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Could more kiosks for tag renewal services help with challenges at the clerks office in Shelby County?

Halbert was first elected Shelby County Clerk in 2018 and was reelected in 2022. Her tenure has been plagued by repeated issues and investigations.

Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp gave a thorough update on the investigation into Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

The revised revenue reports are the first released since state auditors arrived in the office and show how much revenue a wheel tax hike has raised.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The first new revenue reports are being issued out of the Shelby County Clerk’s Office since state auditors moved in this month. A report dated March 11 shows tax collections totaling more than $56 million from last July to February. About $8.7 million of that came from a $25 Wheel Tax increase […]

Clerk Wanda Halbert submitted the revised reports late Tuesday night, hours after the TN Comptroller's office said it was sending an audit team.

Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower told members of Shelby County government he's sending a team of auditors to help solve the problem of inaccurate reports.

On Tuesday, Clerk Wanda Halbert submitted revised revenue reports to County Trustee Regina Newman, who said they were wrong. Meanwhile, a state audit team is due in Memphis to begin a review for the Tennessee comptroller.

More questions with few answers about the latest issues with the Shelby County Clerk’s Office.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The State Comptroller’s Office will assist the Shelby County Clerk’s Office due to its inability to “accurately manage finances,” the office announced Tuesday. Jason Mumpower, the Comptroller of the Treasury, announced his lack of confidence in the financial and operational management of the Clerk’s Office. “The evidence of incompetence and willful neglect […]