Behind the Headlines Podcast
By WKNO/The Daily Memphian
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Each week host Eric Barnes discusses major stories in the Memphis area with business executives, community leaders and politicians, as well as local journalists. WKNO's Behind the Headlines Podcast is powered by the Daily Memphian.
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1624: Selling another big economic development project in the age of the 'Digital Delta'
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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1623: Shelby County Sheriff should not manage the jail, Harris says
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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1622: Richmond wants to stay in charge at Memphis-Shelby County Schools
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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1620: State Rep. Pearson said he can work across the aisle without moderating his political views
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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1619: Public holds GOP responsible for ongoing government shutdown, Cohen says
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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1618: Millington leaders talk Navy Road comeback, big-box growth
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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1617: Federal intervention in Memphis
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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1616: How Mayor Young wants to work with the Memphis Safe Task Force — instead of contesting it
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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1615: County commissioners split on whether to fight Harris' veto
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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1613: Affordable housing push looking beyond subsidies to supply need
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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1612: Journalist Roundtable
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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1611: How U of M scientists navigate conspiracy theories and the polarized world of public health
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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1610: MATA roils in turmoil. What's the next step?
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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1609: Journalist Roundtable
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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1608: Early Childhood Education
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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1607: How to keep interest in Downtown Memphis ahead of big projects
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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1606: TVA likely to be backup power for xAI
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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1605: Affordable housing in Memphis
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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1604: Memphis-Shelby County School Board of Education
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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1603: Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Development
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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1602: Two state lawmakers plan to push for MSCS takeover
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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1552: Candidates 'have the responsibility for turnout'
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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1551: Immigration in Memphis
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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1550: County mayor's property tax proposal becomes tax hike
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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1549: Hospitality Hub builds in north, looks to southeast city
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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1548: Memphis Zoo CEO Matt Thompson
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May 29, 2025 |
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1547: Justice Department review of MPD withdrawn but not forgotten
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May 23, 2025 |
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1546: Federal funding cuts accelerate uncertainty for local nonprofits
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May 16, 2025 |
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1545: Journalist round table
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May 12, 2025 |
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1544: DA Steve Mulroy on crime reduction and bail reform
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May 01, 2025 |
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1543: Just City on the state comptroller's report
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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1542: The path of court cases through the criminal justice system
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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1541: Church Health emphasizes local ties through Washington transition
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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1540: Busy week for public education includes new school construction, new leader's contract
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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1539: Dining pros discuss the state of the Memphis restaurant scene
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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1538: School takeover terms still taking shape in legislature
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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1537: City's group violence intervention program still a work in progress
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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1535: Regional One Health
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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1534: New local party chairs share concern at low voter turnout, clash on Trump impact
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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1533: Trump's 'largest deportation in American history' comes to Memphis
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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1532: Did no-confidence vote set stage for state takeover of MSCS?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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1531: Reporters weigh in on next steps in MSCS shake-up
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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1530: Harris, Sugarmon say they have plan to take over juvenile detention center from Sheriff
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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1529: Commissioner says MSCS board members need to 'pump their brakes'
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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1528: Building a Memphis gun control ordinance could leave out some measures approved by voters
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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1527: Journalist Roundtable
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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1526: Taylor touts nine-point case for Mulroy ouster
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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1525: Mulroy weighs possible criminal prosecutions due to DOJ report
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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1524: Memphis mayor plans task force to address police reform
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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1523: Steps beyond Justice Department report on MPD unclear
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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1522: Access to legal services
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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1521: Main Street Trolley unlikely to restart till next summer
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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1520: Workforce initiatives at U of M expand their reach
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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1519: Analyzing the results of the 2024 elections
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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1518: MLGW launching lead water pipe notice campaign
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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1517: Chronic absenteeism
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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1516: The future of Memphis' gun-control question
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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1514: Planned Parenthood leader says 'stakes could not be higher' on state's abortion politics
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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1513: Young says Sheraton hotel's impact worth risk despite hotel's volatile past
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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1512: Gun-control referendum will be on November ballot
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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1511: MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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1510: How should MSCS grade its superintendent? New board members weigh in
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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1509: Aquifer concerns prompted by xAI's arrival
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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1508: County Commission leaders talk new schools, Regional One
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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1507: Overton Park Conservancy director discusses greensward changes
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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1506: Tennessee Republican DA defends Steve Mulroy
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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1505: Germantown and Collierville administrators discuss growth, overcoming challenges
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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1504: Reporters Roundtable
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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1503: CBU continues recovery as new academic year nears
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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1502: Two very different views of bail from Spickler and Taylor
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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1501: Juvenile Court Judge Sugarmon talks perceptions versus reality
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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1452: 'River of Time' will be an immersive tech playground
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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1451: Suburban schools mark 10 years
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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1450: Leaders of nonprofit youth organization address impact of violence
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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1449: What we don't know about xAI, what we know about Elon Musk and the space between the two
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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1448: Mulroy talks bail, gun reform and city subpoena
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May 31, 2024 |
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1447: Church Health founder discusses complexity of organization's goal
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May 24, 2024 |
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1446: County to add three new mental health diversion facilities
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May 18, 2024 |
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1445: Journalist Roundtable
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May 10, 2024 |
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1444: Regional One CEO talks about new terms of rebuild of ROH campus
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May 02, 2024 |
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1443: Memphis Public Works director Robert Knecht
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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1442: Journalist Roundtable
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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1440: University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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1439: Police union leaders support new state law preventing limits on traffic stops
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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1438: Crime and Economic Development
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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1437: Downtown Memphis Commission president and CEO Chandell Ryan
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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1436: City Council members say fear of crime is as legitimate as crime stats in weighing solutions
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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1435: State Sens. London Lamar and Brent Taylor debate on bail reform and proposed laws
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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1434: Memphis Mayor Paul Young - Part Two
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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1433: Memphis Mayor Paul Young - Part One
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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1432: DA Mulroy talks bail bills, court backlogs and more
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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1431: Natalie McKinney and Cardell Orrin
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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1430: Investigation of MPD complicates things, US attorney says
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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1429: Northside Square developers take on barriers to affordable housing
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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1428: Journalist Round Table
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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1427: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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1425: I-55 replacement bridge a better bet than a third one
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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1424: Crime, school vouchers and passenger rail
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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1423: MLGW has been 'running to failure,' CEO says
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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1422: Downtown Public Safety Plan emerges amid holiday season
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Dec 01, 2023 |