— Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins has entered the race for county mayor.
— The school board voted 6-0 on Tuesday to launch a legal review of the Shelby County commission’s decision to place all nine school board seats on the 2026 ballot, which would cut the terms of five members in half.
— City of Memphis employees will now have a salary of at least $40,000.
— Days after a Nashville judge ruled that the National Guard’s presence as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force is unlawful, the number of guardsmen here has risen to more than 800.
— The Mississippi Supreme Court has appointed a new special judge to handle the case of former youth Pastor Lindsey Whiteside, convicted of sexual battery of a minor.
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