The rise of out-patient surgeries
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The U.S. ambulatory surgical center market is estimated to be almost $50 billion this year, and it’s projected to grow to $84 billion by 2035. Today, business reporter Steve Bohnel joins us to talk about . Plus:
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Data centers and Grizzlies start
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This week sees the Memphis City Council return for two three-hour sessions on what a possible data center moratorium could look like. We then follow that up with the start of the Memphis Grizzlies 2026-2027 season.. Grizzlies writer Drew Hill is here to help us Plus:
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Memphis Sounds, songs and artists
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If you love Memphis artists or artisans, this is for you. Arts and culture editor Elle Perry joins us to discuss it all. Plus:
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Getting into the Spirit Halloween
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Today, commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to talk about h with new pop-up locations. Plus:
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Early voting in the midterms begins
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In Shelby County, early voting for the midterm elections begins today. Longtime political reporter Bill Dries joins us to walk us through some of the ballot highlights. Plus:
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Inside the immigration mega master docket
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In May, , a full docket of preliminary hearings to handle mostly procedural matters. Joining us today to talk about that — and how the Memphis Safe Task Force is impacting local prosecutors — is new Daily Memphian public safety reporter Mary Evans. Plus:
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Fall break and Memphis Madness
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One can tell we’re firmly in fall by the reappearance of local public schools’ fall break and Memphis Madness, the annual University of Memphis event where fans meet this season’s basketball teams. And this year, the Tigers will also be hanging out with the tigers as Memphis Madness heads to the Memphis Zoo. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to talk about all of that as well as new baseball fields at Tobey Park, the Grizzlies preseason finale and the ribbon-cutting for Gussied Up.
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Jazz, opera, EDM and Widespread Panic
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This weekend ups the ante on music — all kinds — in a music town. There are two music festivals plus even more shows. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to walk, or dance, us through the weekend.
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Helping the environment in your own backyard
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Adam Queen, the cutting gardens manager at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, is part of a community of people interested in native plants. Today, digital producer Nick Lingerfelt joins us to talk about as well as the whys and hows of growing native plants. Plus:
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Is this as close to Willy Wonka as Memphis gets?
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30 years after Hershey arrived in Memphis, many people still don’t know the factory exists. But one of the factory’s leaders is hoping to change that. Today, features writer John Klyce is here to talk about his time inside the factory, what they make there and .
info_outlineFor years, the Memphis Zoo has worked to bring the Louisiana pine snake and the dusky gopher frog of the southeastern U.S. back from the brinks of extinction. But, recently, it began a project focused on the wildlife of West Tennessee using cameras, mounted at human knee height, to take pictures of animals in their natural habitats near parks, golf courses, cemeteries and other open spaces.
Features reporter John Klyce is here today — on The Daily Memphian’s eighth birthday — to talk about the project and what the zoo has learned so far.
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- A jail contract, clerk funds and a judge appointment were approved at the first commisison meeting
- A Cordova apartment complex sells for $56.6 million
- The Belmont Grill building has a new owner
- A federal court could soon decide if the MSCS takeover will remain paused
- Germantown buys a new snowplow