1521: Main Street Trolley unlikely to restart till next summer
Behind the Headlines Podcast
MATA’s interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin addressed the myriad problems facing the transit system, even while noting progress on some fronts.
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1520: Workforce initiatives at U of M expand their reach
Behind the Headlines Podcast
Leaders of the three separate initiatives joined Eric Barnes to talk about their programs this week on the WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”
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1519: Analyzing the results of the 2024 elections
Behind the Headlines Podcast
On this week’s “Behind The Headlines,” Toby Sells, news editor for The Memphis Flyer, and reporter Abigail Warren of The Daily Memphian joined Eric Barnes to talk about the election.
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1518: MLGW launching lead water pipe notice campaign
Behind the Headlines Podcast
Once mailboxes are clear of campaign mailers and the Nov. 5 election, 120,000 MLGW customers will be getting a notice on replacing lead water lines. MLGW president and CEO Doug McGowen says on “Behind The Headlines” the utility has the money to replace its lines and is working on funding to replace it on the customer’s side of the connection.
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1517: Chronic absenteeism
Behind the Headlines Podcast
Executive Director of Compass Community Schools, Kristi Baird, Chief Academic Officer of Gestalt Community Schools, Bobbie Turner, and Schools of Perea’s Tia James join host Eric Barnes and The Daily Memphian reporter Laura Testino. Guests discuss what has led to chronic absenteeism at the national and local levels, and strategies schools are using to keep kids in school.
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1516: The future of Memphis' gun-control question
Behind the Headlines Podcast
How Memphians will vote on the referendum, and whether it will ultimately impact Tennessee’s gun laws, was a hot topic for local reporters this week.
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1514: Planned Parenthood leader says 'stakes could not be higher' on state's abortion politics
Behind the Headlines Podcast
Ashley Coffield talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the impact of the 2-year-old law and the political effort to flip seats in the Tennessee Legislature based on Republican votes on abortion access.
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1513: Young says Sheraton hotel’s impact worth risk despite hotel’s volatile past
Behind the Headlines Podcast
Memphis Mayor Paul Young says on BTH that the city’s deal to buy the Sheraton convention center hotel has risks that are outweighed by the hotel’s role in convention business. The 39-year-old hotel has a history of bond defaults - the first one a year after it opened.
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1512: Gun-control referendum will be on November ballot
Behind the Headlines Podcast
On “Behind the Headlines,” Memphis City Council Chairman JB Smiley Jr. said the body would likely sue if the Tennessee Legislature attempted to withhold sales-tax revenue from the city.
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1511: MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins
Behind the Headlines Podcast
MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the look at closing some schools and the changes to the school system including eliminating 600 vacant positions and reassigning those in other positions.
info_outlineMemphis City Council members weigh a 75-cent tax hike as Shelby County commissioners have to make some decisions about change to the funding for a Regional One Health rebuild. The two paths to city and county budgets are explored in a journalist roundtable on “Behind The Headlines.”