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Playing with Fire: Fire Department Study


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:18 a.m.

A study by a group, put together by the mayor, found Memphis has twice as many battalions as six other cities it was compared to but the Memphis fire chief said that's not comparing apples with apples ...

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Council Wary of Mayor’s Budget Lay-offs


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:30 a.m.

Facing a shortfall that could be as much as $70 million, laying-off city employees are an obvious way to save and that's the direction Mayor A C Wharton appears to be heading, there's just one problem- the Memphis City Council ...

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Memphis to host USTA tennis championships


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and other city officials are expected to announce Tuesday that Memphis will host the U.S. Tennis Association’s Tennessee Adult and Senior State Championships in 2011 and 2012.Wharton and officials with the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau, Memphis & Shelby County Sports Council and Sports Tennessee will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. at the Hall of Mayors, 125 N. Main St., to make the announcement.The USTA Adult and Senior division tennis championships will be

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Memphis mayor ponders top cop Godwin's future


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Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

Police Director Larry Godwin is set to retire April 15 under the city's Deferred Retirement Option Plan ...

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February 19, 2011


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Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

A wider, straighter version of Riverside Drive would cut some land out of Tom Lee Park according to a preliminary plan approved yesterday by the City Council ...

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Opportunity Challenge Ends, But Work Just Beginning


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 6:11 p.m.

This morning concluded the three-day Opportunity Challenge that brought together influential people from the local business and civic communities to brainstorm about improving Memphis ... The nonprofit CEOs for Cities and Mayor A C Wharton's Office of Talent & Human Capital staged the event at the Memphis Bioworks Foundation.… ... [ Read more ] ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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Union City Mayor Optimistic About Future


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 12:04 a.m.

Union City Mayor Terry Hailey says industries considering Tennessee will look at his town now that the Goodyear plant is closing ...

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Former interim Shelby County mayor Joe Ford sues county over pension benefits


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Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 10:16 p.m.

Ford’s suit in Chancery Court alleges that a Retirement Board decision not to give him credit for time served on the Memphis City Council was “erroneous and arbitrary.” ...

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Debate rages over Memphis-Shelby County schools as voting begins today


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Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

"The vote does count," said Memphis Mayor A C Wharton. "It absolutely does count. The people need to speak." ...

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Council delays tests of Fire Department SUVs


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Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

The City Council delayed for at least two weeks voting on a resolution requiring the Fire Department to study for one year the use of sport utility vehicles for emergency medical calls ...

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