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Schools and many small businesses in Memphis have been closed all week due to the winter weather, but there's still plenty of activity in the city.

Good morning, Memphis, where there was big news in the local culinary community with the upcoming move of Restaurant Iris and the purchase of Leonards Pit Barbecue. City Councilman Martavius Jones raised the potential Tuesday to increase the rate to $3 per $100 of assessed value from $2.71.  For a house valued at $200,000, that would represent an additional $580 annually. "The overall level of basic city services is lower than the expectation of many Memphians," Jones said in comments that mim...