The mayor-elect says the city accounts for the possibility of making short-term bond payments on projects such as Liberty Park.

Beverly and Howard Robertson talk on "Behind The Headlines" about what they heard about crime from focus groups across the city as part of The Daily Memphian's "Community Conversations" series.

City council members Chase Carlisle and JB Smiley Jr. on "Behind The Headlines" say they are ready for a more assertive city council in the new term that begins in January as well as a more collaborative mayor.

On “Behind the Headlines,” Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo discussed MLGW and the suburb’s crisis that left residents unable to use water from the tap for six days. 

A reporters’ roundtable on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines” recaps the 2023 Memphis election result. Meanwhile, the next campaigns to come in the new year will include referendums that could change city elections.

Education leaders talk on Behind The Headlines about school achievement scores and the move to make schools more accountable as well as a new push for 2-year-olds to start pre-k.

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discounts numbers from judicial commissioners that show fewer of those charged with crimes are being arrested and charged again while they are out of release. Bonner talked about that and the race for mayor on “Behind The Headlines.”

Former Mayor Willie Herenton talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his bid to return as mayor.

With less than 2 weeks before early voting begins in the 2023 Memphis elections, a reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines” looks at what is at stake.

Memphis Mayoral contender Paul Young talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his run for mayor and the campaign’s major issue -- crime.