Behind the Headlines Podcast

Shelby County Commission chairman Mickell Lowery says on WKNO’s “Behind The Headlines” that he’s counting votes on a proposed wheel tax hike that faces a critical commission vote Monday, June 4. He also talks about the investigation into commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and oversight of judicial commissioners.

The residency question was part of a discussion during a reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines.”

Scott Brockman, the airport’s president and CEO, talked on “Behind The Headlines” about incentives for flights to and from certain cities and other adjustments a decade after Delta dehubbed Memphis International.

A city ordinance that could prompt a court fight with the state over gun control has morphed into a potential ballot question for voters. The sponsors of the measure talk about it on “Behind The Headlines.”

In a wide-ranging interview on WKNO’s “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said he is working through details of a Downtown pilot to enforce the city’s curfew on children -- something he said county leaders should be addressing. He also said he is keeping his distance from the court case over residency requirements in the race to elect the next mayor.

Bartlett Mayor David Parsons says Bartlett’s housing stock is about to start showing some diversity. The recently elected mayor talked about a changing housing market and Bartlett’s first mixed-use development on “Behind The Headlines.”

The city’s bus system faces challenges even as it has secured capital funding for a long planned for move into bus rapid transit and its version of a ride-sharing service. MATA CEO Gary Rosenfeld talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the balance between plans and what they cost to keep on the road.

Sugarmon ran on reform and restoration during his campaign. Currently, his administration is working toward implementing restorative justice and expanding educational and rehabilitative opportunities for youth in a new detention center. 

Eric Barnes hosts a journalist roundtable with The Memphis Flyer's Toby Sells and The Daily Memphian's Samuel Hardiman and Keely Brewer. 

Two history professors looking at the city’s civil rights movement since Martin Luther King’s assassination 55 years ago, talk about Tyre Nichols, police reform and where today’s movement is going on “Behind The Headlines.”