The Daily Memphian On the Record

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S6E12: Democratic Senate nominee Gloria Johnson Aug 13, 2024

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The Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn on the Nov. 5 ballot talks about the statewide campaign and the historic change in the Democratic presidential ticket on The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast.

S6E11: Lisa Arnold - The race for General Sessions Court Clerk and why it is important Jul 08, 2024

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Tami Sawyer and Lisa Arnold are the candidates in the only countywide race to be decided by Shelby County voters this election year. Arnold is a retired supervisor in the clerk's office who began working there part-time as a teenager.

S6E10: Tami Sawyer - The race for General Sessions Court Clerk and why it is important Jul 08, 2024

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Tami Sawyer and Lisa Arnold are the candidates in the only countywide race to be decided by Shelby County voters this election year. Sawyer is best known as a former county commissioner.

S6E9: Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery on hip-hop museum Jul 03, 2024

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Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery talks in the "On The Record" podcast about more specific plans for a hip hop museum in Memphis.

S6E8: Mayor Harris talks about the compromises of county budget season Jun 19, 2024

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Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris breaks down how county commissioners settled amid budget season, including keeping vacant positions on the books and local opposition to the Regional One Health rebuild.

S6E7: Countywide voter registration numbers up as early voting approaches for August election Jun 11, 2024

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Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips talks on the "On The Record" podcast about the upcoming August elections and voter turnout. Meanwhile, the latest election commission count shows 593,121 voters countywide as of May - an increase of approximately 10,000 voters from two years ago.

S6E6: Explaining the two major features of the Shelby County budget proposal May 28, 2024

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Shelby County Budget Director Michael Thompson talks about the 2024 budget season in county government on The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast as well as the savings found in vacant county positions.

S6E5: County budget proposal ups county's share of Regional One Health campus rebuild May 02, 2024

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Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked on The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast about his $1.6 billion county budget proposal and the change to more local funding for a rebuilding of the Regional One Health campus.

S6E4: Lonnie Robinson on Clayborn Temple Apr 17, 2024

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One of the artists working on new stained glass images for Historic Clayborn Temple talks on the "On The Record" podcast about bringing images of the 1968 sanitation workers strike to the frames of the landmark.

S6E3: County Commissioner Henri Brooks Feb 19, 2024

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County Commissioner Henri Brooks found out two years ago she was adopted through the Tennessee Children's Home Society - a notorious black market adoption operation. Her lawsuit against the state could open a "floodgate." Brooks talked about the sudden revelation in The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast series.

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