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Shelby County commissioners took the first vote approving a wheel tax increase. The revenues from that will fund Regional One and two new high schools.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity holds college signing day for three Delaware Valley teens.

Commissioners ended the meeting without finding revenues to support Regional One, two new high schools. Funding was also not idenfied for $15 million in budget additions.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Shelby County Commission committee voted in favor of two measures concerning the local court system that is facing an accelerated amount of criminal cases.

Ousted Tennessee Democrat Justin Pearson of Memphis is expected to be appointed back to the state House on Wednesday almost a week after he and his Democratic…

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to return expelled Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson back to the state House on Wednesday…

Representative Justin Jones is back in his seat, and it was a unanimous vote by the Metro Nashville council to put him back there.

Shelby County commissioners have already made their decision two days ahead of Wednesday’s special meeting called for the reappointment of Justin J. Pearson, one of the two Democrats who was thrown out of the Tennessee House last Thursday.

A Shelby County government leader has proposed a local school construction authority to oversee school building plans for MSCS and surrounding municipal school districts.

A Shelby County proposal would create a new agency to manage school building construction, including Memphis-Shelby County Schools.