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NEWS: The DOJ is dropping its investigation into MPD and is retracting the findings of civil rights violations made during the Biden administration. dailymemphian.com/section/metroc…

A lineage of Mississippi daughters mlk50.com/2025/06/20/a-l… via @MLK50Memphis

I love a library opening! #AllThingsFrayser @CityOfMemphis

“Say his name” “Tyre Nichols”

Not guilty on all counts. commercialappeal.com/story/news/loc…

In February and march, I spent some time documenting what happened at one refugee nonprofit hit by the administration's cuts propublica.org/article/refuge…

"The company is being taxed on a total investment of $2.2 billion, well shy of the $12 billion the Greater Memphis Chamber touted throughout the past year" Oh. Good story from @samhardiman dailymemphian.com/subscriber/sec…

Media Advisory: 📚Hey library lovers, don't forget! The Friends of the Library's 2025 Spring Book Sale is happening April 24-27 at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library!📚

News: The Southern Environmental Law Center alleges that the dozens of turbines powering xAI's supercomputer in Southwest Memphis are violating local and federal law. SELC (representing local enviro groups) wants SCHD to shut down the turbines & fine xAI. dailymemphian.com/section/metroc…

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/

Storms are quickly becoming severe. Now is a good time to make sure all your devices are being charged, your safe place is ready and your plan is communicated with your family on what to do if a Tornado Warning is issued. Have multiple ways of receiving warning info!

MPD has voluntarily withdrawn its accreditation from CALEA, a law enforcement accrediting body. They won’t say why.

Statement from Mayor Paul Young March 28, 2025 The Memphis Area Transit Authority, under interim leadership, launched an internal investigation after uncovering potentially harmful practices. Yesterday’s decision to terminate leadership was the result of a thorough internal…

Short on rent? These Memphis programs can help you avoid falling behind on payments and risking eviction. mlk50.co/3FQKJiu

New from MLK50: We asked every member of Memphis’ new ‘Integrity Policing’ task force where they stand on the DOJ report.  mlk50.com/2025/03/24/we-… via @MLK50Memphis

.@ProPublica names @Wendi_C_Thomas as a distinguished fellow, a second-time honor. After nearly a yearlong sabbatical, Thomas will return to MLK50 on May 1 as the new investigative editor and will work in partnership with ProPublica through April 2027. mlk50.co/4hkX7oh

ICYMI: Across Tenn. and in Memphis, services for victims of crime are at stake because of a funding shortfall years in the making. More from @JaneRoberts8 dailymemphian.com/subscriber/sec…

Learned some real government minutiae this A.M. If Memphis City Government is selling land for more than $20K, the sale must be approved twice. Why does this matter? xAI's land purchase of 13 acres for a water recycling plant will have to pass the Memphis City Council again tmw

Shelby County Commission could put moratorium on grant program after Ford Jr. indictment commercialappeal.com/story/news/loc… via @memphisnews