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Drake has always shouted-out different cities in his long list of songs, and one locale recently decided to give him a key to their city.

Shelby County Clerk’s Office Poplar Plaza location will move to another space inside the same complex and they expect no gaps in coverage, according to special adviser to the Clerk’s Office Janet Hooks.

Four Shelby County Commissioners and Mayor Lee Harris spoke about the political reality of a wheel tax increase versus a property tax increase.

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.

The Shelby County Clerks Office at Poplar Plaza has a lease ending later this month, but the director of real estate at Finard Properties said a new lease will likely be finalized soon.

The perception among many local lawmakers and citizens is that the revamped bail system puts too many bad guys back on the street.

Shelby County Commission Chair Mickell Lowery joins host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries to discuss some of the challenges and expectations in the upcoming county budget. In addition, Lowery talks about taxes (including a possible increase in the local wheel tax), as well as bail reform and youth curfews.

The FBI conducted a search at a Ford family home in Memphis on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Davis walked back the plan to bring kids out past curfew to the Greenlaw Community Center, but said community programs will relocate to the facility.

Each commissioner will have authority to choose capital projects in their district to spend $269,000 on. Specific projects were not yet identified Monday.