15 Percent. Its Own Policy Says 20 to 30. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/houston-levee-planned-development-rejected 2026-09-04T13:18:01.158Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/houston-levee-planned-development-rejected-hero.jpg?v=8ul9ti The Developer Promised 125 to 300 Jobs and Paid Road Widening. Shelby County Voted It Down Nine to Three, Including the Commissioner Who Sent It Back for a Rewrite. Developer Frank "Beau" Chambliss stands at the podium before the Shelby County Board of Commissioners during the August 24, 2026 meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-03T13:00:00.000Z The Developer Promised 125 to 300 Jobs and Paid Road Widening. Shelby County Voted It Down Nine to Three, Including the Commissioner Who Sent It Back for a Rewrite. https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/mscs-oversight-litigation-spending-cap 2026-09-03T15:37:26.441Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-oversight-litigation-spending-cap-hero.jpg?v=1pwu6nv A Commissioner Said the Schools Lawsuit Had Passed $200,000. The County Attorney Said the Number Is $111,000, and the Cap Everyone Was Arguing About Expired With the Fiscal Year. Shelby County Attorney Marlinee Clark Iverson seated at the dais during the August 24, 2026 Shelby County Commission meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal The 901 Report en 2026-09-03T11:27:31.151Z A Commissioner Said the Schools Lawsuit Had Passed $200,000. The County Attorney Said the Number Is $111,000, and the Cap Everyone Was Arguing About Expired With the Fiscal Year.