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      <image:title>Four People Have Been Killed by the Memphis Task Force Since January. Speakers Asked the Shelby County Commission to Join the Lawsuit It Declined to Fund in June.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Public comment during a Shelby County Commission meeting, with a speaker at the microphone and attendees seated behind her.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Four People Have Been Killed by the Memphis Task Force Since January. Speakers Asked the Shelby County Commission to Join the Lawsuit It Declined to Fund in June.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/arbitrage-rebate-2578689-irs</loc>
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      <image:title>Memphis Owed the IRS $2,578,689.52 on Its Bond Earnings. The Payment Was Due the Day Before the Council Heard About It.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, September 1, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Memphis Owed the IRS $2,578,689.52 on Its Bond Earnings. The Payment Was Due the Day Before the Council Heard About It.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/spacexai-worker-death-lawsuit</loc>
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      <image:title>A Worker Fell to His Death at the SpaceXAI Site. The State&apos;s Penalty Was $4,500. His Family Is Asking a Jury for $30 Million.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Forklifts and American, Memphis and Tennessee flags inside a large industrial hall, with xAI banners displayed on equipment.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>A Worker Fell to His Death at the SpaceXAI Site. The State&apos;s Penalty Was $4,500. His Family Is Asking a Jury for $30 Million.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/pk24107-audubon-and-four-more-tbd</loc>
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      <image:title>A Memphis Golf Project Just Got the Same CIP Number a Different Golf Project Was Using Two Weeks Ago.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, September 1, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T14:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Memphis Golf Project Just Got the Same CIP Number a Different Golf Project Was Using Two Weeks Ago.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/wexford-vacancies-201-poplar-thirty-of-one-hundred</loc>
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      <image:title>Sixteen Days Before Taking Over Jail Health Care, the Contractor Said About 30 of Roughly 100 Positions at 201 Poplar Were Vacant.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Four presenters stand at a microphone table in the Shelby County Commission chamber, with rows of chairs behind them.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T13:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Sixteen Days Before Taking Over Jail Health Care, the Contractor Said About 30 of Roughly 100 Positions at 201 Poplar Were Vacant.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mata-board-reconstituted-over-objection</loc>
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      <image:title>Memphis Rebuilt the MATA Board in One Vote. One Council Member Said the Last Time They Did This Is Why the Agency Broke.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, September 1, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T13:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Memphis Rebuilt the MATA Board in One Vote. One Council Member Said the Last Time They Did This Is Why the Agency Broke.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/winter-jones-not-guilty-pleas</loc>
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      <image:title>All Three Former Kid University Workers Pleaded Not Guilty in Winter Jones&apos;s Death. Each Is Out on a $50,000 Bond.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Three women appear in a courtroom, one seated in orange clothing and two standing behind her.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T12:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>All Three Former Kid University Workers Pleaded Not Guilty in Winter Jones&apos;s Death. Each Is Out on a $50,000 Bond.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tbi-task-force-embedded-memphis</loc>
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      <image:title>A $9 Million State Task Force Is Now Embedded in the Memphis Crackdown, and Its Board Can Send Agents Without a Local Request</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two National Guard members walk outside a retail store beside a parking lot in Memphis.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A $9 Million State Task Force Is Now Embedded in the Memphis Crackdown, and Its Board Can Send Agents Without a Local Request</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/dcblox-nashville-moratorium-dismissal</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T15:10:39.470Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>A Federal Judge Just Tested Tennessee&apos;s First Data Center Moratorium. It Survived. Memphis Votes on Its Own October 20.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A seated crowd holds signs calling for a data center moratorium at a public hearing.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T11:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Federal Judge Just Tested Tennessee&apos;s First Data Center Moratorium. It Survived. Memphis Votes on Its Own October 20.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/mpd-crash-raines-five-dead</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T15:10:52.558Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Five People Died When an MPD Patrol Car Hit Their Vehicle. The State, Not the City, Will Decide What the Public Learns.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A blue Memphis Police Department patrol car behind yellow crime-scene tape.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-13T11:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Five People Died When an MPD Patrol Car Hit Their Vehicle. The State, Not the City, Will Decide What the Public Learns.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/wexford-penalties-18-audits-125-a-day</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T14:04:26.871Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Shelby County&apos;s Jail Health Contract Runs Over $100,000 a Day. The Penalty for Ignoring a Corrective Action Plan Is $125 a Day.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Four invited presenters stand at a hearing table during a Shelby County Commission meeting about the jail health care contract and its oversight provisions.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T23:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Shelby County&apos;s Jail Health Contract Runs Over $100,000 a Day. The Penalty for Ignoring a Corrective Action Plan Is $125 a Day.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/tdot-state-roads-manager-vacant</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T14:40:54.570Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>TDOT Told Memphis Its District Operations Manager Job Went Vacant. Council Members Said Quarterly Visits Are the Only Accountability They Have.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two TDOT presenters seated at a committee table with a microphone, notebook and documents during a Memphis City Council committee meeting.</image:caption>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T23:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>TDOT Told Memphis Its District Operations Manager Job Went Vacant. Council Members Said Quarterly Visits Are the Only Accountability They Have.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/enrollment-down-2000-students-2026</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T09:02:46.813Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MSCS Opened the Year Down More Than 2,000 Students. The Money Follows Them Out.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Officials, educators and supporters clap and wave blue and red pom-poms during a celebration in a school library with bookshelves behind them.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T22:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>MSCS Opened the Year Down More Than 2,000 Students. The Money Follows Them Out.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/water-rate-petition-declining-block</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T01:26:41.090Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>A Petition Says Memphis&apos;s Biggest Water Users Pay Less Per Gallon the More They Pump. It Asks MLGW to End That.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bar chart titled MLGW Cost Per 100 Gallons comparing residential water costs with usage levels of 5,000, 50,000, 100,000, and 1,000,000 gallons.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T22:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Petition Says Memphis&apos;s Biggest Water Users Pay Less Per Gallon the More They Pump. It Asks MLGW to End That.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/cdbg-formula-1940-housing-memphis</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T09:05:31.558Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Memphis Gets Federal Housing Money Under a 1970s Law Built on 1960s Data That Rewards Cities for Pre-1940 Houses. Memphis Has 24,000. Detroit Has 127,000.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, September 1, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T21:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Memphis Gets Federal Housing Money Under a 1970s Law Built on 1960s Data That Rewards Cities for Pre-1940 Houses. Memphis Has 24,000. Detroit Has 127,000.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/billingsley-recusal-alliance-healthcare-wexford</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T09:05:32.178Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>A Commissioner Recused Himself From the $38 Million Jail Health Vote Because He Raises Money for a Company That Might Become a Subcontractor.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shelby County Commissioner Mark Billingsley seated at the dais behind his nameplate, with a monitor and microphone.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T21:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Commissioner Recused Himself From the $38 Million Jail Health Vote Because He Raises Money for a Company That Might Become a Subcontractor.</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mlgw-water-pilot-20-years-fedex-forum</loc>
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      <image:title>MLGW Is Extending a 2001 Water Payment to the City for Twenty More Years. The $2.5 Million a Year Goes to the FedEx Forum.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, September 1, 2026.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T20:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>MLGW Is Extending a 2001 Water Payment to the City for Twenty More Years. The $2.5 Million a Year Goes to the FedEx Forum.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/201-poplar-class-action</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T14:35:09.268Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Five Detainees Ask a Federal Court to Step Into 201 Poplar</image:title>
      <image:caption>A weathered Liberty statue in the foreground, with the brick Shelby County Criminal Justice Center at 201 Poplar across the street in daylight.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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      <news:title>Five Detainees Ask a Federal Court to Step Into 201 Poplar</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/national/prince-georges-39-million-transfer</loc>
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      <image:title>A $39 Million Tug-of-War, and Two Council Members Asking the State to Look</image:title>
      <image:caption>Prince George&apos;s County Council members seated at the dais inside the council chamber, with staff seated in the foreground.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T19:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A $39 Million Tug-of-War, and Two Council Members Asking the State to Look</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/wexford-contract-approved-eleven-ayes-one-recusal</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-13T09:05:31.385Z</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Shelby County Approved a $37,982,899 Jail Health Care Contract With 11 Ayes, One Recusal, and One Commissioner Not Recorded Either Way.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wexford Health Sources Incorporated logo with a red medical emblem and blue lettering.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T18:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Shelby County Approved a $37,982,899 Jail Health Care Contract With 11 Ayes, One Recusal, and One Commissioner Not Recorded Either Way.</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/refunding-bonds-350-million-no-questions</loc>
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      <image:title>Memphis Authorized Up to $350 Million in Refunding Bonds. The Vote Took About Ninety Seconds and Nobody Asked a Question.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council regular meeting, August 18, 2026.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
    </image:image>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T18:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Memphis Authorized Up to $350 Million in Refunding Bonds. The Vote Took About Ninety Seconds and Nobody Asked a Question.</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/national/fema-workforce-ruling</loc>
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      <image:title>A Judge Ruled That Halving FEMA Broke the Law Written After Katrina. The Messages Discussing It Were Deleted.</image:title>
      <image:caption>FEMA lettering and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal on a federal building facade.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
    </image:image>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T17:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Judge Ruled That Halving FEMA Broke the Law Written After Katrina. The Messages Discussing It Were Deleted.</news:title>
    </news:news>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/lowry-road-cancellation-demands</loc>
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      <image:title>Boxtown&apos;s Answer to the Lowry Road Pause: Kill It</image:title>
      <image:caption>A curving roadway labeled Riverport Road, lined with trees and utility poles under a blue sky.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
    </image:image>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T17:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Boxtown&apos;s Answer to the Lowry Road Pause: Kill It</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/st-peter-sam-avenue-samuel-henderson</loc>
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      <image:title>Memphis Named a Downtown Street for a Formerly Enslaved Church Handyman Who Stayed Through the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Portrait of Samuel Henderson, known as St. Peter&apos;s Sam, a formerly enslaved Memphian who served at St. Peter Catholic Church.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T16:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Memphis Named a Downtown Street for a Formerly Enslaved Church Handyman Who Stayed Through the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic.</news:title>
    </news:news>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/brooks-vice-chair-after-losing-chair</loc>
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      <image:title>Henri E. Brooks Lost the Chairmanship 9 to 4. Forty Minutes Later She Won the Vice Chairmanship 9 to 4.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shelby County Commissioner Henri E. Brooks speaking at the commission dais, seated between Commissioners Derek Mills and Will Richardson.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T16:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Henri E. Brooks Lost the Chairmanship 9 to 4. Forty Minutes Later She Won the Vice Chairmanship 9 to 4.</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/district-84-szalaj-one-member-pick</loc>
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      <image:title>One Committee Member Picked District 84&apos;s Nominee. The Delegation Chair Says That Is Not How 72,000 People Should Get a Representative.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Portraits of Kyler Gilkey on the left and Matthew T. Szalaj on the right.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T15:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>One Committee Member Picked District 84&apos;s Nominee. The Delegation Chair Says That Is Not How 72,000 People Should Get a Representative.</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/public-art-one-percent-shortfall-512000</loc>
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      <image:title>Memphis Owes Its Public Art Program One Percent of the Capital Budget. It Budgeted $400,000, and the Fix Still Leaves It Short.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, August 18, 2026.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    </image:image>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The 901 Report</news:name>
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      <news:title>Memphis Owes Its Public Art Program One Percent of the Capital Budget. It Budgeted $400,000, and the Fix Still Leaves It Short.</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/national/missouri-map-2022-lines-final</loc>
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      <image:title>The Full Court Has Ruled: Missouri Votes in November on the 2022 Map</image:title>
      <image:caption>A side-by-side comparison of Missouri’s 2022 and 2025 congressional district maps.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
    </image:image>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T14:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Full Court Has Ruled: Missouri Votes in November on the 2022 Map</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/winter-jones-indictment-three-charged</loc>
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      <image:title>A Grand Jury Charged Three Daycare Employees in Winter Jones&apos;s Death. The Tampering Count Points at the Daycare&apos;s Own Records.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Booking photo collage of Tametria Norry, Amilya Hardin and Sabrina Powe, in that order.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T14:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Grand Jury Charged Three Daycare Employees in Winter Jones&apos;s Death. The Tampering Count Points at the Daycare&apos;s Own Records.</news:title>
    </news:news>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/avant-elected-chair-third-ballot</loc>
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      <image:title>Shelby County&apos;s New Commission Needed Three Ballots and a Withdrawal to Elect a Chair. Shante K. Avant Won 9 to 4.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shelby County Commission Chairwoman Shante K. Avant seated at the commission dais behind her nameplate.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Shelby County&apos;s New Commission Needed Three Ballots and a Withdrawal to Elect a Chair. Shante K. Avant Won 9 to 4.</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/short-term-rental-ordinance-5980-held-and-passed</loc>
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      <image:title>A Memphis Committee Held Discussion of the Short-Term Rental Ordinance for Two Weeks. The Same Ordinance Passed Second Reading That Night.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Memphis City Council, Memphis City Council committee meetings, August 18, 2026.</image:caption>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T13:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A Memphis Committee Held Discussion of the Short-Term Rental Ordinance for Two Weeks. The Same Ordinance Passed Second Reading That Night.</news:title>
    </news:news>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/national/ice-polling-places-lawsuit</loc>
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      <image:title>A 150-Year-Old Law Says No Armed Federal Officers at the Polls. Civil Rights Groups and Denver Just Asked a Court to Enforce It Against ICE.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Officers wearing Police ICE vests stand and climb stairs beside a parking garage under a clear blue sky.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
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    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T12:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A 150-Year-Old Law Says No Armed Federal Officers at the Polls. Civil Rights Groups and Denver Just Asked a Court to Enforce It Against ICE.</news:title>
    </news:news>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/early-voting-opens-october-14</loc>
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      <image:title>Early Voting in Shelby County Opens Wednesday, October 14</image:title>
      <image:caption>A roadside Shelby County Election Commission sign reads Early Voting with a right-pointing arrow and October 14 to October 29 dates.</image:caption>
      <image:geo_location>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</image:geo_location>
      <image:license>https://the901report.com/legal</image:license>
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      <news:publication>
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      <news:title>Early Voting in Shelby County Opens Wednesday, October 14</news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/voting-machines-ready-ballot-questions</loc>
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      <image:title>Shelby County&apos;s Early-Voting Machines Pass Inspection as Officials Urge Voters to Review Ballot Questions</image:title>
      <image:caption>An election official wearing headphones uses a stylus to inspect a voting machine among rows of election equipment.</image:caption>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T11:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Shelby County&apos;s Early-Voting Machines Pass Inspection as Officials Urge Voters to Review Ballot Questions</news:title>
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    <loc>https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/three-constitutional-amendments-2026</loc>
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      <image:title>Three Changes to the Tennessee Constitution Are on the November 3 Ballot. The First Would End the Automatic Right to Bail for Dozens of Crimes.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, with its columned facade, cupola, and flag under a clear blue sky.</image:caption>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-12T11:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Three Changes to the Tennessee Constitution Are on the November 3 Ballot. The First Would End the Automatic Right to Bail for Dozens of Crimes.</news:title>
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