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Memphis lawmakers say an expanded federal tax credit program that will send direct cash payments to parents through the end of the year could help lift thousands of children in Shelby County out of poverty.

The Tennessee state health department recently stopped all outreach to adolescents about vaccinations - of any kind. This decision came after "some Republican legislators thought things were moving too fast and that minors would get vaccinations without parental approval," says Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries.

Since 2014, Shelby County Schools has partnered with Porter-Leath, a nonprofit focused on early childhood education for at-risk and low-income families. Last month, SCS made the decision to end its seven-year collaboration.

Last week, the companies behind the Byhalia pipeline terminated the project that would have run crude oil through parts of Memphis. But local lawmakers are pushing ahead with plans to increase restrictions on similar projects that they say could threaten the city’s drinking water in the future.

Though Shelby County's 2021-22 budget has been approved, there is a chance commissioners will revisit the proposal of a penny tax increase. The small tax hike would go toward mental health treatment. However, not every commissioner is on board.

From the Memphis rape kit crisis to the impact of the pandemic on students, stories from the inaugural year of WKNO's collaboration with the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting has brought national recognition to local journalists.

Both Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald and Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner say are opposed to the recent change in Shelby County's property appraisals from…

President Biden and Vice President Harris are speaking at the signing of a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday and commemorate the end of slavery in…

Watch the Shelby County Joint Task Force briefing on COVID-19, from June 17 (starting at 12:00PM).Click here to watch.