https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/911-fourth-option-mental-health 2026-08-27T20:06:16.227Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/911-fourth-option-mental-health-hero.jpg?v=13zwz5n 911's New Fourth Option Sends a Counselor, Not a Cop. Who Runs It and What It Costs Is Not Public Yet. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis speaks at a press conference on the city's new 911 behavioral health response option as Mayor Paul Young looks on. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/nashville-fairgrounds-state-lawmakers 2026-08-27T11:30:01.273Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/nashville-fairgrounds-state-lawmakers-hero.jpg?v=1rptec7 Nashville's Speedway Fight Just Reached the State, and Memphis Has Seen This Play Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, where a renewed fight over the future of racing at the fairgrounds has reached state lawmakers. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tisa-special-education-pre-k-funding 2026-08-27T12:06:58.215Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tisa-special-education-pre-k-funding-hero.jpg?v=1lc5lje The State Requires Special Education Pre-K. Its Own Funding Committee Just Said the State Should Pay for It. An empty pre-K classroom with small chairs stacked on low tables. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/visa-revocation-no-published-order 2026-08-27T17:56:47.829Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/visa-revocation-no-published-order-hero.jpg?v=kp5cv1 200,000 Visas, No Published Order: The Largest Revocation in History So Far Rests on Officials' Statements A protester holds an American flag outside the White House in Washington, D.C. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-cares-storm-grocery-assistance 2026-08-27T18:16:28.388Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/city-memphis-cares-storm-hero-v2.jpg?v=19acrih Memphis Mayor and Council Put Up $100,000 for Storm Grocery Help. Here Is Who Qualifies and How to Get It. Two officials stand outdoors in front of a tree and wooden fence. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/hayes-conviction-da-joins-motion 2026-08-27T11:57:56.793Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/hayes-conviction-da-joins-motion-hero.jpg?v=tamyjl The Prosecution Switched Sides: Shelby County's DA Office Joined the Motion to Clear Andrew Hayes Andrew Hayes sits in a Shelby County Criminal Court gallery bench during a hearing. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/meta-settlement-childrens-digital-protection-fund 2026-08-27T07:38:45.149Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-meta-settlement-hero.jpg?v=9n56y5 Tennessee Is Getting $751.9 Million From Meta. Where That Money Goes Is Now Up to the Legislature. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti seated at a wood-paneled hearing room table. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/mltc-fire-electrical-cause-200-relocated 2026-08-26T18:33:05.758Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mltc-fire-electrical-cause-hero.jpg?v=f5onru An Electrical Box Exploded at a Memphis Prison. More Than 200 People in State Custody Were Moved, and No One Has Published the Bill. Emergency crews and a fire engine at a burning low institutional building behind a razor wire fence at night. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/perrusquia-thp-pursuit-policy-lawsuit 2026-08-27T02:06:49.211Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/perrusquia-thp-pursuit-policy-lawsuit-hero-v2.jpg?v=1n1bfyx The State Released the Chase Data. It Is in Court to Keep the Chase Rules Secret. Two damaged cars in the grass beside a Tennessee highway with a patrol vehicle and ambulance responding Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/blackburn-senate-seat-appointment-2028 2026-08-27T02:06:10.717Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/blackburn-senate-seat-appointment-2028-hero-v2.jpg?v=cnhiyp If Blackburn Wins, Her Senate Seat Becomes an Appointment That Could Last Until November 2028 U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn walking through a corridor in the U.S. Capitol Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/dolly-parton-imagination-library-legacy 2026-08-27T20:23:11.669Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/dolly-parton-imagination-library-legacy-hero.jpg?v=tn35qi Dolly Parton Built a Statewide Program That Tennessee Taxpayers Help Fund. Her Death Puts Its Future in the Legislature's Hands. Dolly Parton on stage holding a white rhinestone acoustic guitar. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/scotus-lifts-mail-ballot-injunction 2026-08-26T12:05:06.666Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/scotus-lifts-mail-ballot-injunction-hero.jpg?v=1mz6ivk One Injunction Left: The Supreme Court Clears Half the Path for the Federal Ballot Rule Marble columns of a courthouse at dusk with a stack of plain mail envelopes in the foreground. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/final-meeting-takeover-legal-fee-cap 2026-08-26T13:01:29.176Z hourly 0.9 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/commission-final-meeting-legal-fee-cap-hero.jpg?v=161e1zm Eight Commissioners Left the Room for Good. Their Last Vote Capped the Takeover Legal Bill at $200,000. An empty county commission chamber with vacant chairs at the dais after a meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/airport-escape-lounge-12-year-lease 2026-08-27T14:16:43.916Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/airport-escape-lounge-lease-hero.jpg?v=1b8p490 The Airport Board Signed a 12-Year Lounge Deal. Here Are the Terms. An Escape Lounge interior with upholstered booth seating, a traveler with a coffee cup, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking an airport apron. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/nashville-fema-election-grant-conditions-lawsuit 2026-08-26T15:39:08.556Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/nashville-fema-election-grant-conditions-hero.jpg?v=1gswz0u Nashville Sues to Keep First-Responder Money From Being Tied to How It Runs Elections The Nashville skyline seen across the Cumberland River with a bridge in the foreground. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/governors-race-voucher-referendum-education-platforms 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/governors-race-education-platforms-hero.jpg?v=rbrw1i The Governor's Race Is Now a Referendum on the Voucher Program Portraits of two Tennessee governor candidates side by side, one in an orange jacket and one in a green blouse. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/criminal-court-judgeships-four-nominees 2026-08-27T19:45:55.392Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/criminal-court-judgeships-four-nominees-hero.jpg?v=4mvq3j Two New Criminal Court Judgeships for Shelby County, Four Names, One Signature Three attorneys standing in a wood-paneled courtroom, two in suits with arms crossed and one gesturing with a raised finger. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/spacexai-water-recycling-plant-january-2027 2026-08-25T21:24:13.330Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/xai-water-recycling-january-2027-hero.jpg?v=1visu3p SpaceXAI's Answer on Memphis Water Now Has a Date: January 2027 Aerial view of a large data center campus with rows of generators, cooling units and a substation on its perimeter. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/doe-nuclear-campus-waste-storage-tennessee 2026-08-27T17:00:04.590Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-nuclear-campus-waste-hero.jpg?v=zndwfo A $50 Billion Nuclear Campus Is on the Table, and the First Republican No Is About Waste The blue reactor buildings of TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant behind steel transmission towers and power lines. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/drivetn-toll-lanes-50-year-concession 2026-08-27T02:33:12.191Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/drivetn-toll-lanes-concession-hero.jpg?v=6ryvqg Tennessee Sold 50 Years of Its Busiest Corridor in One Unanimous Vote Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Will Reid speaks at a podium in front of a Choice Lanes Tennessee backdrop, flanked by U.S. and Tennessee flags. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/nashville-police-drone-limits-second-reading 2026-08-26T14:20:46.704Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/nashville-police-drone-limits-hero.jpg?v=1ezcrqk Nashville Is One Vote From Putting Police Drones Under Council Approval Officers at a police real-time crime center watching wall-sized screens of live camera feeds and city maps. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/southaven-spacexai-land-swap-40-million 2026-08-25T22:55:50.901Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/southaven-spacexai-land-swap-hero.jpg?v=1it1rk7 Across the State Line, SpaceXAI Is Buying Into Public Safety. Memphis Is Voting on a Pause. The "Top of Mississippi" water tower rising above Southaven, Mississippi against a clear blue sky. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/alabama-data-centers-redacted-contracts 2026-08-26T09:07:23.173Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/alabama-data-centers-redacted-contracts-hero.jpg?v=1yertgc Alabama's Data Centers Would Out-Consume Every Home in the State. Who Pays Is Decided Under Redaction. Aerial view of a large cleared construction site for a proposed data center development in Alabama. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/olive-branch-data-center-restrictions 2026-08-27T20:30:51.591Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/olive-branch-data-center-rules-hero.jpg?v=1keg3wp Olive Branch Wrote the Rules Memphis Is Pausing to Write Dion Jones, left, and Amber Sherman speak with reporters in a government building hallway. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/collierville-fire-chief-selberg-resignation 2026-08-27T20:33:34.864Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/collierville-selberg-resignation-hero.jpg?v=1ke5no2 Collierville Closed the Selberg File Without Ever Opening It to the Public Collierville Town Administrator Molly Mehner, left, and former Collierville Fire Chief John Selberg. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/airways-precinct-murders-up-60-percent 2026-08-27T08:05:45.494Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/airways-precinct-homicide-divergence-hero.jpg?v=1m478c8 The Crime Drop Has an Exception, and It Is Orange Mound A "Welcome to Historic Orange Mound" sign in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-alpr-network-no-official-count 2026-08-25T17:13:37.876Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-alpr-network-no-count-hero.jpg?v=1ureit0 600 Cameras, 905,225 Plates in 30 Days, and No Official Count A small black camera on a slim roadside pole above a blurred stream of passing traffic under an overcast sky. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/thca-ban-110-million-budget-hole 2026-08-25T06:49:34.177Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/thca-ban-budget-hole-hero.jpg?v=179jj01 Tennessee Banned Its Way Into a $110 Million Budget Hole Cannabis buds resting on a fan of twenty dollar bills on a wooden table. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tennessee-1-2-billion-surplus-fy2026 2026-08-26T09:58:44.934Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-1-2-billion-surplus-hero.jpg?v=150dqwk Tennessee Closed the Year With $1.2 Billion It Did Not Plan On A limestone state capitol building with tall columns at golden hour, long shadows across the plaza. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/ice-call-center-nashville-63-million 2026-08-25T06:01:21.939Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/ice-call-center-nashville-hero.jpg?v=1popgn6 The $63 Million ICE Call Center Is Coming to Nashville, and Nashville Says It Has Not Been Told the Plan A brick office building in the Donelson area of Nashville, Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/mata-trustee-board-reinstatement-september 2026-08-26T00:02:41.564Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mata-trustee-board-reinstatement-hero.jpg?v=xv1sdi $75,000 a Month, No Board, 60 Percent On Time: MATA's Accountability Gap Now Has a Deadline A Memphis Area Transit Authority bus travels its route along a Memphis roadway. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/task-force-transition-plan-permanent-agents 2026-08-26T22:26:57.975Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/task-force-transition-plan-hero.jpg?v=11o08tz The Wind-Down Has Dates: Guard Lodging Ends September 30, and the Plan Is Permanent Federal Agents Members of the Tennessee National Guard walk along a Memphis street while supporting the Memphis Safe Task Force. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/tva-data-center-rate-class-spacexai-direct-connect 2026-08-26T00:31:03.132Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tva-data-center-rate-class-hero.jpg?v=1ha74wl TVA Came to Memphis and Rewrote Who Pays for AI Power High-voltage transmission towers and power lines crossing a flat landscape at dusk with a low industrial building on the horizon. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/towns-criminal-court-clerk-facebook-post 2026-08-25T15:11:48.145Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/towns-clerk-facebook-post-hero.jpg?v=1gxdq4y Days Before Taking Office, the Incoming Criminal Court Clerk Says the "Shoot on Sight" Post Was Not His State Rep. Joe Towns Jr., Tennessee House District 84 and Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk-elect, at a press event. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/city-court-clerk-termination-interim-fight 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/city-court-clerk-interim-fight-hero.jpg?v=mie7dt Two Judges Fired the City Court Clerk. Now They Want to Pick Her Replacement Before Her Hearing. left to right: Memphis Municipal Court Judge Varonica R. Cooper, Division 2, and Memphis Municipal Court Judge Kenya Hooks, Division 1. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/tulsa-schools-audit-memphis-parallel 2026-08-24T20:22:42.867Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tulsa-audit-memphis-parallel-hero.jpg?v=gakph0 Tulsa Got the Audit Memphis Just Got. Then Came the Charges. Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd standing before United States and Oklahoma flags. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/kid-university-license-surrendered-closed 2026-08-24T12:15:00.925Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/kid-university-license-surrendered-hero.jpg?v=v4rp38 Kid University Is Closed for Good. The Questions It Leaves Are Not. The Kid University childcare center sign and building in Cordova, seen from the parking lot with a small school bus parked outside. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/blakes-post-commission-reinstatement-back-pay 2026-08-27T18:23:45.414Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/blakes-post-commission-reinstatement-hero.jpg?v=1hw4aih Fired Over the Nichols Scene, Re-Hired With Back Pay "As If He Never Left" A Memphis Police Department patrol vehicle on Beale Street in Downtown Memphis. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/freeman-trial-split-verdict 2026-08-24T20:04:22.070Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/freeman-trial-split-verdict-hero.jpg?v=j57l66 One Conviction, One Acquittal: The Freeman Jury Splits the First Verdict at 201 Poplar Former Shelby County corrections deputy Courtney Parham stands in a courtroom during his trial. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/august-2026-storm-outage-restoration-clock 2026-08-27T09:47:54.605Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-august-storm-restoration-hero.jpg?v=191qupe More Than 100,000 in the Dark, and MLGW’s Clock Is Set: "Restored by Thursday Evening" Doug McGowen, President and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water, speaks in front of radar screens during a storm update briefing. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/memphis-credit-downgrade-comptroller-letter 2026-08-24T18:02:27.763Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-credit-downgrade-letter-hero.jpg?v=kj2f7w A Credit Downgrade Letter Lands at Memphis City Hall. The Warning Was Already in the Budget. Memphis Mayor Paul Young speaks at a podium during his 2026 State of the City Address. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/appraisal-special-session-broadway 2026-08-24T04:17:00.201Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/appraisal-special-session-broadway-hero.jpg?v=x7m6ir A Special Session for One Street's Tax Bills A neon-lit entertainment street at dusk with blurred crowds and unreadable signs. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/adams-ice-call-center-counties 2026-08-23T11:55:29.777Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/adams-ice-call-center-counties-hero.jpg?v=1i2gn7g The Counties Hosting the $63 Million ICE Call Center Found Out From the News Five people in handcuffs and leg restraints are escorted by masked officers across a parking lot outside a county courthouse. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/mlgw-disconnections-one-in-five 2026-08-24T04:17:00.062Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-disconnections-one-in-five-hero.jpg?v=8bxstr Nearly One in Five Memphis Households Lost a Utility Last Year. Here Is How MLGW's Cutoff Machine Works. A Memphis Light, Gas and Water technician stands beside an MLGW bucket truck on a Memphis roadside in summer light. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/council-data-center-moratorium 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/council-data-center-moratorium-hero.jpg?v=1tj2ni2 Four Council Members Want to Pause Data Center Construction in the City xAI Chose Councilwoman Yolanda Cooper-Sutton, Councilman JB Smiley Jr., Councilwoman Jerri Green, and Council Chairwoman Jana Swearengen-Washington stand together in front of a Memphis skyline backdrop. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/lowery-one-shelby-transition-audits 2026-08-25T19:48:40.787Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/lowery-one-shelby-transition-audits-hero.jpg?v=vnmvkd The Incoming County Mayor Says Shelby County Must "Course-Correct." He Is Promising the Audits to Prove It. Shelby County Mayor-elect Mickell Lowery seated at a table during his One Shelby transition team meeting in Memphis. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/epi-deportation-cost-tennessee 2026-08-19T17:36:24.005Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/epi-deportation-cost-tennessee-hero.jpg?v=57bc0e One Think Tank's Math Puts Tennessee's Share of Mass Deportation at $4.5 Billion Masked agents stand beside a white transport van as detained people, one in handcuffs, are loaded into it outside a courthouse. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/csx-waverly-flood-verdict 2026-08-27T08:21:15.230Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/csx-waverly-flood-verdict-hero-v2.jpg?v=1iogg6o A Jury Cleared the Railroad in the Flood That Killed 20 People in Waverly Aerial view of a flooded small Tennessee town, with muddy brown water covering streets, yards, homes and a strip of storefronts beside a highway. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/hines-execution-carried-out-physician 2026-08-19T18:20:22.731Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/hines-execution-carried-out-physician-hero.jpg?v=1hbgqrw Tennessee Executed Anthony Hines. NBC News Reports the Doctor From May's Troubled Execution Took Part. Dennis Jenkins speaks at a podium with news microphones outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution as family members stand behind him near a memorial sign. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/drug-court-500000-no-plan 2026-08-27T09:07:43.647Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/drug-court-500000-no-plan-hero.jpg?v=1cvwh7r Shelby County's Drug Court Is the Largest in Tennessee. It Ran Out of Inpatient Treatment Money, and the $500,000 Approved to Refill It Had No Spending Plan Attached. A county commissioner seated at the dais speaking into a microphone during a county budget committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/municipal-15-percent-three-years 2026-08-27T17:35:27.296Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/municipal-15-percent-three-years-hero.jpg?v=114cr2n Six Municipal School Districts Have Not Received Their 15 Percent Capital Share for Three Fiscal Years Because Memphis-Shelby County Schools Has Not Spent Its 85 Percent. A county commissioner at the dais and a second commissioner reviewing a document during a commission meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/justice-center-study-350000 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/justice-center-study-350000-hero.jpg?v=1d77hrk Shelby County Committed $350,000 of a Roughly $500,000 Contingency Fund to a Jail Study 21 Days Before Eight New Commissioners Take Office. County commissioners seated at the dais during a commission meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/title-v-permit-fees-two-zip-codes 2026-08-16T17:17:56.913Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/title-v-permit-fees-two-zip-codes-hero.jpg?v=574pij Shelby County Says Its Five Largest Regulated Polluters All Sit in Two Zip Codes. It Is Raising Their Air Permit Fees Because Federal Law Requires It. Two county health department officials at a committee meeting, one presenting at a podium beside a projected slide. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/election-center-emergency-purchase-order 2026-08-25T18:55:10.888Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/election-center-emergency-po-hero.jpg?v=1l5jlhv Shelby County Approved a $366,623.26 Emergency Purchase Order in August for Election Work That Was Finished in April. A county engineering staff member speaking at a microphone during a committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/mscs-budget-119-million-substitute 2026-08-27T20:46:11.784Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-budget-119-million-substitute-hero.jpg?v=bv22zf The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Budget Grew by $119,595,046 Between the Printed Agenda and the Vote. No One From the District Was in the Room When It Passed. Two Shelby County commissioners seated at the dais during a commission meeting, one speaking into a microphone. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/bellevue-tennis-jesse-turner-3-1-million 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/bellevue-tennis-jesse-turner-3-1-million.jpg?v=1exurzz Bellevue Tennis Center Is Closed Until January and Its 50 to 60 Children a Day Have Moved to Whitehaven. The $3.1 Million for the Next Phase Has Not Come to the Council Yet. Two officials seated at a Memphis City Council committee table during the Bellevue Tennis Center update. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/lamar-corridor-metrics 2026-08-19T23:29:52.668Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/lamar-corridor-metrics.jpg?v=bgf6eo Ten Months on One Memphis Corridor: 1,183 Tires, 98 Vacant Lots, 50 Court Cases and a 21-Day Mowing Rotation. Melanie Neal, Director of Community Enhancement for the City of Memphis, speaking at a microphone during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/parks-projects-no-cost-figures 2026-08-20T18:03:02.895Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/parks-projects-no-cost-figures.jpg?v=62q8zm Memphis Showed the Council Drone Video of Six Park Projects Wrapping Up. It Did Not Give a Dollar Figure for Any of Them. A nearly finished public park pavilion under construction, with new steel framing and roof decking, a lift on site and fresh concrete walkways. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/orange-mound-community-center 2026-08-27T11:53:29.238Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/orange-mound-community-center-hero.jpg?v=1bi9xej Two Air Conditioning Units Were Out at the Orange Mound Community Center. A Council Member Asked Whether Anyone Had Checked for Mold. No One Had. Two city officials seated at a committee table, one speaking into a microphone, during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/senate-stopgap-passes-90-6 2026-08-17T05:30:02.161Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/senate-stopgap-passes-hero.jpg?v=mpou3b The Senate Passed the Stopgap 90-6 and Left for Recess. The Grant Rules That Touch Memphis Are One House Vote From Law. U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine speaks from a lectern on the Senate floor. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/corecivic-ice-detention-revenue 2026-08-24T20:24:06.745Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/corecivic-ice-revenue-hero.jpg?v=8s4mej CoreCivic's Revenue Grew 27 Percent as Immigration Detention Expanded. A 600-Bed Facility in West Tennessee Came Online the Same Quarter. Razor wire tops the perimeter fence of a rural detention facility at dusk. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/freeman-trial-shift-commander-testimony 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-freeman-trial-day-two-hero.jpg?v=xswyd9 The Highest-Ranking Officer in the Jail That Day Graded His Own Team One Out of Ten. He Also Testified He Did Not Think CPR Had Started When He Arrived. State Sen. Brent Taylor speaks with Shelby County Sheriff's Office Chief Inspector Michael Green in a courthouse corridor. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/tbi-missing-children-operation 2026-08-10T18:59:12.700Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-tbi-missing-children-operation-hero.jpg?v=10pdzjq Thirty Missing Children Were Recovered in Six Days. The Statewide Unit That Led It Has Six Employees. Todd Blanche speaking at a podium in front of the U.S. Department of Justice seal. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/millington-training-officer-indicted 2026-08-25T20:42:05.729Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-millington-training-officer-indicted-hero.jpg?v=1ljssih The Millington Officer Indicted for Falsifying His Own Timesheets Was the Department's Training Records Officer. A Dozen Officers Were Short on Required Training. Millington Police Lieutenant Bryan Childress in uniform during an outdoor interview. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/district-9-primary-result 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-district-9-primary-result-hero.jpg?v=yrcyi6 Pearson and Taylor Won the District 9 Primaries. The Seat Anchored in Memphis Is Now Drawn to Elect a Republican for the First Time in More Than Forty Years. State Senator Brent Taylor and State Representative Justin J. Pearson, the Republican and Democratic nominees for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District, photographed outdoors. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/ten-commandments-display-law 2026-08-15T04:59:40.637Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/ten-commandments-display-law-hero.jpg?v=tx3f8v Three Tennessee School Boards Have Voted to Post the Ten Commandments. The Law Lets Every District Choose, Including the Seven in Shelby County. A sunlit classroom with a framed Ten Commandments poster on the wall beside an American flag and rows of empty desks. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/solid-waste-lease-7-1-million 2026-08-21T09:07:55.590Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/solid-waste-lease-7-1-million-hero.jpg?v=1bjwd2t Memphis Borrowed $7,100,000 to Buy Garbage Trucks on August 4. No One Said the Interest Rate, the Term, or What It Will Cost to Pay Back. A city official speaks into a microphone at a Memphis City Council meeting with audience members seated behind him. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/board-election-results-contingent-authority 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-board-election-results-hero.jpg?v=3qcauu Two New School Board Members Won Seats Whose Authority a Federal Court Has Suspended. The Audit Response Is Due August 22. An empty school board meeting room with a curved dais and vacant chairs, representing the board seats decided in the August 6 election. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/civil-service-referendum-passes 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/civil-service-referendum-passes-hero.jpg?v=w7wm2q Four Residents Asked What the Civil Service Charter Amendment Would Do. The Council Attorney Asked Them to Raise Their Hands if They Knew the Law. Then It Passed. An empty public comment podium and microphone in a municipal council chamber, with the dais out of focus behind it. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/interfund-sewer-notes-37-million 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/interfund-sewer-notes-37-million-hero.jpg?v=6bpto Memphis Moved $37 Million Into Its Sewer Fund by Borrowing From Two Other City Funds. The Council Asked No Questions. Two City of Memphis finance officials seated at a witness table during a council committee meeting, one speaking into a microphone. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/consent-agenda-1-19-million-bond 2026-08-27T17:38:07.814Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/consent-agenda-1-19-million-bond-hero.jpg?v=z2or56 Seven Items Were About to Pass Memphis's Consent Agenda in One Vote. A Council Member Pulled the One With the $1,192,500 Bond and Asked What It Was. Greg Dotson, P.E., Interim City Engineer for the City of Memphis, speaking at a microphone during a Memphis City Council meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/hooks-library-chillers-fy2027 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/hooks-library-chillers-fy2027-hero.jpg?v=148ckc1 The Chillers at Memphis's Main Library Have as Little as Two Years Left. Asked What Is in the FY2027 Budget for Them, General Services Said Nothing. Two city officials seated at a witness table during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mud-island-hvac-five-million 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mud-island-hvac-five-million-hero.jpg?v=13s82j5 A City Building on Mud Island Went 56 of Its First 92 Days Without Working Air Conditioning. Its Tenant Is Asking Memphis for $5 Million. Two executives of the attraction operator seated at a witness table before a Memphis City Council committee. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/zoning-map-200000-notices 2026-08-23T21:53:34.045Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/zoning-map-200000-notices-hero.jpg?v=1i38ry3 Memphis Will Mail More Than 200,000 Notices About a New Zoning Map, at an Estimated $100,000 to $120,000. The Hearing Date Became Specific Only After a Council Member Pushed for One. Two officials from the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development seated at a witness table with a microphone during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/lowery-buckner-what-they-inherit 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/lowery-buckner-what-they-inherit-hero.jpg?v=1m2zvjv Lowery and Buckner Won. They Inherit a County That Borrowed $125 Million for Payroll, Has a Budget Due August 31, and Has Not Approved the Schools Appropriation. Shelby County Chief Deputy Anthony J. Buckner in uniform and Commissioner Mickell M. Lowery in a suit, photographed against a Memphis skyline and Hernando de Soto Bridge backdrop. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/short-term-rental-police-fee 2026-08-24T06:49:21.589Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/short-term-rental-police-fee-hero.jpg?v=qoomzt Memphis Wants Short-Term Rental Owners to Pay for Police Calls to Their Properties. The Amendment Was Supposed to Be Filed August 4. It Was Not. Councilman Philip Spinosa seated at the Memphis City Council dais with a microphone and papers in front of him during a council meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/governor-primary-result-green-blackburn 2026-08-25T20:45:08.806Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/governor-primary-result-green-blackburn-hero-v2.jpg?v=1qoghn A Sitting Memphis Councilwoman Won the Democratic Nomination for Governor. She Still Holds Her Council Seat. Memphis City Councilwoman Jerri Green, Democratic nominee for Tennessee governor, and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican nominee, in a side-by-side portrait. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/dc-guard-projection-memphis-gap 2026-08-08T16:00:31.713Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/dc-guard-projection-memphis-gap-hero.jpg?v=7pf6ic Congress Now Has a Cost Projection for the Washington Deployment Through January 2029. For Memphis, the Last Federal Estimate Is 190 Days Old. National Guard personnel standing along a walkway on the National Mall in Washington as pedestrians pass. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/district-93-no-qualified-candidate 2026-08-22T14:14:15.203Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/district-93-no-qualified-candidate-hero.jpg?v=1vvkbbj One Memphis House District Has No Name on the Ballot Today. The Incumbent Turned In 47 Signatures and 24 Were Valid. He Needed 25. A blank ballot line on a clipboard resting on a table in a community hall with a pen beside it, representing the write-in line District 93 voters must use. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/city-owned-properties-coliseum 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/city-owned-properties-coliseum-hero.jpg?v=1v27res Memphis Can Tear Down One Downtown Building for $870,000 or Renovate It for Up to $10 Million. It Has No Demolition Estimate at All for the Coliseum. Two City of Memphis officials seated at a witness table with a microphone and documents during a city council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/storm-water-fine-fifty-dollar-cap 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/storm-water-fine-fifty-dollar-cap-hero.jpg?v=2ojhuq Memphis Can Fine You $5,000 a Day for Blowing Grass Into a Storm Drain. For Most Other City Violations It Is Capped at $50. Two officials seated at a witness table with a laptop and papers speak into a microphone during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/federal-entitlements-14-5-million 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/federal-entitlements-14-5-million-hero.jpg?v=1yggm4j Three Council Members Said the Presentation Did Not Tell Them What $14.5 Million Would Do. They Approved It That Night. Two Housing and Community Development staff members seated at a witness table with laptops and papers speak into a microphone during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/sidewalks-to-schools 2026-08-20T08:06:24.300Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/sidewalks-to-schools-hero-v2.jpg?v=cq1zwv A Council Member Asked Whether Anyone Checked the Sidewalks to Memphis Schools Before Classes Started. The Answer Was Probably Not. Memphis City Council member Yolanda Cooper-Sutton speaks into a microphone at the council dais, pointing while questioning officials during a committee session. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/texas-data-center-audit-pause 2026-08-27T06:51:20.485Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/23030dd7-national-texas-data-center-audit-hero.png?v=1qbmlw1 Texas Just Froze Data Center Approvals Until Companies Disclose Their Water Use, Tax Breaks and Ownership. Memphis Has No Such Requirement, and the Texas Rule Would Not Have Caught xAI Anyway. Aerial view of a large data center construction site, with a yellow vapor barrier and rebar mat covering a freshly prepared foundation pad surrounded by graded earth and heavy equipment. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/violence-interrupters-reimbursable-grant 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/e6276260-violence-interrupters-reimbursable-grant-hero.png?v=oy5uu4 Memphis Pays Its Violence Interrupters Through a State Grant They Have to Spend First and Bill For Later. Some Could Not Afford To. Colonel Tara Gates of MPD's Organized Crime Unit stands beside Tamika Williams, director of the Joint Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/airport-authority-ice-flight-records 2026-08-06T15:59:35.596Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/780d4bf3-memphis-airport-authority-ice-flight-records-hero.png?v=pa7nwd The ICE Flights Leave From Private Terminals on Public Land. The Airport Authority's Leases and Board Minutes Are Public Records. Federal immigration officers in tactical vests stand inside an airport terminal concourse. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/outmemphis-misidentification 2026-08-09T19:51:39.127Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/1510aaa9-memphis-outmemphis-misidentification-hero.png?v=1wnt1l3 She Spent Nearly Three Months in Jail After Both Victims Identified Her. The Correction Came From a Defense Attorney, Not the Police. Memphis police cars and yellow police tape blocking a Cooper-Young street near storefronts after a shooting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/ballot-error-explanation-disputed 2026-08-07T03:14:06.199Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/8919109d-shelby-county-ballot-error-disputed-hero.png?v=1t5edsv The Election Commission Calls the Ballot Error Isolated. The NAACP and the County Democratic Party Say It Is Not. NAACP Memphis Branch President Kermit Moore speaks at a press conference in front of an NAACP banner, with community members standing behind him. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/suburban-split-idea-revived 2026-08-22T18:47:22.286Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/suburban-split-idea-revived-hero.jpg?v=kn4tja A Bartlett Alderman Has Revived the Idea of the Suburbs Leaving Shelby County. The County Just Borrowed $125 Million to Make Payroll. Two men seated at a public meeting dais, one resting his hands near a microphone while the other speaks. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/wilson-air-ice-transfer-flights 2026-08-17T16:29:13.350Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/wilson-air-ice-transfer-flights-hero.jpg?v=1fcyz8k An Advocacy Group Says It Counted 51 ICE Flights Out of a Memphis Airport Since March. The Airport Authority Has Not Said Whether It Has a Role. A demonstrator holds two large protest signs reading "End ICE Flights" and "Pongan Fin a los Vuelos del ICE" on a grassy roadside, with another participant standing nearby. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/airport-board-nashville-precedent 2026-08-14T20:46:51.145Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/airport-board-nashville-precedent-hero.jpg?v=rgn1m Nashville May Reopen Its Airport Takeover Fight. Memphis Already Lost That Fight and Has No Case Pending. Passenger jets taxiing on airport apron and runway pavement past terminal buildings, representing the airport authorities restructured by state legislation. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/mata-trolley-180-day-notice 2026-08-09T12:46:30.605Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mata-trolley-180-day-notice-hero.jpg?v=r2xzrd MATA Says the Trolleys Come Back This Fall. It Has Filed a 180-Day Notice and Made Three Countable Fleet Promises. Empty streetcar rails set into a downtown street at early morning with overhead trolley wire above, representing the suspended trolley service. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/afscme-22-dollar-floor-budget-line 2026-08-06T15:59:40.839Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/afscme-22-dollar-floor-budget-line-hero.jpg?v=h5zqrb The City Agreed to a $22 Hourly Floor. Its Solid Waste Budget Set Aside $704,284 for Raises, and That Fund Is Already Budgeted to Lose $4.5 Million. A municipal refuse collection truck parked at a curbside collection site with discarded lumber and bulk debris in the foreground, representing the sanitation workforce covered by the tentative agreement. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/first-day-takeover-blocked 2026-08-06T15:59:37.982Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/first-day-takeover-blocked-hero.jpg?v=1ws2hn4 MSCS Opened the School Year With Its State Takeover Still Blocked in Federal Court Visitors pass through a metal detector in a Memphis-Shelby County Schools building lobby with a Shelby County Schools mural on the wall. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/senate-stopgap-funding-december 2026-08-10T16:09:32.783Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/senate-stopgap-funding-december-hero.jpg?v=1qk7lam The Senate's Stopgap Would Fund the Government Through December 11 and Block a Grant-Approval Chokepoint The United States Capitol dome at dusk with interior lights glowing. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/governor-primary-campaign-money 2026-08-21T12:36:14.624Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/governor-primary-campaign-money-hero.jpg?v=d0wmze The Money Behind the Governor's Primary: Rose's $13 Million of His Own, and Blackburn's $4.8 Million Federal Workaround U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn speaking into a microphone beside a portrait of U.S. Rep. John Rose standing in front of an American flag. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/tbi-task-force-use-of-force-investigations 2026-08-06T15:59:46.452Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tbi-task-force-use-of-force-hero.jpg?v=ovc6oh The TBI Is Investigating Eight Use of Force Incidents by Memphis Safe Task Force Officers. Four People Are Dead. Officers in plainclothes and tactical vests marked Memphis Police Auto Theft Task Force stand outside a brick building in Memphis. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/freeman-trial-opens 2026-08-25T15:03:19.872Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/freeman-trial-opens-hero-v2.jpg?v=xcf64y Nearly Four Years After Gershun Freeman Died at 201 Poplar, Two Former Jailers Are on Trial. Seven Others Were Also Charged. An empty corridor outside the courtrooms at the Shelby County criminal justice complex, with rows of metal benches along a polished stone wall. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/southwest-twin-appropriation-breakdown 2026-08-20T23:55:46.949Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/southwest-twin-appropriation-hero.jpg?v=8vxe7z The Southwest Twin Campus Is Sold as a Library and a Police Station. The Library Is Seven Percent of Tuesday's $13.6 Million. The exterior of a Memphis Police Department station building with patrol cars parked out front under a blue sky. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/house-committee-data-center-access 2026-08-13T04:28:15.285Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-house-committee-data-center-access-hero.jpg?v=1bsfg2e A House Committee Has Demanded Access to the Memphis Data Centers. The Justice Department Has Entered the Case on the Company's Side. A closed black security gate across a driveway in front of a large data center building with rooftop cooling units. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/large-load-tariffs-states-vs-tennessee 2026-08-24T20:41:26.365Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-large-load-tariffs-hero.jpg?v=agk4jw Twenty-Three States Have Approved Tariffs Making Data Centers Pay Their Own Power Costs. Tennessee Wrote an Exception Instead. Aerial view of a large data center campus with rows of backup generators and cooling units alongside an on-site electrical substation. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/ballot-error-judicial-races 2026-08-24T04:17:07.216Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-ballot-error-judicial-races-hero.jpg?v=cvpv24 About 300 Early Voters Cast Ballots Missing Four Judicial Races. It Is the Second Time the Same Races Were Left Off. Shelby County Administrator of Elections Linda Phillips speaks at a podium in front of a Shelby County Election Commission backdrop. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/cary-audit-purchasing-cards 2026-08-25T02:25:58.600Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-cary-audit-purchasing-cards-hero.jpg?v=ytpnzk A State Audit Found 62 Percent of One Town's Employees Held Government Purchasing Cards. The Town Manager Had Eliminated the Internal Auditor Position. A man in a dark suit and glasses speaks at a public briefing with officials seated behind him and a flag in the background. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/audit-open-meetings-finding 2026-08-26T02:15:29.843Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-audit-open-meetings-hero.jpg?v=z7ahk8 The MSCS Audit Found Board Business May Have Been Shaped Outside Public Meetings. It Covers 2021 Through 2024. Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members seated at a curved dais during a public meeting, with an audience seated in rows in the foreground. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/federal-spending-untraceable 2026-08-26T17:33:00.297Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-federal-spending-untraceable-hero.jpg?v=12scpo2 The Website Built to Track Federal Spending Cannot Trace $712.6 Billion in Federal Grant Spending, a Watchdog Found. The Money Was Headed to Local Communities. A man in a dark suit speaks at a podium microphone in front of flags at a federal press briefing. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/spacexai-turbine-removal-timeline 2026-08-24T12:40:37.619Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-spacexai-turbine-removal-hero.jpg?v=u6w6w2 SpaceXAI Says It Will Remove 69 Turbines From Its Memphis-Area Operations. The Timeline Runs to July 2027. A row of industrial gas turbine generator units behind chain link fencing under a hazy sky, representing the temporary turbines scheduled for removal. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/liheap-utility-assistance 2026-08-19T12:39:41.574Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-liheap-utility-assistance-hero.jpg?v=tj5a7k Shelby County Has $9.4 Million in Utility Assistance This Year. It Is Meant to Reach 18,000 Households. The exterior of the Shelby County Health Department building in downtown Memphis on a clear summer day. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/borrowing-state-waiver 2026-08-18T20:48:05.146Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-borrowing-state-waiver-hero.jpg?v=r6uqco Shelby County Needed a State Waiver to Borrow $125 Million. Its Last Budget Was Never Approved. A county official in a dark suit and red tie sits at a table with water bottles and a microphone during a public meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/servicemaster-contract-audit 2026-08-21T09:18:30.958Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-servicemaster-contract-audit-hero.jpg?v=nquju7 A Single Custodial Contract Accounts for $48 Million of the $54 Million the Audit Flagged. The Same Vendor Was Awarded a New MSCS Contract in January. A man in a pinstriped suit speaks into a microphone at a wooden podium during a public meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/cbo-memphis-deployment-cost 2026-08-06T21:06:00.753Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-cbo-memphis-deployment-cost-hero.jpg?v=gjgytz The Congressional Budget Office Put a Price on the Memphis Deployment: $28 Million a Month. No One Has Published an Updated Figure Since January. Three National Guard members in camouflage uniforms walking along a city sidewalk past emergency vehicles. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/houston-takeover-by-the-numbers 2026-08-21T22:06:23.226Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-houston-takeover-by-the-numbers-hero.jpg?v=78l5ay Memphis Is Being Offered Houston as the Model. Three Years In, Houston Has Lost 13,208 Students and One in Five of Its Teachers Is Uncertified. The exterior of the Houston Independent School District administration building on a clear day. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/mcdaniel-jail-death-lawsuit 2026-08-21T09:05:54.289Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-mcdaniel-jail-death-suit-hero.jpg?v=1clfcs2 A Family Has Sued Over a Death at 201 Poplar. The Lawsuit Says He Spent Eight Days in Jail on Two Misdemeanors Without Seeing a Judge. A large concrete institutional building exterior under overcast light, representing the county jail facility named in the lawsuit. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/three-congressional-districts-primary 2026-08-06T15:59:46.910Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-three-districts-primary-hero.jpg?v=u5ezzc Memphis Now Sits in Three Congressional Districts. Thursday Is the First Election Under That Map, and Your District May Have Changed. Map of Tennessee showing the redrawn congressional districts, with Shelby County in the southwest corner divided among the 5th, 8th and 9th districts. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/colossus-contractor-liens 2026-08-27T13:14:37.236Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-colossus-contractor-liens-hero.jpg?v=6kwd8c A Contractor Recorded $136.9 Million in Liens Against the Memphis Colossus Sites. The Filings Do Not Name SpaceXAI. Aerial view of a paved access loop at the Memphis data center campus with the operator's logo painted on the roadway, near the properties named in the lien filings. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/mscs-budget-unapproved-school-opens 2026-08-26T01:54:59.777Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-county-mscs-budget-unapproved-hero.jpg?v=xihlmr Memphis Schools Open Monday. The County Commission Has Not Approved Their Budget, and Will Not See the Final Version Until August 10. Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members at the dais during a board meeting ahead of the August 3 start of the 2026-27 school year. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/nichols-trial-budget-exposure 2026-08-21T14:00:57.730Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-nichols-trial-budget-exposure-hero-v2.jpg?v=zw4ken Memphis Budgeted $6.9 Million for Lawsuits This Year. One Case Going to Trial in November Seeks $550 Million. City officials and uniformed police leadership seated in a wood-paneled council chamber gallery, waiting to be heard. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/childrens-special-services-immigration-reporting 2026-08-17T05:53:46.450Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-childrens-special-services-reporting-hero.jpg?v=m2zaha Tennessee Agreed to Stop Reporting 400 Sick Children to Immigration Officers. It Has Not Withdrawn the Policy. The columned facade of a Tennessee court house and city hall building, with United States, Tennessee and city flags flying above the entrance. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/school-opens-under-unresolved-takeover 2026-08-09T02:23:15.480Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-school-opens-under-unresolved-takeover-hero.jpg?v=sj7fof Memphis Schools Opened August 3 With the Takeover Fight Undecided and No Hearing Date Set The Memphis-Shelby County Schools seal mounted on a wood wall beside a portrait of Superintendent Dr. Roderick Richmond. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/safedata-immigration-arrests 2026-08-06T15:59:36.572Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-safedata-immigration-arrests-hero.jpg?v=iq2pfz The City's Task Force Dashboard Once Counted Immigration Arrests. It No Longer Does. Federal agents in U.S. Marshal and FBI vests stand with a handcuffed man during a street arrest. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/data-center-ratepayer-pledge 2026-08-17T15:09:59.001Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tennessee-data-center-ratepayer-pledge-hero.jpg?v=3e750p Tennessee Signed a Pledge to Keep Data Center Costs Off Your Power Bill. The State's Own Law Has an Exception. Governor Bill Lee signs a document at a desk with the Tennessee state flag behind him. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/doj-model-cities-deadline 2026-08-13T20:04:01.816Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-doj-model-cities-deadline-hero.jpg?v=inkubz Memphis Is the Model in a $300 Million Federal Grant. Applications Close September 1. Nobody Has Said Whether Memphis Applied. The seal of the United States Department of Justice mounted on a wood-paneled wall. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/financial-reports-ordinance-first-reading 2026-08-13T01:10:56.682Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/financial-reports-ordinance-gallery-hero.jpg?v=1n2h8bm Shelby County Commissioners Voted to Write Into Law a Requirement That the Administration Give Them Financial Details. The Finance Director Told Them to Show Up First. Gold lettering reading Shelby County Board of Commissioners above the wooden doors of the commission chamber. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/election-records-resolution-no-second 2026-08-08T00:04:37.933Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/election-records-resolution-no-second-hero.jpg?v=1aw3q9t A Shelby County Commissioner Asked Her Colleagues to Let Her Election Records Bill Be Heard. Nobody Seconded. Commissioner Erika Sugarmon seated at the Shelby County Board of Commissioners dais behind her nameplate. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/emergency-air-handler-purchase-order 2026-08-21T09:04:55.242Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/emergency-air-handler-purchase-order-hero.jpg?v=1rk1p2s A $173,920 Emergency Repair for a Winter Air Conditioning Failure at 201 Poplar Cleared Committee in About 80 Seconds. It Passed on the Consent Agenda. A large rooftop air handling unit on a flat institutional roof under a partly cloudy sky. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/east-shelby-library-books-line 2026-08-06T15:59:48.947Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/east-shelby-library-books-line-hero.jpg?v=17wr9yz Shelby County Pays $639,742 to Run Its Only Library. Books and Materials Get $2,367 of It. The covered entrance walkway of a suburban public library branch on a sunny day. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/125-million-tax-anticipation-note 2026-08-27T01:35:11.566Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/125-million-tax-anticipation-note-hero.jpg?v=1gblslj Shelby County Borrowed Up to $125 Million to Cover Payroll. It Will Cost Two to Three Million Dollars in Interest. Shelby County commissioners seated at the dais during a public meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/juvenile-court-unbid-construction-documents 2026-08-06T15:59:37.353Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/juvenile-court-unbid-construction-documents-hero.jpg?v=2rah2p Shelby County Has Had Bid-Ready Construction Documents to Fix Juvenile Court Since 2024. The Judge Said He Did Not Know They Existed. The Shelby County Juvenile Court building at 616 Adams Avenue in Memphis. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/juvenile-court-replacement-environmental-report 2026-08-13T23:23:08.543Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/juvenile-court-replacement-environmental-report-hero.jpg?v=1m6x6y3 An Environmental Consultant Found Mold and Lead Paint at Juvenile Court. The County Paid About $1 Million to Remediate the Building in 2024. The weathered stone exterior of an aging American municipal courthouse under an overcast sky. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/airport-board-state-takeover 2026-08-24T18:02:27.062Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-airport-board-takeover-hero.jpg?v=5xg50e Memphis Just Lost Majority Control of Its Airport Board. Shelby County Lost Every Seat. An empty airport terminal concourse at dawn with tall windows looking onto the apron. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/crime-report-first-half-2026 2026-08-20T22:59:34.514Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/4fc77b3f-memphis-crime-first-half-2026-hero.jpg?v=187m0pg Memphis Crime Fell Again in the First Half of 2026. The Numbers Are Still Preliminary. Infographic titled Memphis Crime Is Down Again showing first-half 2026 versus first-half 2025 declines across nine categories over a Memphis skyline. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/community-benefits-fund-38109 2026-08-24T14:46:54.582Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/community-benefits-fund-38109-hero.jpg?v=1du963m Memphis Wants to Spend $3.2 Million of Data Center Tax Money in 38109. Two Council Members Asked Where the Health Money Is. Memphis City Council members Jerri Green and Dr. Michalyn Easter-Thomas at the dais during a committee session, with staff seated behind them. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/redistricting-injunction-denied 2026-08-06T15:59:47.370Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/e95c3ee7-tennessee-redistricting-injunction-denied-hero.jpg?v=19rt2m4 Federal Judges Let Tennessee Split Memphis Into Three Districts for the August Primary A protester holds a Leave Memphis Alone sign as Tennessee state troopers stand on the Capitol staircase. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/201-poplar-assessment 2026-08-14T09:02:17.636Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/201-poplar-assessment.jpg?v=r2jkuw Shelby County Has Spent $58 Million Fixing 201 Poplar. It Still Has Not Ordered an Engineering Assessment. The weathered concrete exterior of a 1970s downtown justice building on an overcast morning. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/corrective-action-plan-clock 2026-08-26T01:55:03.069Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/05970dc3-mscs-45-days-hero.jpg?v=1nc2q88 MSCS Has 45 Days to Answer the State's Audit. The Clock Started July 8. Memphis-Shelby County Schools sign at 160 S. Hollywood, Memphis, TN. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/civil-service-charter-amendment 2026-08-11T17:48:50.382Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/civil-service-charter-amendment.png?v=rvxmkc Memphis Voters Added This Civil Service Protection in 2013. Now It May Be Back on the Ballot, and It Could Come Out. A woman in a red National Electoral Commission t-shirt speaks into a microphone at a Memphis City Council public comment podium. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/lobbyist-registry-charter-amendment 2026-08-26T09:19:26.269Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/carlisle-lobbyist-registry.png?v=1bn30x1 Eleven Sections to Create a Lobbyist Registry. Not One Defines a Lobbyist. Memphis City Council Vice Chair Chase Carlisle at the council dais Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/orange-mound-splash-pad-library-hvac-vendor-questions 2026-08-12T23:22:42.027Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/splash-pad-library-hvac.png?v=16agw0y A Splash Pad Built in 45 Days Instead of 180. An Air Conditioner That Never Worked. Same Question Both Times. In back to back committee meetings Tuesday, council members heard about two taxpayer-funded projects that failed early. Nobody could tell them how the vendors were chosen. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/aquifer-clay-breaches-well-records 2026-08-06T15:59:50.188Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/aquifer-clay-breaches-well-records.png?v=48d5jl Researchers Found 13 More Possible Holes in the Clay Over Our Drinking Water. The Health Department Wants 10 Cents a Page. Councilman Jeff Warren, District 9-3, at the Memphis City Council dais Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/thornton-court-clerk-pro-tempore 2026-08-20T01:21:42.258Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/thornton-court-clerk-pro-tempore.png?v=1y08u1k Shelby County Just Handed Its Court Clerk's Office to the County's HR Director Gerald Thornton portrait in uniform Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/sawyer-trial-set-2027-01-11 2026-08-19T00:31:39.293Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/sawyer-trial-set-2027-01-11.png?v=9g7po5 Tami Sawyer's Trial Is Set for January 11. Her Replacement Could Serve Until 2028. Tami Sawyer campaigning for General Sessions Court Clerk Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/sidewalk-500k-missing-grant-program 2026-08-06T15:59:50.032Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/sidewalk-500k-missing-hero.jpg?v=buxpx4 Memphis Has 3,400 Miles of Sidewalk, an Ordinance From 1967, and $500,000 Nobody Can Find Councilwoman Yolanda Cooper-Sutton at the dais during a Memphis City Council committee meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/paid-parental-leave-order 2026-08-26T10:01:46.025Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-paid-parental-leave-order-hero.jpg?v=30ukgc Memphis Now Gives City Employees Six Weeks of Paid Parental Leave. The Order Runs Through the Sick Leave Bank. Memphis Mayor Paul Young speaks at a City of Memphis podium as officials applaud. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/together4students-takeover-petition 2026-08-20T16:52:19.194Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-together4students-takeover-petition-hero.jpg?v=1rnqwgb A New Group Wants MSCS to Drop Its Takeover Lawsuit. It Will Not Say Who Is Behind It. Together4Students recruits fellows ages 16 to 25 to train them to be education advocates as the state takeover of MSCS stalls in court. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/battery-storage-substations 2026-08-24T18:02:23.981Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-battery-storage-substations-hero.jpg?v=14ymsqv MLGW Wants 125 Megawatts of Batteries at Nine Substations. It Has Not Said What They Cost. MLGW President and Chief Executive Officer Doug McGowen at a Memphis City Council committee table. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/halbert-ouster-dismissed 2026-08-18T02:31:46.640Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/shelby-halbert-ouster-dismissed-hero.jpg?v=9ar6ok The State Spent Nearly Two Years Trying to Remove Wanda Halbert. It Just Walked Away Six Weeks Before Her Term Ends. Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert seated at a public meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/spacexai-tax-spending-plan 2026-08-19T23:36:44.457Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-spacexai-tax-hero.jpg?v=1srdnkt The Administration Has a Plan for $3.3 Million in SpaceXAI Tax Money. It Covers Five Miles. A large windowless industrial data center building behind fencing with power lines overhead. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/council-confirmations-mata-trustee-change 2026-08-27T08:21:17.282Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/city-council-confirmations-mata-hero.jpg?v=19qirjj The Council Confirmed the Mayor's Team and Changed How MATA Is Governed, Both in One Night A man in a dark suit and tie speaks during a Memphis City Council meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/the-station-council-appeal-ruling 2026-08-06T15:59:46.306Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/the-station-council-appeal-ruling.jpg?v=irutul The Council Says The Station Can Stay Open. A Chancery Court Case Is Still Pending. A large suburban retail storefront in a strip shopping center with a wide parking lot. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/liberty-park-contract-termination 2026-08-24T15:11:33.187Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-liberty-park-contract-hero.jpg?v=1ef56or The City Wants Out of Its Liberty Park Development Contract. Ground Still Has Not Been Broken. An empty, fenced urban development parcel with a stadium visible in the distance under overcast daylight. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/pigram-no-charges-video-released 2026-08-19T08:42:30.725Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mpd-pigram-no-charges-hero.jpg?v=dl1ow5 No Charges for the Agent Who Killed Darrin Pigram. The DA Released the Video. His Family Says It Does Not Match. Booking photo of Darrin Pigram, 41, provided by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/mscs-board-election-early-voting-districts-6-and-8 2026-08-07T18:25:52.596Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-board-election-early-voting-hero.jpg?v=r3m33y Memphis Is Voting for Two School Board Seats. The Winners' Power Is Not Yet Settled. An empty early-voting polling place with folding tables and voting booths in daylight. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/task-force-four-deaths 2026-08-06T15:59:35.451Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mpd-task-force-four-deaths-hero.jpg?v=1hokz25 Four Dead, Two in One Week: Pressure Builds to Pull the Memphis Safe Task Force A quiet downtown Memphis avenue at dusk, reflecting streetlights on wet pavement. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/state-takeover-court-fight 2026-08-25T12:32:05.100Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-takeover-litigation-hero.jpg?v=nj2s0c A Federal Judge Froze the State Takeover of Memphis Schools. The State Is Fighting to Restart It. The exterior of a large public school building and empty parking lot in summer daylight. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/201-poplar-assessment-fight 2026-08-26T07:07:19.542Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/sheriff-201-poplar-crisis-hero.jpg?v=mklyco Two Commissioners, Two Letters, One Crumbling Jail: The Fight Over 201 Poplar's Future Interior corridor of a county jail showing a row of red detention cell doors with narrow observation windows. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/mlgw-seventeen-percent 2026-08-27T01:46:30.884Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/8486c4b4-mlgw-building-hero.png?v=23zc2d MLGW's Grid Is Getting Better. For 17 Percent of Customers, It Is Getting Worse. MLGW headquarters building sign in Memphis Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tennessee-congressional-map-splits-memphis 2026-08-06T15:59:45.481Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/a8b325c0-tennessee-redistricting-memphis-hero.jpg?v=te1z03 Memphis Is Now Split Across Three Congressional Districts. You Vote Under the New Map on August 6. An empty polling place with voting booths Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/mpd-task-force-two-deaths-accountability 2026-08-10T18:56:27.143Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mpd-task-force-two-deaths.jpg?v=15f456x Two Men Killed by the Memphis Safe Task Force in One Week. A Grandfather Wants to See the Video. An empty residential street at dusk in Memphis Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/community-grant-program-fy2027 2026-08-26T20:03:30.286Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/community-grant-program-fy2027.png?v=m14wwd The Council Is Renewing a $2.6 Million Grant Fund That Gives Each Member $200,000 to Hand Out Members of the Memphis City Council posed for a group portrait in City Hall. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/sheriff-jail-heat-58-million 2026-08-27T16:25:28.201Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/sheriff-jail-heat-58-million-hero.jpg?v=1t9b3wh The County Has Approved More Than $58 Million for the Jail Since 2024. In June, the Air Conditioning Failed Anyway. An industrial rooftop chiller unit on an aging government building Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/absentee-ballots-missing-races 2026-08-06T15:59:48.633Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/county-absentee-ballot-error-hero.jpg?v=uc73ml About 700 Shelby County Absentee Ballots Went Out Missing Races. Early Voting Starts Friday. An absentee ballot envelope on a kitchen table Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/lindsey-graham-dies 2026-08-06T15:59:47.213Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/national-lindsey-graham-dies-hero.jpg?v=5qgvhr Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After a Brief and Sudden Illness The official U.S. Senate portrait of Senator Lindsey Graham Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/mscs-comptroller-forensic-audit 2026-08-27T11:27:00.686Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-forensic-audit-hero.png?v=1n7lp3v State Forensic Audit Finds Years of Governance and Contracting Failures at Memphis-Shelby County Schools A public school district administration building Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/young-leadership-shakeup-coo-cfo-city-engineer 2026-08-26T10:44:07.649Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/young-leadership-shakeup-coo-cfo-city-engineer.jpg?v=1y4qpf3 The People Who Run Memphis's Money Are Out: Young Replaces His COO and CFO Days After the Budget Passed Memphis City Hall entrance at 125 N. Main, with the city seal above the doors. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/council-passes-fy27-budget-11-1 2026-08-27T14:03:33.765Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/council-passes-fy27-budget-11-1.jpg?v=ov3lbm Memphis Council Passes Nearly $900 Million Budget; AutoZone Park Funded, Transit Left Out The Memphis City Hall council chamber during the FY2027 budget vote Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-budget-vote-returns-after-two-week-delay 2026-08-25T11:43:43.950Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/city-fy27-budget-vote-hero.jpg?v=1lyp4ty Memphis Budget Vote Returns to Council After Two-Week Delay Memphis City Hall council chamber during a budget session, viewed from the public gallery Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county-commission/shelby-county-commission-june-29-budget-tax-vote 2026-08-06T15:59:45.652Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/county-june29-budget-tax-hero.jpg?v=11ruu89 Shelby County Commission Heads to June 29 Vote on Budget and Tax Rate A Shelby County commission chamber during a budget and tax-rate session Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/mscs-sues-tennessee-state-takeover-board 2026-08-06T15:59:36.088Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-state-takeover-lawsuit-hero.jpg?v=56nu7e MSCS Sues Tennessee to Stop School Takeover Board Before July 1 An empty Memphis school district board room with an American flag and a Tennessee state flag Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mlgw/mlgw-who-governs-board-meetings-rate-money 2026-08-10T22:31:20.314Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mlgw-beat-launch-hero.jpg?v=qx80rs MLGW: Who Governs Your Utility, When They Meet, and the Money You Are Now Paying A municipal electric utility crew working on overhead power lines from a bucket truck Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/public-safety-mpd-consent-decree-federal-task-force 2026-08-25T05:58:50.311Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mpd-consent-decree-hero.jpg?v=zalu4r MPD Consent Decree Compliance Under Scrutiny as a Federal Task Force Operates in Memphis A city police cruiser on a downtown Memphis street with National Guard vehicles in the background Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/bonner-budget-jail-june-29-vote 2026-08-19T18:43:24.698Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/sheriff-budget-jail-hero.jpg?v=ksxrvj Bonner's Budget Fight and the Jail Question Head Into the June 29 County Vote The exterior of an aging county jail and criminal justice complex under an overcast sky Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/court-clerk-tami-sawyer-suspended-30-days-federal-indictment 2026-08-06T15:59:34.475Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/12a0b48c-tami-sawyer-suspended.jpg?v=1x4kfv Court Clerk Tami Sawyer Suspended 30 Days Following Federal Indictment Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Tami Sawyer speaking at a public event. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/court-clerk-tami-sawyer-sealed-federal-indictment 2026-08-25T08:23:16.151Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/b947f442-tami-sawyer.jpg?v=1dwk9gz Court Clerk Tami Sawyer Turns Herself In on Sealed Federal Indictment Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Tami Sawyer speaking at a public event. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tn-ban-crypto-atms-takes-effect-july-1 2026-08-26T11:26:29.077Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tn-crypto-atm-ban-july-1.png?v=1ilugsf TN Ban on Crypto ATMs Takes Effect July 1 A woman reads a consumer warning notice posted beside a cryptocurrency ATM inside a Tennessee convenience store ahead of the July 1 effective date. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tennessee-new-vehicle-registration-requirements 2026-08-22T01:59:48.693Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tn-vehicle-registration.png?v=124kbkv Tennessee Law Creates New Vehicle Registration Requirements A Tennessee resident reviews a vehicle registration form with a county clerk at a DMV office Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/steve-marjorie-harvey-street-naming-memphis 2026-08-06T15:59:44.007Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/harvey-street-naming.png?v=dxbvhf Steve and Marjorie Harvey Attend Street Naming Ceremony Honoring Her Late Father in Memphis Steve Harvey speaks into an ABC24 microphone alongside Marjorie Harvey at a Memphis street naming ceremony Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/t-mobile-fiber-outage-leaves-memphis-homes-offline-2026-05-28 2026-08-08T07:58:33.239Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/88e850ab-t-mobile-fiber-outage-memphis-homes.jpg?v=18tuk0t T-Mobile fiber outage hits Memphis homes May 28 T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway with status light on a table in a Memphis living room, May 28 outage Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/hearing-3-may-21-2026 2026-08-06T15:59:33.973Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/19ddce40-hearing-3-chair-gunningham-woolbridge-2026-05-21.png?v=1va0a2v Hearing #3: The math doesn't work, and the Chair said so Council Chairwoman Jana Gunningham-Woolbridge speaking at the dais during the third FY27 budget hearing on May 21, 2026 Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/hearing-2-may-19-2026 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/d0f6ce0e-hearing-2-eason-davis.png?v=4fig4h Hearing #2: The police overtime shell game From left: City of Memphis Police Finance Manager Vincent Eason and Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn "C. 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Davis testify before the Memphis City Council during the FY27 budget hearing on police overtime spending Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tennessee-map-ruling-holds-for-now-keeping-memphis-split-three-ways-2026-05-26 2026-08-10T18:59:26.659Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/b594f3b5-tn-congressional-map-2026.jpg?v=1kt307z State court upholds TN map, keeps Memphis split across 3 districts Tennessee 2026 congressional district map showing Shelby County split across the 5th, 8th and 9th districts Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/shelby-county/shelby-county-da-sues-tennessee-over-new-oversight-laws-2026-05-26 2026-08-06T15:59:46.755Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/1f019332-mulroy-shelby-da-2026-05-26.png?v=1hzcpab Mulroy sues Tennessee, blocks two Shelby County laws May 26 Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy speaks during an interview in his office Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/hearing-1-may-18-2026 2026-08-27T08:12:31.283Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/0f2ffecf-hearing-1-person-marshall.jpg?v=c67sf8 Hearing #1: What Council asked, what the administration said, and what's still missing Chief Financial Officer Walter Person (left) and CIP Manager Jasmine Joyner Marshall (right) at the May 18, 2026 budget hearing. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/ut-knoxville-names-a-227m-building-memphis-should-ask-why-not-here-2026-05-25 2026-08-06T15:59:42.761Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/f6494eb3-ut-knoxville-randy-boyd-hall-2026-05-25.png?v=1gix594 UT Knoxville names $227M Randy Boyd Hall, national security center 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 Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/lee-signs-memphis-schools-takeover-into-law-9-gop-appointees-now-control-mscs-2026-05-22 2026-08-13T13:50:56.541Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/lee-signs-memphis-schools-takeover-into-law-9-gop-appointees-now-control-mscs-2026-05-22.png?v=1pio4tj Lee signs MSCS takeover law, hands 9 GOP appointees control 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. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-safe-task-force-faces-lawsuit-after-arrests-shootings-and-a-death-2026-05-22 2026-08-13T13:50:54.718Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/memphis-safe-task-force-faces-lawsuit-after-arrests-shootings-and-a-death-2026-05-22%2Fhero.png?v=11zic01 Four Memphis Residents Sue the Memphis Safe Task Force for Retaliating Against People Who Recorded Them The ACLU of Tennessee filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the Memphis Safe Task Force on behalf of four residents, one week after a DEA agent working under the task force shot and killed a Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/memphis/two-memphis-hospitals-got-poor-federal-ratings-patients-deserve-the-receipts-2026-05-22 2026-08-06T15:59:46.002Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/d3f1bd97-regional-one-health.jpg?v=1xjo4ni Federal government rates two Memphis hospitals poorly Two Memphis hospitals just got poor ratings from the federal government, and that is not a branding problem - it is a patient-safety and accountability problem. The question now is which systems, lead Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/judge-blocks-thp-immigration-stops-in-memphis-and-nashville-2026-05-22 2026-08-06T15:59:39.761Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/judge-blocks-thp-immigration-stops-hero.jpg?v=1fq9kp3 Federal judge blocks THP immigration stops in Memphis, Nashville Tennessee State Troopers stand in formation inside the state Capitol as protesters hold a sign reading "Say No to Jim Crow" Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/tennessees-jobless-rate-stays-at-36but-memphis-still-feels-the-squeeze-2026-05-21 2026-08-06T15:59:49.870Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/tn-labor-workforce-hero.jpg?v=fcgc3y TN Labor Dept. reports 3.6% jobless rate for May, third month Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development logo Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/national/trumps-income-tax-pitch-could-hit-memphis-workers-wages-and-city-receipts-2026-05-21 2026-08-14T18:13:27.011Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/migrated/e2b418e0-trump-no-tax-overtime.jpg?v=bym381 Trump proposes ending federal income tax on overtime, tips A Trump-backed push to end federal income taxes on overtime and tips is landing in a Memphis economy where a lot of workers rely on both. The real question: who pays the price if Washington trims the Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/lees-voucher-pitch-shifts-the-fight-for-memphis-school-dollars-2026-05-21 2026-08-06T15:59:49.097Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/lees-voucher-pitch-shifts-memphis-school-dollars-2026-05-21.png?t=2026-06-25T12-00-00Z&v=79hctf Gov. Lee's voucher plan shifts Memphis school dollars, impacts MSCS budget 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. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/memphis-borrow-costs-just-hit-1075and-the-bill-lands-on-households-2026-05-21 2026-07-26T11:04:40.717Z weekly 0.8 https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/memphis-spent-17b-on-schoolsand-the-new-board-inherits-the-cuts-fight-2026-05-21 2026-08-14T13:21:11.767Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-17b-budget-hero-2026-07-23.png?v=6w3wye MSCS proposes $1.7B budget, new board inherits cuts fight MSCS has put a $1.7 billion budget on the table for 2026-27, and the new state-appointed board is walking into the hardest question in city schools: what gets cut, what gets protected, and who owns th Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/memphis-police-pensions-hit-the-budget-wallwhat-paul-young-isnt-saying-2026-05-20 2026-08-07T16:15:42.826Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/fy27-budget-hearings-police-fire-hero.jpg?v=1ezj2u9 Police and Fire Take the Stand: FY27 Budget Hearings Begin With the City's Biggest Personnel Bill Two city officials seated at a witness table during a Memphis City Council budget hearing, one wearing a fire department uniform. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/aclu-brings-in-outside-lawyers-as-memphis-map-fight-escalates-2026-05-20 2026-08-02T15:18:51.038Z weekly 0.8 https://the901report.com/beats/city-council/cps-pensions-on-the-line-as-memphis-eyes-the-next-budget-fight-2026-05-19 2026-08-06T15:59:36.889Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/pensions-are-the-quiet-line-in-memphis-fy27-budget.jpg?v=1kzpwc6 Pensions Are the Quiet Line in Memphis's FY27 Budget Memphis Mayor Paul Young addresses a City Council budget hearing surrounded by uniformed police and fire leadership. Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/mscs/mscss-new-17b-budget-raises-the-real-question-what-gets-cut-next-2026-05-18 2026-08-06T15:59:49.398Z weekly 0.8 https://juybtvtyokijmqwtqyuu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-hero-images/mscs-state-board-17b-budget-hero-2026-07-23.png?v=1sbavy4 MSCS proposes $1.7B budget, state board assumes control Memphis-Shelby County Schools has put forward a $1.7 billion budget for 2026-27 as a new state-appointed board prepares to take over. The proposal puts funding choices, staffing, and school stability Memphis, Tennessee, USA https://the901report.com/legal https://the901report.com/beats/tennessee/cohen-exits-after-gop-redraws-memphis-into-three-congressional-districts-2026-05-18 2026-08-10T18:59:24.658Z weekly 0.8