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Good morning Memphis where the Grizzlies are coming off a bad loss in Detroit the last-placed team in the Eastern Conference and Whataburger announced it is coming back to the area.
The pair stopped at the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center in Whitehaven to meet with participants and leaders of the local program. The response to the American Rescue Plan is universal. As we all know, it’s just a start… We really need fundamental investment in our workforce, Emhoff said, adding, We can t just sit on our hands and expect everything to be OK.
Putting feelings over truth
The 901: Memphis has new police chief; pipeline vote delayed again
Happy Cinco de Mayo from Memphis where the weather has moved out leaving a cooler but beautifully sunny day in the Bluff City today.
During her confirmation hearings Tuesday, Davis faced questions about the potential time limit on her tenure. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, who appointed Davis, is term-limited and will leave the office at the end of 2023.
The new police chief said she hoped the initial 2½ years of her tenure would be so successful that the next mayor would feel a need to keep her on the job.
Her first day as Memphis chief will be June 14. She will make $230,037.60, the same as her predecessor Mike Rallings.
Good morning Memphis, where students are returning to schools for TNReady assessments and the University of Memphis is celebrating two more Tigers joining NFL rosters.
The doctors said COVID-19 vaccines have no impact on fertility, are safe for people who have had reactions to previous vaccines or have drug allergies, and do not cause any genetic modifications in people.
Fauci, chief medical advisor to the White House and director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Webb, the senior policy advisor to the White House for COVID-19 equity, also discussed when vaccines will become available for children and encouraged Tennesseans to get their shots.
The 901: Getting to know C.J. Davis, Memphis police chief candidate Dann Miller, Memphis Commercial Appeal
Good morning Memphis where the rain has rolled in and Grizzlies fans are lamenting a big loss to Portland last night at FedExForum.
But first, Cerelyn C.J. Davis is poised to become the next Memphis police chief after working in the same position since 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. They can expect a chief that s dedicated to being a change agent, said Lynda R. Williams, a retired U.S. Secret Service executive who now serves as national president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Officers, succeeding Davis in that role.