Trash piling on streets, sanitation workers’ union calls city council for help | #citycouncil
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Google-News-Wire
- July 9, 2022
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The president of AFSCME, a union that represents sanitation workers, said the lack of resources and workers are reasons why trash is piling up along the city. “Administration has failed to sit down at the table with AFSCME and talk about these hard conversations about these constituents getting service every day,” […]
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Memphis mayor calls for stronger federal, state gun laws
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland added his name to the list of political leaders calling for change after the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas. Strickland says the proliferation of guns is part of “a fundamental change in our society” that is also making the streets of Memphis more […]
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Memphis mayor calls for stronger federal, state gun laws
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland added his name to the list of political leaders calling for change after the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas. Strickland says the proliferation of guns is part of “a fundamental change in our society” that is also making the streets of Memphis more […]
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Mayor, city councilman speak on possible term limit referendum
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Google-News-Wire
- May 26, 2022
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- West Tennessee
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland told Action News 5 he’s “seriously considering” running for another term if voters make it possible. Right now, the mayor and Memphis City Council members can only serve two terms. But that could change in the next election. On Tuesday, May 24, the council approved a resolution […]
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Memphis mayor calls out critics of new ‘truth in sentencing’ law
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Google-News-Wire
- May 14, 2022
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Mayor Jim Strickland used strong language to go after critics of Tennessee’s new “truth in sentencing” law, accusing one of them of spreading false information. During an appearance on Friday’s “Behind the Headlines,” a public affairs program on WKNO-TV hosted by Eric Barnes, Strickland was asked about his support for a […]
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