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Make pork tenderloin with an apricot glaze.

The next top cop of Memphis would, pending confirmation by the City Council in May, be both the first woman to occupy the position and also a rare external appointment.

A recent unemployment bill in the general assembly and the retirement of Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings are discussed in this week's conversation with political analyst Otis Sanford. 

Every four years all properties in Shelby County are reappraised by the Assessor's office. The recently completed 2021 assessments brought an average 20 percent increase across all Shelby County properties, according to Chief Administrative Officer Javier Bailey. That came in spite of major flooding in many Germantown residences (2019) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020). 

I took a walk yesterday and encountered a beautiful budding cherry blossom tree. I was quickly transported to a year ago when life as we knew it halted. Walks in nature were life-giving.